Way back in 2010 we were a tiny company. Our focus was creating new castings and inventing ventilation products that we thought period property restorers would want. We’d cast just 20 or so items at a time from the tiny Bristol Foundry that itself had just started. It was so small we even took our […]
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2010 was a big year for the Cast Iron Air Brick Company … We’d just got started ! Here’s a few snaps from the early days including our first conservation vents being cast at the Bristol Foundry, showing our wares at the NEC, Amanda on a foundry visit and we’re in the news too!
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It’s great working with cast iron and being a part of so many restorations around the country. Even more fitting, is our workshop, which is a restoration project in itself ! Time for some repairs of our own, the doors, although lovely and authentic barely have enough sound wood to support the hinges. We’re reusing […]
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1976 and 1977 will be remembered (for those of us old enough to remember) as exceptionally dry years. So little rain fell during both summers that water rationing had to be enforced to maintain supplies. Such a thing hasn’t been heard of since, but say hello to 2025 ! It is a seriously parched year […]
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Making Plans for Water Shortages Even in the Westcountry ! This summer, here in Devon and across the UK, we are facing an unprecedented shortage of rain. If it wasn’t for the fact, we had torrential rain everyday early spring, we’d be serious trouble. Water plays an important part in our cast iron air brick […]
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Building restoration can be complex and expensive but if you thought it was problematic on dry land, spare a thought for builders and architects in Venice. Scaffolding and getting materials to the job site are especially challenging without roads or motor vehicles but being in the constant gaze of millions of tourists adds a little […]
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COAL COVER FRAMES It’s a recurring theme but many patterns need replacing from time to time. They’re made of wood and sometimes resin so are quite fragile and don’t last forever. Also we sometimes have to switch production from one foundry to another and this invariably involves having more patterns made. This week we’ve had […]
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2025 update … Yes I’m still making cast iron square hole grilles to order ! But … Material is running low and we dont receive enough orders to justify commissioning new patterns so when all the stock we have runs out, that’s it ! I’m trying to help by cutting grilles from larger pieces but […]
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Its great to see our air bricks installed around the fine city of Edinburgh . Sadly the wall has been the victim of graffiti along this busy high street but the bare metal cast iron air bricks are aging perfectly. The dull rust finish allows them to look like the WIN6 air bricks have been […]
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Even in the Cairngorms, listed buildings require ventilating . The future is of course to create a sealed house against the draughts but, it’s not so easy on period properties and there are hundreds of them in the highlands of Scotland. So vents are still required and here’s an example using quite a few of […]
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