hup! brick slip rails system launched
A new brick slip rails system is now available for the hup! building system from Ultraframe, which is indistinguishable from a real brick wall and saves time on site. The innovative new development to the popular building system makes using brick slips for the exterior of a hup! fast and simple and offers a genuine true brick aesthetic.
Installers can use any standard metric brick slip of approximately 20mm thickness, choose from 28 shades that are available via www.hupbrickslips.co.uk, or take advantage of the brick matching service that is available for non-standard bricks to ensure a perfect match to the property. The innovative brick slip rail system is nearly twice as fast as glueing brick slips to a board and so offers fantastic time saving benefits on site.
Commenting about the newly-launched hup! brick slips rail system, Ultraframe Marketing Director, Alex Hewitt, said: “Feedback from homeowners was that they wanted their extensions to be in real brick but our customers told us that using brick slips to deliver this aesthetic was very time consuming. Our R&D Team set to work to develop a system where the bricks can be inserted rapidly rather than being glued individually, and the hup! brick slip rail system was born. We are delighted with the solution we have developed - it offers beautiful aesthetics that are a higher quality alternative to brick mesh along with time-saving benefits, as it is nearly twice as fast as applying brick slips onto a board.”
Installation is fast and simple with carrier panels which stack on top of each other affixed to the wall. Once the panels are fixed, the brick slips are inserted by pushing them into tabs which grip them in place. This simple process is repeated to form a brick wall pattern using a 10mm spacer between bricks. Installers can then point the wall into deep authentic mortar gaps. We recommend using any lime-based mortar which can be purchased from hupbrickslips.co.uk and recommended by Ultraframe. The mortar engulfs the deformable tabs, fixing them in place and adhering to the brick slip to create an extremely strong and firm surface that is indistinguishable from a real brick wall.
One company who has experienced the new brick slip rails system already on a hup! build is Yorkshire Warm Roofs of Barnsley. The company has been a huge advocate for hup! since it launched and has completed numerous home extensions and conservatory transformations using the system. Commenting about the new hup! brick slip rail system, Director, James Whitney, said: “The new hup! brick slip rail system is a fantastic addition to hup!. It’s really simple, fast, and usable – anyone could use it without a problem and it looks completely authentic. For us, this is the perfect solution for homeowners wanting a brick finish on their hup! extension.”
Concluding about the new hup! brick slip rail system, Alex said: “hup! is all about bringing speed and simplicity to a site and the new brick slip rail system builds on this ethos. We are sure that our customers will appreciate both the finish and the simplicity of installation - even the corners are simple to do! As the brick slips are applied mechanically rather than by adhesive, the fix is much more secure and long-lasting, so much so that there is a 60-year life expectancy on the product which offers tremendous peace of mind to homeowners.”
To experience the system, visit hupbrickslips.co.uk to order up to 10 FREE sample boards.
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