Brick slips are thin sections of brick that can be applied retroactively to a surface area to use the appearance or useful advantages of exposed bricks. Both most usual examples of this are with internal, attribute wall surfaces or on the surface for extra insulation and also a typical look.
At Real Brick Cladding, we are reclamation professionals and have a variety of natural brick slips readily available for your project. We utilize our proficiency to offer you extra background on the subject…
How Are Block Slips Made?
Brick slides can be made one of two ways: by sawing off a side from existing blocks to create ‘actual block slides’, or by cable reducing the extruded clay before firing in the kiln to produce ‘preformed block slips’.
By changing existing bricks to create real block slides, you are conserving waste and products however additionally choosing the much more taxing procedure that is, ultimately, much more costly but a more bespoke final product. Preformed block slips are much easier to standardize and, as a result, cheaper.
Exactly How Are Brick Slides Installed?
To install block slides, there are two main alternatives: separately fitting block slides onto a support board, similarly to tiling, or buying panels clad with brick slides that can be reduced to your required specifications.
Placing brick slips individually resembles tiling because horizontal slats are utilized to sustain and also straighten the specific pieces and also an adhesive is put on an area as called for. To aid this procedure additionally, in some cases the backing board is contoured.
Both of these setup methods apply for exterior block slips, although the pre-clad panels are frequently a lot more prominent because of the rate and effectiveness of installment.
Cost
Usually, brick slides are valued at around ₤1 per piece and also you will certainly require the same number of slides as you would certainly brick to cover a location. You need to likewise represent the added costs of backing board, insulation, glue, and so on when valuing things up.
Block slips can be extra costly than typical bricks upfront, yet you claw back some cash with reduced labour costs, much less weight therefore less structures, along with convenience.