This doorway entrance to Mill Cottage was built in an oak frame work that was approximately 100mm wide. As this is an outside entrance it had to comply with the BS building regulations, which meant that the inset panels had to have insulation.

The method used for this tudor style brickwork was to cut them down into 20mm brick slips then fixed onto wooden panels and pointed with lime. The brick slips panels were then lifted into the oak frame and screw in place, then pointed over.

This image is showing a project that was to change the interior of a hairdressers in Rochester in Kent.

The concept is to take a plain sterile interior wall and replace it with brick slips and fill this bare interior space with a warm characteristic wall with brickwork to blend and compliment the new wooden floors.

Nicholas required a 1000 yellow london stocks, cut them down into 25mm brick slips which managed to turn them into over 2000 brick slips. The idea of cutting them is to reduce the weight so when the slips are fixed to the wall they can hold their own weight. Cutting them into slips also reduces their widthe within the salon.

The brick slips are fixed to the existing wall as they are being fixed they are laid on a bed of lime mortar.

The work here is completed but the finishing touches of the owner is waiting furnishing it with old hairdressing signs and old wooden character furniture.

Just so much love all the old hairdressing equipment on display.

This picture shows the other elevation.

Between both walls was an existing column supporting a steel, we managed to build around it with slips without altering the size, to prevent the pier over-powering the shop.

In my opinion interior brickwork always brings space to life, it never dates and needs zero maintenance.

This is a fake building (set) shown opposite and was used for a display at The Chelsea Flower Show for a client who makes handmade soap (Merrywood). The concept behind the stool was to display the working environment where she makes her products. The display was built out of lime mortar and handmade bricks.

This display obviously had the desired effect and impressed the judges, as it earnt the Merrywood soap Company a gold award for the presentation of her product at the show.

This was one of only six awards given out, out of two hundred displays.

This image shows an extension caried out by another bricklayer at a previous date. I was asked to consider what action to take to match it to the existing 16th century dairy farm cottage.

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The extension had taken place in the 80's using modern stock bricks, The owners felt strongly that the side extension looked so out of place and was for them taking the beauty away from this old cottage.

Once this work has been completed. There will be no evidence of 80's work for this work has carried out in such away that it will become come part of building.

This image shows a the porch built at the same time on this 16th century cottage which is on the other side of the property again the owners felt strongly that it needed changing. Both of these changes had the desired affect.

This image shows both of the undesired exstenions.

This image shows the porch recovered in brick slips. There has also been a plinth added to give the porch some 'weight' and to make it blend with the plinth on cottage, making it all flow as one.