How does Havass resurrect a discontinued UK brick in Türkiye?

Put three reference bricks in a DHL box to Eskişehir. Because we know every clay reserve and kiln across Türkiye, we match your brick to the exact plant built for that firing curve. We run joint R&D trials until the Turkish counter-sample matches your original—backed by full BS EN 771-1 F2/S2 laboratory certification.

Does Havass take commission or kickbacks from Turkish brick factories?

Not a penny. If a factory pays your agent, he isn't your agent—he is their salesman. Havass refuses all manufacturer commissions, retainers, and backdoor envelopes. We work strictly for the buyer, giving us the authority to reject off-shade pallets at the kiln gate.

How many bricks fit in a 20ft container from Türkiye?

For new traditional handmade and wirecut extruded bricks, a standard 20ft container carries approximately 10,500 bricks depending on UK Imperial (73mm/68mm) or Metric (65mm) format. For hand-cleaned, graded urban-reclaimed handmade bricks, our containers hold 12,600 bricks.

Olde Reclamation Shire — Artisan Hand-Moulding Bespoke Terracotta Clay in Türkiye

Olde Reclamation Shire — Coal-Flashed Weathered Multi-Blend Brickwork Wall

Olde Reclamation Shire — Close-Up Weathered Clay Creases and Coal-Fired Flashings

BESPOKE CLAY REPLICATION // KILN R&D FEATURED STOCK: OLDE RECLAMATION SHIRE

A British Brickworks Shut Its Gates? Send Us Three Bricks in a DHL Box. We’ll Resurrect It.

Pictured across this stage is Olde Reclamation Shire—hand-moulded in Türkiye to replicate aged British reclamation stock. Courier your discontinued or regional reference bricks to Eskişehir; we match the mineral body to the exact kiln built for that firing curve and deliver 79.1 N/mm² compressive strength with 9% mean water absorption.

OLDE RECLAMATION SHIRE DATA SHEET

OPTICS: _DSC5470 // HAND-MOULDED CLAY

Olde Reclamation Shire — Raw Clay Pressing

“Not a single container is sealed until you sign off on the physical counter-samples and BS EN 771-1 lab certificates.”

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FEATURED SPEC IN PHOTOS Olde Reclamation Shire (BS EN 771-1 Handmade Facing Brick)

DIMENSIONS: 65mm • 68mm • 73mm

STRENGTH: 79.1 N/mm²

WATER ABS: Mean – 9%

CLASS: F2 / S2 / T1 / R1

PACK SIZE: 650 (65) • 525 (68) • 600 (73)

🇬🇧 🇹🇷 ANGLO-TURKISH FOUNDED • EST. JAN 2017 HS 6904.10 • ZERO BROKER MARKUP

Why Overseas Sourcing Usually Goes Sideways—And How We Fixed the Game.

Established in January 2017 with a British partner, Havass was built because importing clay from overseas without boots on the ground is a mug’s game. You get promised a weathered Sussex or Shire blend by a smooth-talking middleman, and six weeks later, twenty containers of radioactive orange rubble land at Felixstowe. Not on our watch.

One Paymaster. Zero Factory Envelopes.

0% BACKDOOR TAX

Most "buying agents" quietly pocket a 5% to 10% backhander from whichever brickworks has empty kiln cars that week. If the factory pays your agent, he isn’t your agent—he’s their salesman. We refuse every penny, retainer, and incentive from manufacturers. Because you pay us, we have the authority to walk onto the yard, tell the plant manager his batch is off-shade, and reject substandard pallets on the spot.

UK • EU • USA • CAN • AUS • GCC

THE LEDGER // SINCE JAN 2017 HARD EVIDENCE

22.5M+ ~2.25M BRICKS / YR

Bricks Fired, Graded & Cleared

Not "projected capacity." Actual fired clay loaded into steel boxes and cleared through customs.

2,000+

Boxes Dispatched

~130 new + ~70–100 recl/yr

3,000+

UK Builds Standing

Estates & conservation

20–30 Box Convoys

When lines cry "equipment shortage," our 200-box annual clout gets our containers loaded first.

NEW: ~10,500 PCS/BOX • RECLAIMED: 12,600 PCS/BOX

FEATURED BESPOKE REPLICATION DOSSIER BS EN 771-1 CERTIFIED

Product Details: Olde Reclamation Shire

Olde Reclamation Shire — Artisan Hand Moulding Raw Clay — 01 // HAND-THROWN CLAY MOULDING _DSC5470

Olde Reclamation Shire — Coal-Flashed Multi-Blend Wall Course — 02 // WEATHERED MULTI-BLEND COURSING DSC_1290

Olde Reclamation Shire — Close-Up Sand Creases and Firing Texture — 03 // SAND-CREASED RELIEF & FLASHING DSC_1302

DIMENSIONS (IMP. & METRIC)

Imperial (68mm): 68 × 230 × 110mm

Metric (65mm): 65 × 215 × 102.5mm

Imperial (73mm): 73 × 215 × 102.5mm

Moulded to match historic British regional courses.

LABORATORY PERFORMANCE

Tolerance

Range

Durability

Water Absorption

Mean – 9%

Compressive Strength

79.1 N/MM²

Soluble Salt Classification: S2 (Severe Exposure Ready)

EXPORT PACK SIZE

65 × 215mm: 650 pcs / pack

68 × 230mm: 525 pcs / pack

73 × 215mm: 600 pcs / pack

ISPM-15 heat-treated pallets • ~10,500 pcs per 20ft box.

FORENSIC CLAY REPLICATION & KILN R&D

How We Resurrect a Discontinued UK Brick in Four Moves.

