Quick Answer
Are brick slips easy to fit?
Answer – Yes!
Detailed Answer – Are brick slips easy to fit?
In answer to the question: Are brick slips easy to fit? Yes they certainly are.
Any competent DIY enthusiast can install brick slips and the main principles of installation are the same as standard tiles.
Glue the brick slips to a suitably chosen substrate using a rapid setting adhesive.
The brick slips are spaced out using tile spacers.
Mortar point the brick slips once the adhesive has fully set.
Gun injection pointing mortars are the best tool for mortaring up the brick slip joints.
If a more traditional feel is needed then traditional sand and cement mortar can be used, however as always this is down to personal preference.
Tools required for the job
The following tools are recommended for ease of installation, all of these can be purchased from brickslips.co.uk or a reputable DIY store.
- Notched Adhesive Spreader
- Mixing Bucket
- Brick Slip Spacers
- Mortar pointing gun
- PVA Glue
- 4″ Paint brush
- Brick Jointer
- Wire Brush
Top Number one Tip
Our biggest piece of advice when fitting brick slips would be to start from the bottom.
It is vitally important that you lay from the bottom upwards and have a level first course of Brick slips. If you get the first course level and straight then it will help set the foundations for moving further up the wall.
