Answering all your brick slips technical support questions. Ask Andy takes a look at some recent Online Chat questions that have been coming up through our website.
Our Online chat facility is a great way of getting those quick to ask questions answered. If you have any in depth questions then you can always get in touch with our brick slips technical support team. See below for the email address.
Can your brick slips be installed in a shower?
Yes! you can use certainly use brick slips in a shower installation. Providing that the brick slips are installed correctly, our slips make an attractive alternative solution to standard run of the mill bathroom tiles.
When you install brick slips in a shower area it is worth noting that the slips must be sealed adequately. Sealing the tiles and always keeping the room well ventilated ensures longevity of the product. This process basically stops spores and mould from forming on the brick surface.
Do your brick slips fade over time?
No they do not fade! some concrete and composite products are available to buy in the UK and for these type products I would always advise getting confirmation from the manufacturer before purchase.
Our brick slips are cut and manufactured from fired clay so will never fade.
Do you offer a brick cutting service?
As one of the UK`s leading manufacturers of brick slips, we offer a full end to end brick cutting service. Our service includes collection of bricks, cutting service, boxing/ crating of brick slips and delivery back to our customers. We are able to offer a full report on cutting capabilities and yield. We can also cut large format and special sized bricks.
Brick slips technical support. How do I calculate how many brick slips are needed?
Our brick slips technical support is always on hand to help. To calculate how many bricks are needed you first need to establish whether the brick is imperial sized or metric sized. Based on a standard 65mm metric sized brick you would need will 60 bricks to cover an area of one square meter. Based on a standard 73mm imperial brick you would need 51 to cover an area of one square meter. To calculate your area you would need to multiply your wall height by your wall width.
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Hello, if wanting cover one wall in my kitchen with brick slips is it better to do this before or after installing the kitchen including wall units and upstanding? Ideally we would like to instal the kitchen first and then do the brick later on but worried they’ll stick out too much compared to ordinary tiles as they’re slightly thicker.
Hi Jess
It is perfectly fine to install either way. When fitting into an existing kitchen then usual practice would be to tile around the existing units.
There is no right or wrong, it is totally down to preference.
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Hya we pointed our brick slips with a traditional half round jointed finish but the customer has insisted he wants the joints raked back so he can see the uneveness of the brick, I have informed him that the slips vary in size from as little as 15 mm then raking the joints out would leave in some places 5 mm depth of joint which surely overtime would crack and fall out as I’ve always been told 15-20 mm should be the thinnest due to this? He said he’s seen pictures of bricks but surely that is a full width brick wall which can be cut back by 10 mm? Am I right, I’ve told him if he wanted that look then don’t point them up in the first place many thx john
Hi John, its ultimately down to personal preference with any install. We always say its looks better with the pointing up in mortar, and we’ve seen raking of the joints work really well previously, however that doesn’t mean it won’t look good on all brick slips ranges. What I will suggest is, instead of over raking, if you use a wet paintbrush on application, you can smooth and round the mortar to get the same desired effect. It’s massively more time consuming but the desired look is i believe what you’re customer is going for. Hope that helps!