Restore and renew with Eurobrick
There are many dilapidated buildings
around the UK that just need a little care
and attention to either restore them to their
former glory or to give them a whole new
lease of life. Eurobrick has been leading
the brick slip cladding sector for nearly
30 years and has extensive experience of
supplying redevelopment projects that aim
to rejuvenate these older properties.
X-Clad is an external wall insulation (EWI)
brick slip cladding system that is suitable
for both new build and retrofit projects
and includes the option to add different
thicknesses of insulation to help meet
the U-Value targets of a project while
maintaining a lightweight, slim profile. With
a huge variety of brick slips available, and
the flexibility to use alongside other finishes
such as timber or render, any number of
traditional or contemporary finishes can be
achieved.
The Cotton Exchange is a recent project
that involved the sympathetic conversion
of a redundant warehouse building
into residential apartments. Situated in
London, the old warehouse building was
unattractive and falling into disrepair, as
the ‘before’ photo from the architects, Hale
Brown, shows. The redevelopment of the
site transformed the existing building into
thirty four 1 & 2 bed loft-style contemporary
apartments.
Eurobrick supplied a total 2400m² of X-Clad
system for this project, which was installed
by RDK Dry Lining Ltd to both the side
and front elevations. This included around
1970m² of the 17mm insulated backer
panels and 430m² of the 50mm insulated
backer panels. The panels are lightweight,
easy to handle and cut to size and were
mechanically fixed directly to the existing
walls.
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‘Before’ photo: courtesy of Hale Brown Architects.
Three different colours of specially cut brick
slips were used, including Ibstock Chelsea
Old Funton, Ibstock Leicester weathered
and Ibstock Bevern Dark Multi slips along
with Eurobrick’s Standard grey and Light
Sandstone Europoint mortars, which helped
to create the overall distinctive multi-coloured
finish.
Brick slip cladding is durable and will
weather and age in the same way as
conventional brickwork, requiring little to
no maintenance. Eurobrick’s systems are
BBA certified and they also offer a 25 year
product guarantee. For more information
please visit
www.eurobrick.co.uk.