When a local UK plant closes its doors—or a conservation officer demands a specific weathered stock like Olde Reclamation Shire with coal-fired flashings and heavy sand creases—catalogue imports won’t cut it:

01 / SAMPLE INTAKE

UK → TR

Send the Physical Evidence

Put your discontinued or regional reference bricks in a DHL box to our desk in Eskişehir. We dissect the mineral body, sand grading, and firing band under daylight.

02 / KILN PAIRING

INSIDE TRACK

No Guesswork on Kilns

Not all Turkish clay is created equal. One plant rules at reductive coal-flash; another owns high-speed wirecuts. We know every kiln boss by name and take your sample only to the plant built for it.

03 / FIRING TRIALS

79.1 N/MM²

Trial by Fire & Lab Sign-Off

We stand over the engineers during custom R&D firing curves until the Turkish counter-sample is a dead ringer for your original—backed by full F2 freeze-thaw and S2 salt certificates.

04 / KILN-GATE QC

ZERO MERCY QC

Kiln-Gate Execution

Not a single container seal is snapped shut until our inspectors verify multi-pallet colour blending, ISPM-15 timber treatment, and heavy-duty shrink hooding on the tarmac.

TERMS OF ENGAGEMENT

Two Ways to Trade. Zero Smoke & Mirrors.

Once the physical counter-samples are signed off on your desk, you choose how the paperwork and freight run:

Model 1: Open-Book Buying Agency EXW FACTORY INVOICE

Raw Factory Pricing: The Turkish brickworks invoices you directly at true EXW cost. Zero hidden spread, zero games.
Boots on the Tarmac: Havass runs the plant, enforces kiln-gate quality rejections, and coordinates the freight forwarders.
Earned Retainer Only: At month’s end, we bill a transparent agency commission—strictly on shipments where we’ve delivered measurable value.

Don’t Take Our Word For It—Fly In: Touch down in Türkiye. We collect you at arrivals, put you up in a proper hotel, drive you straight onto the kiln floors to kick the pallets yourself, and drop you back for your flight home.

EXPORT PRODUCT PORTFOLIO EN 771-1 • UKCA / CE

What We Put in the Boxes

Olde Reclamation Shire & Bespoke Handmade

79.1 N/mm² strength, 9% water absorption, F2/S2 rated handmade clay in 65mm (650/pack), 68mm (525/pack), and 73mm (600/pack).

79.1 N/MM²

Wirecut Extruded Bricks & Architectural Brick Slips

High-velocity extruded lines that match or outpace our handmade volumes, alongside precision-cut brick slips for modern facade systems.

130+ BOX/YR

Urban-Reclaimed Handmade Bricks (Demolition Salvage)

Genuine aged handmade clay recovered from Turkish urban renewal demolitions. Hand-chiseled, graded, and stacked at 12,600 bricks per container (70–100+ boxes/year).

12,600 / BOX

Plasterboard, Natural Limestone & Contract Sourcing

Direct Turkish mill and quarry procurement for natural Limestone paving/cladding, Plasterboard, and high-volume merchant contract lines.

MILL DIRECT

SPECIFICATION LINE	PACK / GAUGE	20ft BOX PAYLOAD
Olde Reclamation Shire (New)	650 (65) / 525 (68) / 600 (73)	~10,500 pcs
Urban-Reclaimed Salvage	Hand-Cleaned & Graded	12,600 pcs

OLDE RECLAMATION SHIRE

~10,500 pcs

65mm / 68mm / 73mm

RECLAIMED SALVAGE

12,600 pcs

Hand-Cleaned & Graded

THE BUYING DESK // DIRECT LINE

ENCRYPTED DISPATCH

Put a Brief on the Table

Skip the pleasantries. Select your material, commercial structure, and destination port below to launch a pre-formatted brief straight into your mail client:

1. Mandate or Material Required

2. Commercial Structure

3. Destination Port / Market

IMPORTER & MERCHANT FAQ

What Every UK Brick Factor Asks Before Their First Container

STRAIGHT FROM THE YARD

How do you resurrect a dead UK brick stock? +

Courier us three reference bricks. Because we know the clay chemistry and firing curves of kilns across Türkiye, we take your sample straight to the plant built for that exact texture—just like our Olde Reclamation Shire (79.1 N/mm², F2/S2). We only greenlight mass production once you sign off on physical counter-samples.

Do Turkish factories slip Havass a commission? +

Not a penny. Taking a backdoor envelope from a producer is a conflict of interest, full stop. We refuse all manufacturer kickbacks, retainers, and favours so we can objectively pick the right kiln for your brief—and ruthlessly reject off-shade pallets on your behalf.

What happens when container space dries up? +

Shipping ~200 containers every year gives us heavyweight leverage with shipping lines and port agents in both Türkiye and the UK. When equipment gets scarce, our boxes get allocated first—and we regularly execute 20 to 30 container convoys straight to UK merchant depots.

Order, Executed Properly.

A British Brickworks Shut Its Gates? Send Us Three Bricks in a DHL Box. We’ll Resurrect It.

Why Overseas Sourcing Usually Goes Sideways—And How We Fixed the Game.

One Paymaster. Zero Factory Envelopes.

Product Details: Olde Reclamation Shire

How We Resurrect a Discontinued UK Brick in Four Moves.

Send the Physical Evidence

No Guesswork on Kilns

Trial by Fire & Lab Sign-Off

Kiln-Gate Execution

Two Ways to Trade. Zero Smoke & Mirrors.

What We Put in the Boxes

Olde Reclamation Shire & Bespoke Handmade

Wirecut Extruded Bricks & Architectural Brick Slips

Urban-Reclaimed Handmade Bricks (Demolition Salvage)

Plasterboard, Natural Limestone & Contract Sourcing

Put a Brief on the Table

What Every UK Brick Factor Asks Before Their First Container