LogoKILN
Industrial brick manufacturing plant interior with glowing kiln and stacked pallets of facing brick
SYSTEM ONLINE // KILN COMPLEX B, STAFFORDSHIRE
EST. 1987 // STAFFORDSHIRE, UK

Where buildings begin.
In brick. In block.

Facing brick, engineering brick, and dense concrete block — manufactured at volume, supplied on programme to every major housebuilder within a hundred-mile radius.

LIVE TELEMETRY
KILN TEMP
TUNNEL KILN 3
0°C
OUTPUT TODAY
UNITS DISPATCHED
0
TONNAGE
FIRED CLAY
0T
LORRIES OUT
SINCE 04:30
0
ALL SYSTEMS NOMINAL
STOCK READY
4.2M
UNITS ON YARD
LEAD TIME
5 DAYS
STANDARD ORDER
// BS EN 771-1 CERTIFIED// ISO 9001:2015// 100-MILE SUPPLY RADIUS// NEXT-DAY DISPATCH AVAILABLE// DEDICATED ACCOUNT MANAGERS
01 // THE OPERATION

MEASURED IN
MILLIONS.

From raw clay extraction to palletised dispatch — every step of the process happens on a single 47-acre site. No subcontracting. No uncertainty.

Red facing bricks stacked in precise rows on a manufacturing yard with forklift in background
DISPATCH YARD // 04:30 FIRST LORRY

Six pallets high. Forty lorries a day.

SITE REF
KILN-ST14
TUNNEL KILN OPERATING TEMP
1,040°C
Continuous 72-hour fire cycle
ANNUAL BRICK CAPACITY
3.2M
Facing & engineering combined
WIRE-CUT EXTRUSION LINES
18
Running 6 days per week
ON-TIME DELIVERY RATE
94%
12-month rolling average
Wet clay being extruded and wire-cut into uniform brick shapes on automated production line
EXTRUSION LINE
Wire-cut to ±0.5mm tolerance
18 lines, 6 days/week
Glowing tunnel kiln interior at 1040 degrees Celsius with bricks passing through on kiln cars
TUNNEL KILN
1,040°C continuous firing
72-hour fire cycle
Forklift truck loading pallets of finished concrete blocks onto a flatbed lorry at dawn
DISPATCH
Flatbed loaded by 05:00
100-mile delivery radius
02 // PROJECT RECORD

BUILT ON
EVIDENCE.

6.2M+
UNITS DELIVERED // LAST 24 MONTHS
SPECIFICATION CHALLENGE

The architect required a blend that read as hand-made in texture but met BS EN 771-1 Category I for a high-exposure zone 3 site. We matched the original sample board to within 3% colour variance.

DELIVERY SCHEDULE

3 deliveries per week across a 58-week programme. Zero missed call-offs in the final 26 weeks.

LOGISTICS SOLUTION

Dedicated route plan with two allocated flatbeds. Pallets wrapped for site storage of up to 6 weeks without quality degradation.

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH
50 N/mm²
SPECIFICATION CHALLENGE

Engineering brick specified for water-table courses and exposed plinth. Achieved < 4.5% water absorption (Class B) with consistent bed-face tolerance of ±1mm across a 680k batch.

DELIVERY SCHEDULE

Phased delivery matching the contractor's 3-week floor-by-floor programme. 14 full loads over 9 months.

LOGISTICS SOLUTION

On-site stillage return scheme reduced packaging waste by 40% vs. standard pallet delivery.

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH
75 N/mm²
SPECIFICATION CHALLENGE

Planning required a buff multi blend that complemented the sandstone of the Roman city walls. We submitted 6 sample panels before achieving approval from Historic England. Dense block specified for all internal leaf construction — 7.3N/mm² dense block supplied alongside facing brick from the same programme.

DELIVERY SCHEDULE

Our largest single project to date. 38 lorry movements per week at peak. Kiln held 2.4M units in reserve stock throughout.

LOGISTICS SOLUTION

Dedicated site liaison officer for the duration. Real-time stock dashboard shared with the QS team via secure login.

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH
50 N/mm² facing / 7.3 N/mm² block
SPECIFICATION CHALLENGE

Taylor Wimpey required colour consistency across 312 plots built by 4 different subcontractors over 11 months. We batched production to guarantee ΔE < 2 across the entire supply run.

DELIVERY SCHEDULE

Weekly standing order — every Monday, 8 full loads. 99.3% on-time rate for the programme.

LOGISTICS SOLUTION

Batch certificates issued with every delivery. QS team could reconcile brick type and production date against any plot at any time.

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH
50 N/mm²
AGGREGATE TOTALS // ALL PROJECTS
PROJECTS COMPLETED
214
TOTAL UNITS SUPPLIED
47.3M
HOUSEBUILDER PARTNERS
31
AVG PROGRAMME ADHERENCE
97.1%
03 // PRODUCTION STATUS

CURRENT
CAPACITY.

