What Do I Need To Complete A Brick Slip Installation?
We have compiled a list of all the things you need or could use to install our brick slips. In order to help you complete your project, we supply the brick slip-specific products: bonding primer, brick slip adhesive, 10mm spacers and pointing mortar, the rest you should be able to buy from your local DIY store.
- Full Tiles - Calculate how many you need
- Half Tiles where required- see our bond patterns guide for more information
- Corner tiles where required for maintaining the brick look around external corners
- Stanley knife for scoring the surface to give a greater surface area for adhesion
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Bonding Primer (1 litre for every 5m²) to help give the maximum strength of adhesion
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Brick Slip Adhesive (20kg is 4m²) or a cladding system with attachments
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10mm Spacers (200 for every 3.5m²)
- Pointing Mortar (25g is 3.5m²)
- Mortar dye where required, see our mortar guide for more information
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Dust sheets to keep surfaces clean
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Extra protection for kitchen pieces or furniture - Brick slips are hard, we don't want you to dent or scratch anything
- Pencil to mark the wall whilst measuring up and tiles where cuts are required
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Cutter - either a tile cutter or angle grinder to cut the tiles for the ends and top of the wall if required
- Adhesive trowel to apply adhesive to the wall and tiles
- Bucket to mix adhesive and water, we'd recommend a flexible one
- Mixer (plus drill if needed) for combining adhesive and mortar
- Spirit level for checking the level if desired
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Pointing gun to apply the pointing mortar
- Stiff brush to remove excess mortar on bricks
- Pointing trowel to create a profile, learn more in our mortar guide
- Brick slip sealant (1 litre for every 5m²) and brush if required, see our aftercare guide for more information
- Dustpan and brush/hoover to clean up afterwards
