SOLVE YOUR BRICK
Its a typical, almost daily occurrence, that should sound familiar...
" A builder brings you a brick to match for a new extension that they have to start. He has promised his client a perfect brick match, and thats what they want. Only that brick is no longer manufactured or is on extended availability and the job starts in 2 weeks. So you have to show them the ‘closest match’ that you can find, and their customer is disappointed, in fact they don’t believe you and start shopping around "
However, a new service has launched that enables builders merchants to supply the perfect brick match every time, and enables you to do this from the bricks in your yard, selling the bricks that you earn more margin on, and you may also earn rebate on. Improving your profits from brick sales.
Over the last few years it has got harder and harder to match bricks.
The brick industry has consolidated and as brick manufacturers have taken over each other they have consolidated their brick ranges. In addition, the impact of the 2008 financial crisis saw many more brickworks closed or mothballed. This means that many bricks that were made simply are no longer made, creating an increasing brick matching problem.
The Extension Match service however enables a merchant to supply a customers brick match out of the existing stock in their yard, with the bricks being colour matched to the adjoining brickwork perfectly once built. The brick supplied just needs to roughly match the texture of the brickwork, such as a wire cut brick or stock brick.
'Any type of brickwork can be matched, even the most multi coloured and aged brickwork’ explains John Hall, MD of Extension Match, ‘We have been supplying our brick tinting services into the brick industry for more than ten years but with the consolidation of the brick industry making it even harder to match bricks we saw the brick matching problem that had been created and the need for a solution’.
‘The merchant can supply the customer with a brick from their yard for every brick match, making it much quicker, easier, and more profitable for them than sourcing a brick that is 'almost a match' from a brickworks at the other end of the country and then hauling it all the way to the site for a low margin’. We have worked hard to create a solution that works for everybody’ explains John, ‘The builder is happy as his brick matching problem was quickly solved and his customer has the perfect brick match and thinks its great, that means that the builder is happy with the merchant, and the merchant has made a brick sale of the bricks that they want to sell, thats the bricks in their yard’.
Registered Extension Match Builders Merchants also create an additional revenue stream as they can add a trade margin to the Extension Match service. ‘Our match is also guaranteed’, explains John, ‘Once the bricks have been built on site, you give us the instruction and an Extension Match technician attends site to match the brickwork perfectly, we guarantee the match which the customer approves, and then we also guarantee the work for the life of the brick’.
Extension Match are supporting Builders Merchants with point of sale, displays, and stock profile guidance, and comprehensive sales support in each region.
Merchants can find out more and register to become an Extension Match Builders Merchant at www.extensionmatch.co.uk/merchants.
" A builder brings you a brick to match for a new extension that they have to start. He has promised his client a perfect brick match, and thats what they want. Only that brick is no longer manufactured or is on extended availability and the job starts in 2 weeks. So you have to show them the ‘closest match’ that you can find, and their customer is disappointed, in fact they don’t believe you and start shopping around "
However, a new service has launched that enables builders merchants to supply the perfect brick match every time, and enables you to do this from the bricks in your yard, selling the bricks that you earn more margin on, and you may also earn rebate on. Improving your profits from brick sales.
Over the last few years it has got harder and harder to match bricks.
The brick industry has consolidated and as brick manufacturers have taken over each other they have consolidated their brick ranges. In addition, the impact of the 2008 financial crisis saw many more brickworks closed or mothballed. This means that many bricks that were made simply are no longer made, creating an increasing brick matching problem.
The Extension Match service however enables a merchant to supply a customers brick match out of the existing stock in their yard, with the bricks being colour matched to the adjoining brickwork perfectly once built. The brick supplied just needs to roughly match the texture of the brickwork, such as a wire cut brick or stock brick.
'Any type of brickwork can be matched, even the most multi coloured and aged brickwork’ explains John Hall, MD of Extension Match, ‘We have been supplying our brick tinting services into the brick industry for more than ten years but with the consolidation of the brick industry making it even harder to match bricks we saw the brick matching problem that had been created and the need for a solution’.
‘The merchant can supply the customer with a brick from their yard for every brick match, making it much quicker, easier, and more profitable for them than sourcing a brick that is 'almost a match' from a brickworks at the other end of the country and then hauling it all the way to the site for a low margin’. We have worked hard to create a solution that works for everybody’ explains John, ‘The builder is happy as his brick matching problem was quickly solved and his customer has the perfect brick match and thinks its great, that means that the builder is happy with the merchant, and the merchant has made a brick sale of the bricks that they want to sell, thats the bricks in their yard’.
Registered Extension Match Builders Merchants also create an additional revenue stream as they can add a trade margin to the Extension Match service. ‘Our match is also guaranteed’, explains John, ‘Once the bricks have been built on site, you give us the instruction and an Extension Match technician attends site to match the brickwork perfectly, we guarantee the match which the customer approves, and then we also guarantee the work for the life of the brick’.
Extension Match are supporting Builders Merchants with point of sale, displays, and stock profile guidance, and comprehensive sales support in each region.
Merchants can find out more and register to become an Extension Match Builders Merchant at www.extensionmatch.co.uk/merchants.
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