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Chimney breasts and fireplaces can often provide a fantastic focal point for any lounge or living space, and reclaimed brick slips can help to bring them to life in a rustic and authentic way.  Our reclaimed slips are sourced from genuine demolition, meaning that the slips you apply to your walls from us will already have a lot of character to them and history behind them!  We can cut and provide both flat slips and external corners, and providing us with the basic measurements for your chimney breast or fireplace will be a good place to start so that we can accurately supply you with the products you will need. handmade brick slips

Starting with a clean and bare chimney breast ready for cladding, ensure that you have all the slips you need, adhesive,  a notched tiling trowel  and something to ensure that your slips are equally spaced out.  In this demonstration, we’ve used T Spacers – these are small plastic fixers – and these can even be left in through the pointing (as you’ll not notice them once the work is finished).

The first step once you have your tools and materials to hand is to mix up your adhesive and apply a small amount at a time to the chimney breast.  As you can see in our video, we started on the lower left before laying slips down, with T Spacers, across the top of the fireplace’s alcove.  We then gradually built up in horizontal lines to the very top of the breast touching the ceiling before finishing the other vertical column to the right of the alcove.  You need to make sure you are relatively efficient in laying the slips and T Spacers as the adhesive will dry very quickly in air – this is why we recommend you tackle the application of slips and adhesive one small section at a time.

As you can see from our video, we then went underneath the alcove to cover the back wall and the corners leading in once we were happy with the rest of the breast’s coverage.

From here, it’s time to mix the mortar, which you will use to point and fix the slips, effectively, into place with permanence.  Once mixed as instructed, you can either use a trowel or a specialist pointing gun to fill in the joins, being careful to ensure that all gaps or voids are filled, and that you don’t get too much mortar on the slip faces.  You can take away any excess mortar with a brush or wire ahead of it setting completely, however, with a pointing gun this may not be necessary.

As you can see from the video, after leaving the pointing to fully set, we were left with a chimney installation with a fantastic new reclaimed cladding – an authentic look with character that will embellish any home or commercial property with just a few tools and materials.

For more information on our brick slips, cutting services and made-to-order cladding, call Brick Slips Direct today on 01246 260001 or email us with a further query. interior brick cladding

The power of a feature wall

feature wallWhether at home or away, you may well have noticed a growing trend in the use of an authentic brick wall look to help deliver a certain atmosphere – whether it be to entertain guests or to create a certain style or theme about a bar or restaurant, there are many reasons as to why homeowners and business people are turning to brick slips to help embellish their feature walls and to draw eyes in. In the home, a feature wall can be used to generate conversation or to transform the look of a dining room, a garage or even a kitchen completely – and all it ever takes are a few well-chosen brick slips to help bring such an atmosphere to life.

What does a feature wall do?

Feature walls built from brick slips help create an atmosphere that is stylish and modern but in a very urban way. A business or home that boasts a feature wall comprised of reclaimed or specialised brick slips benefits from a homely and traditional charm that, at the same time, comes off as contemporary and unique. But how can a feature wall be unique if brick slips are gaining in such popularity? Simple – no two feature walls are the same. brick slip cladding

You may want to focus on a uniform red-brick look for your feature wall, to emphasise symmetry and style – alternatively, you may want your room or bar to look more rugged, urban or down-to-earth with reclaimed slips that have been sourced from genuine demolition. Here at Brick Slips Direct, we are proud to source and provide slip options from genuine demolition sources to help provide our customers and clients with authentic, urban style that can be hard to come by with bespoke orders. On the other side of the coin, however, bespoke brick slips can be made to order to emphasise any colour or look that you desire – meaning that there really is no limit barring your own tastes and imagination.

Why would I want one?

Brick slip feature wallA feature wall should be something that makes people talk at parties, as well as something that helps to define both your home and your personality. Bars, clubs and restaurants have branched out into brick slips in recent years to appear more contemporary to emphasise a sense of home-grown produce and service – and why shouldn’t the same go for the home? brick cladding panels system

Brick slips come in all shapes, sizes and even colours, making the options for a feature wall virtually limitless – whether you are looking for an urban, authentic look with genuine resourced brick slips, or if you are in the market for a clean, contemporary sheen with a bespoke creation, a feature wall can really enhance your home or business for less than you may expect to pay elsewhere.

If you want a design statement, the look no further than Brick Slips Direct. For more information on the services we provide and the selection of slips and feature wall services we have to offer, contact us today on 01246 260001 or email us with your query and we will be back in touch with you as soon as we possibly can!