UPDATING EVERY 15 MIN
FACING BRICK — STOCK
2.4M
UNITS ON YARD
+12k TODAY
DENSE BLOCK — STOCK
1.8M
UNITS ON YARD
-34k TODAY
ENG BRICK — STOCK
340k
UNITS ON YARD
+8k TODAY
STANDARD LEAD TIME
5 DAYS
FROM ORDER
UNCHANGED
URGENT LEAD TIME
48 HRS
SUBJECT TO STOCK
AVAILABLE NOW
KILN CAPACITY
94%
CURRENT UTILISATION
ACCEPTING ORDERS
STOCK LEVELS BY PRODUCTAS OF 29 MAY 2026
RUSTIC BLEND
78%
SMOOTH RED
62%
BUFF MULTI
45%
EBONY ENG
88%
DENSE BLOCK 7.3N
55%
LIGHTWEIGHT 3.5N
33%
BELOW 30% — CALL TO CONFIRM
ABOVE 30% — IN STOCK
04 // PRODUCT RANGE

SPEC THE
RIGHT BRICK.

BS EN 771-1 // BS EN 771-3 CERTIFIED
Close-up of Kiln rustic blend facing bricks showing warm red and brown tones with textured surface
FACING BRICK
Rustic Blend Facing Brick
FB-RUST-01
SIZE
215 × 102.5 × 65mm
COMP. STR.
50 N/mm² (Cat I)
WATER ABS.
12–16% (Class F2)
APPLICATIONS
External leaf, feature walls, residential
IN STOCK
Stacked smooth red facing bricks with uniform colour and clean arrises on a manufacturing pallet
FACING BRICK
Smooth Red Facing Brick
FB-SMRD-02
SIZE
215 × 102.5 × 65mm
COMP. STR.
50 N/mm² (Cat I)
WATER ABS.
10–14% (Class F2)
APPLICATIONS
Housebuilder standard, high-volume residential
IN STOCK
Dark blue-black engineering bricks with smooth dense surface showing high compressive strength characteristics
ENGINEERING BRICK
Ebony Engineering Brick
EB-EBON-03
SIZE
215 × 102.5 × 65mm
COMP. STR.
75 N/mm² (Cat I)
WATER ABS.
< 4.5% (Class B)
APPLICATIONS
Manholes, retaining walls, water-table courses
IN STOCK
Rows of grey dense concrete blocks in a steam curing chamber at the Kiln manufacturing facility
DENSE BLOCK
Dense Concrete Block 7.3N
DB-DNS-04
SIZE
440 × 215 × 100mm / 140mm / 215mm
COMP. STR.
7.3 N/mm²
WATER ABS.
N/A — solid aggregate
APPLICATIONS
Inner leaf, party walls, foundations
IN STOCK
Pale grey lightweight aerated concrete blocks showing cellular texture for thermal and acoustic performance
LIGHTWEIGHT BLOCK
Lightweight Aerated Block 3.5N
LB-LWT-05
SIZE
440 × 215 × 100mm / 140mm / 215mm
COMP. STR.
3.5 N/mm²
WATER ABS.
N/A — aerated
APPLICATIONS
Inner leaf, partition walls, thermal performance
LIMITED
Buff and cream multi-coloured facing bricks used in a heritage-style commercial building facade
FACING BRICK
Buff Multi Facing Brick
FB-BUFF-06
SIZE
215 × 102.5 × 65mm
COMP. STR.
50 N/mm² (Cat I)
WATER ABS.
11–15% (Class F2)
APPLICATIONS
Heritage schemes, conservation areas, commercial
TO ORDER
ALL PRODUCTS AVAILABLE IN FULL AND HALF UNITS // BESPOKE BATCHES FROM 50,000 UNITS
05 // PARTNERSHIP

START YOUR
ACCOUNT.

OPEN A TRADE ACCOUNT

RESPONSE WITHIN 4 WORKING HOURS

ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS

NO COMMITMENT REQUIRED // ACCOUNT MANAGER CONTACTS YOU WITHIN 4 HRS

DOWNLOAD SPEC SHEETS

FOR PROCUREMENT TEAMS IN THE COMPARISON PHASE

WHY TRADE ACCOUNTS CHOOSE KILN
97.1%
Programme adherence across all active accounts
5 DAYS
Standard lead time from order to dispatch
100 MI
Delivery radius — Staffs, Midlands, North West
4 HRS
Account manager response time, guaranteed
DIRECT LINE
01785 700 400
MON–FRI 07:00–17:00 // SAT 07:00–12:00
trade@kilnbrick.co.uk