Stone Cladding

Late yesterday saw the arrival of our two latest companions - Robbie and Lee had travelled all the way from God's own county, Whitby (although Robbie is originally from Howden for those of you who ever went to Pocklington); they came highly recommended from EuroBrick Cladding Systems in Bristol - the stone cladding company.

You may recall that we had to change suppliers to satisfy NHBC regulations, hence this stone is long overdue and we are very excited at the prospect of having a house which is hopefully nice to look at; we know the neighbours share our feelings!  

What you can see here is the X-Clad, external wall insulation (EWI) system which will be stone faced with 'Rough Dressed Cotswold' Bradstone slips.  When finished we believe the house will look like a normal stone house (hence the need for 'false' lintels).  It is low maintenance and comes with a 25 year product guarantee - but most importantly of course, it has the BBA certification and is fully approved by NHBC.

The insulation used in the backer panel is closed cell extruded polystyrene with a BRE Green Guide Rating of A; it is 17 mm thick, has a thermal conductivity of 0.033W/mk and can support 36 kg per sq metre.

The difference between this illustration and our walls is that our stone slips will be either 3", 6" or 9" high.  We have already decided on the arrangement of the varying sizes (to match in with the stone patterns of the neighbouring houses).  The smallest stones will fit in between the extruding bars and Robbie will simply cut out the unwanted bars with a knife to allow the larger stones to sit flat on the backer panel.

Lee and Robbie, standing in glorious sun shine (it is so bright they have to wear their 'shades')
standing proudly beside the first face.

The bricks are being arranged in a 'Random brought to course' arrangement, which matches that of our neighbour in Tinneys Lane.