Technical Support
   
 

At Ibstock we are committed to providing the best possible service to our customers. Our Technical Support service is second to none and is available to advise and assist at every stage, from conception through to construction.

Our Technical Services Team can advise on the properties and performance of all products within the Ibstock portfolio, giving full technical data, including Health & Safety and environmental matters. Up-to-the-minute information is also available on British Standards and Codes of Practice; including the new BS EN771-1 European Standard for Clay Masonry Units. Frequently asked questions are covered by a series of information sheets and include efflorescence; vanadium staining; durability; water penetration; fixing of brick slips; pressure washing brickwork and laying Fireborn units.

Ibstock aims to deliver the best possible service in terms of response, efficiency and knowledge, for immediate help and assistance, please contact the Ibstock Design & Technical Advice Helpline on 0844 800 4576 or email technical@ibstock.co.uk.

   
 
   

General

 
   

1. Paver Laying Guidelines

2. Efflorescence

3. Iron Staining of Clay Bricks

4. Vanadium Staining Efflorescence

5. Durability of Brickwork

6. Staining of Blue Brickwork / Peacocking

7. Rain Penetration in Clay Brickwork Walls

8. Algae, Lichen and Mould Growths

9. Brickwork Dimensions - Standard Brick Sizes

10. Water Pressure Washers and Brickwork

11. Fireborn Glazed Clay Units

12. Fireborn Clay Laying Guidlines

13. Glazed Brick Laying Guidelines

14. Painting of Brickwork

15. Brick Slips-Fixing

16. How Clay Bricks Are Made

17. Colour Variation in Brickwork

18. Minimising Efflorescence In Newly Built Brickwork.

19. Lime Staining

20. Expansive Particles

21. Brickwork Bonds

22. Cracking in bricks and brickwork

23. Brickwork Mortars

24. Mortar Joint profiles

25. Laying frogged bricks

26. Discolouration of Masonry due to Saturation

27. Premature Failure of Walling

28. Clay Facing Bricks in Landscaping

29. Curved Brickwork using Standard Bricks

30. Building Sustainability

31. Durability of masonry in finished construction

32. Specifying Special Shapes

33. Coatings on Brickwork

34. Brickwork Dimensions Tables – Larger Formats

35. Linear Laying Guidelines

36. Crazing

37. Special Shaped Bricks - Size



BDA Guide: Traditional Lime Mortar

 
   

European Standards

Health& Safety / COSHH / Operations & Maintenance

   

Differences between BS3921 & BS EN 771-1

BS EN 771-1 & PAS 70 - A guide to the Standards

PAS 70 - Procedure for on-site size test (mean)

Maintenance of Brickwork

COSHH Package Bricks Handling

Silica HSE Information

Handling Heavy Building Blocks

Handling Fireborn

BDA Guide: Cleaning of Clay Brickwork

COSHH Packaged Unfired Bricks Handling