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[quote author=tommyardin link=topic=23732.msg288575#msg288575 date=1544209370]
Yeah Metric gauge is tighter than Imperial by 1.2mm per course of bricks, that is why building an extension on a imperial gauged house with metric bricks when they were the standard was a bastard as you either, lost gauge again the main house or you ended up with large bed joint to keep up. Seeing as you new brickwork bonded/tied into the original you ended up with large bed joints , of course on a complete new build it was not a problem.

On an old building with new brick extension and if you are not bonding/tieing in which forces you to keep up. Which looks uglier - deeper beds to try and keep up or mismatched brick to brick. 
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Miss-matched brick to brick looks worse. More obvious to the eye than deeper mortar beds I think.


It must be a cost saving thing to use metric bricks in such a situation. Some of the old types are probably only available via reclamation and there's company's making certain patterns in imperial size, but it's bound to be dearer isn't it.