Our capital city is the most populated in Western Europe with over 14.9 million people in the greater metropolitan area. With this comes a lot of buildings - around 3.8 million dwellings with another 25,000 added each year. If you add the commercial premises to that it becomes a lot of internal and external wall space to cover.
The volume of buildings across London and surrounding areas means that there are also plenty of different facades on show, and drilling down deeper, different colours and styles of brick.
London Facades
If you have an external cladding project, from a new build, a reclad or just a retaining wall, outbuilding or landscaping project, you will be guided more by the local brick types. Depending on the project type you may well need to gain approval from your local planning department on the look of a new facade to ensure it is in keeping with the area. Brick is by far the most approved, widespread and historical cladding material available - and from an aesthetic point there is no difference between brick slips and traditional laid full bricks. We not only have a large selection of various colours and textures to choose from on our website, but you can always contact us and send an image over of your property, or surrounding properties for us to match the brickwork. We are able to cut slips from over 200 different bricks so it's overwhelmingly likely that there will be something for you.
Internal Brick Slips in London
Whilst the local brickwork may act as inspiration, it doesn't necessarily need to be repeated internally. For the most part you can choose the blend of brick slip, people don't usually associate the bricks they see internally with what is external - either a different brick, stonework or render - it's just seen by itself. Of course if the building is listed this will be different and approval may well be needed, and some commercial properties may also have an approval process to go through.
From an aesthetic point of view, whether in a kitchen, bathroom, as a feature wall or flooring you can choose the style you want. Whilst London historically has had more yellow brick from factories such as the Smeed Dean works, our reclaimed collection of red brick slips, brown brick slips and cream brick slips are also incredibly popular. People in and around the capital often choose the pre-aged, rustic charm of our reclaimed collection to create a timeless look.
The reality of internal use though is that they can be used anywhere, and the aesthetic choices of which blend and which colour mortar are entirely down to you.
Brick Slip Installers In London
We have installers across the wider London area who have installed our products for many satisfied customers. In order for an installer to be fully approved, they must have completed at least 2 brick slip installations and we need to have positive feedback from our customers on their work and attitude. Complete the form below with your postcode and any additional details or questions you may have and we will send you the details of your closest installer(s) so that you can contact them and arrange any visit required or simply just the installation date so that you can get your products ordered in plenty of time to receive and check them.
Below are a few examples of our brick slips installed by recommended installers in London:
