A major advantage of Elabrick Brick Slips is that they are only 4 mm thick. That makes it possible to use them on almost any solid surface. This surface must be flat, clean, dry, slightly absorbent, free of strain, and supportive. Examples of suitable exterior surfaces include facade insulation systems, render, stucco, or cementitious board, and for interiors, a wallpaper-ready wall or plasterboard. If the surface allows moisture to penetrate or is made of wood or bitumen, it is not suitable. When in doubt, always seek advice and do a test beforehand.

Surface Prep

1. Prepare the surface before applying the brick slips. Is the surface flat, dry, free of strain, slightly
   absorbent, and adequately solid? If you are going to work outdoors, is there adequate protection
   from wind and weather during the work while the adhesive mortar and brick slips cure?
   
2. If you do not trust a particular surface, first test whether the surface is suitable. As a guide, you
   can use the overview below:

Sufrace	Outdoor Application	Indoor Application
Wallpaper- ready wall	n.a	yes
Decorative plaster	yes ^1	yes^1
Sheet material, wood	no	no
Sheet material, plasterboard	no	yes^2
Sheet material, cementitious	yes^2+3	yes^2
Plasterboard	yes^2+3	yes^2
Concrete, sand-lime block, plaster	yes^4	yes1
Brick	yes^1	yes^1
Facade insulation system	yes	yes
Bitumen, tarry substrate	no	no
Porous substrates such as aerated concrete, cellular concrete	yes^4	yes^4
Moist substrates	no	no

1Provided that the substrate has been smoothened
2 Follow supplier’s instructions on the transition on panel seams to prevent cracking
3 If suitable for outdoor use
4 Provided that the substrate is supportive, smooth and pre-treated

Solid Surface

The Elastolith brick system can be used on almost any solid, permanently dry, load-bearing, and stress-free substrate. Not suitable are moisture-permeable, sandy, porous, wooden, and bituminous substrates. Highly absorbent substrates must be pre-treated with Elastolith Primer. Check beforehand for evenness, sufficient curing, and in case of outdoor application, sufficient weather protection during application and curing. More info in the Technical Data Sheets ( Brick and Mortar Adhesive)

We can prescribe the correct way to use our products successfully, but we cannot check the actual application. We can therefore only guarantee the quality of our products while they are covered by our terms and conditions of sale and delivery; we do not guarantee the way that the products are processed. If you have any doubts about a given surface, we recommend that you do a few tests first in order to prevent (future) problems for which we cannot accept any liability