How to Make Bricks | This Old House

Mark McCullough travels to Bridgewater, MA to see how local bricks are made SUBSCRIBE to This Old House: http://bit.ly/SubscribeThisOldHouse Looking for more step by step guidance on how to complete projects around the house? Join This Old House INSIDER to stream over 1,000 episodes commercial-free: https://bit.ly/3bnWadr Plus, download our FREE app for full-episode streaming to your connected TV, phone or tablet: https://bit.ly/34RYEP5 The bricks that Mark McCullough is using for the Arlington Arts & Crafts house chimney are the same bricks that grace much of historic Boston. He meets Lincoln Andrews in Bridgewater, MA and gets a tour of the factory where these bricks have been made for over 100 years. They watch raw indigenous clay get milled, mixed, pressed into molds, dried and finally heated in a round kiln to almost 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit. After several days, the bricks are sorted and strapped and ready to send to the jobsite. Watch the full episode: https://bit.ly/3daywBw Follow This Old House: Facebook: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseFB Twitter: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseTwitter  Instagram: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseIG  Pinterest: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHousePinterest    For more This Old House, visit us at: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseWebsite How to Make Bricks | This Old House    / thisoldhouse