Hmmm. Hard brick or IFB? I rebuilt my kiln in summer of 2022 using k26 IFB, they were a little over $6 each. If you’re thinking salt or soda firing, then you’ll need hard brick, and where I am that’s more $. Where I am everything costs more, especially heavy things like bricks. It’s the state that stupid people think is an island next to Hawaii. In Pennsylvania you will find much cheaper bricks. Used or new. Pencil it all out, burners, tanks, kiln shelves. Beware of false economies, it is not generally a good idea to make your own bricks. You will learn how bricks are made, and it’s hard to put a value on that, but it won’t get you a cheaper kiln. Speaking from experience. Beware of respirable silica, not the dust in your studio, but the stuff that’s actually dangerous: ceramic fiber and fiber board. Absolutely the cheapest thing you can build a kiln from. Fast. Easy to work with. Fragile. Friable. Respirable. I’ve built my own kilns for twenty years. You can build cheaper than you can buy, but go slow, learn before you act, look at other’s kilns. You can sure as hell find cheaper brick than that. Do it!!! More on reddit.com

No. Online isn't the place to buy them unless you're buying pallets of them. Then any place will sell them for 3-4 bucks per brick.the freight isn't bad when spread out across a couple hundred bricks. More on reddit.com

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The bones will be good, awesome unique designs, but these older homes need expensive repairs if not already done. Many before '78ish had original sewer lines in cast iron material. Now that material is at the end of its life. Repairs involve tunnelling and replace with PVC, and are very expensive. Original supply plumbing was galvanized, and needs to be replaced, usually with PEX material. Structural, foundation and cosmetic issues can develop from ground movement. Houston is expansive clay soil. Many homes have foundation repairs, also this is expensive. Then you have HVAC, roofs, old single pane windows, insulation issues, electrical problems if there's aluminum wire, old electrical panels. Having said all this, we still love our 1976 build. More on reddit.com