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This month top questions are featured below:
Should I look to match my house brick when installing a brick slip internal feature wall?
Many customers think this is the case but in reality it certainly is not. The vast majority of UK houses are built with uninspiring mass produced bricks that offer no character and very little in the way of colour.
Our products bring colour and class to any installation, all of our products are hand picked and selected for their unique qualities.
These qualities allow a brick slip internal feature wall design to outshine and go beyond the mundane appearance, that often the external brick work exudes.
Can pointing mortar be used inside and outside?
Pointing mortar can be used both internally and externally and weathers in exactly the same way as normal sand and cement mortar.
Are the brick slips suitable for foot paths or walkways?
A question we get asked quite often is can the brick slips be used for footpaths and walkways?
As nice as they would look unfortunately brick slips are not brick pavers and are unsuitable for walkways and foot paths.
A standard paver is approximately 50mm depth for foot traffic or 60mm depth for light vehicles.
As our slips are only 20mm in depth we would not recommend using these for this application.
Are brick slips suitable for open fires?
Using Brickslips within fireplace designs are a simple way to add a great feature to your room.
Whilst brick slips are great for use around log burners and decorative fires we would not recommend using the slips on open fires where the heat is in direct contact with the brick tiles. We always recommend a 6 inch distance from any heat source and the use of fire cement when pointing.
Why are your boxes only half a square meter in size?
Here at brickslips.co.uk we take health and safety seriously.
Whilst we would love to offer our fantastic products in one square meter boxes unfortunately due to the weight of the brick tiles we have to offer the slips in half square meter boxes only.
There are other tools which I need for my installation which are not on your site can I still order these from you?
We try to offer our customers clarity by keeping the range of accessories we offer to a minimum. All the essentials which you would need to install your brick slips are offered on the website.
There are occasions where our customers require different or more specialised tools.
If you require something which is not listed under the accessories page then please give us a call as it may be something we can assist you with.
Alternatively you could try your local b&q or tradepoint.
Do you offer brick slips cut from engineering brick?
Yes we do! Our Forge brick slips are a purpose cut brick slip which will match in with most 65mm blue engineering bricks.
Colour and clay matching is always necessary when matching engineering bricks so we advise you order a sample prior to ordering just to be sure.
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