GRP Building Products were approached to supply brickwork cladding panels, stone effect window sills, plinth, chimney and pots for this special project at the Chelsea Flower Show.

The structure is a replica of one of engineer Thomas Telford’s famous Holyhead to London Toll Houses.  Telford & Wrekin Council chose the design for Chelsea to celebrate the 250^th anniversary of Thomas Telford’s birth.

It was an ideal project to show off the lightweight, quick to assemble products to a large audience.  No one could tell that the brick was not real – even the judges were fooled!

The design won a Silver Flora award.

Originally a steel framed factory building with a coated metal profile inner skin, this was a perfect candidate for brick effect cladding.

The metal was clad with plywood to affix the grp brick effect panels on to, giving the finished effect of a traditional brick construction.

A homeowner contacted GRP Building Products to install our Easi-Wall system which has been deliberately designed around the standard concrete garden fence post. This system makes installation very easy, either from scratch or allowing easy conversion of an existing fence, with just the addition of the Easi-Wall panels and post covers.

Panels are available as brick both sides or with one side bonded to a Stryrowood trellis. Styrowood is made from recycled non-biodegradeable plastics, is completely waterproof and maintenance free.

A homeowner in Hagley contacted GRP Building Products with a requirement for an alternative to a brick built garage. Traditional construction would have required foundations for which planning had been refused due to tree preservation orders. By using grp brick effect cladding panels to match the house, the builder was able construct a timber frame garage instead. The installation was completed in 2 days.

In 2004 a building company needed to find a solution to building gable ends that had no footings to support the weight of the structure. GRP was commissioned to provide grp brick effect cladding panels which could be easily installed onto a timber frame affixed to the property.

A solution was needed to create an aesthetically pleasing finish to a portacabin development at a primary school. The space created for additional classrooms needed to match the existing buildings and had to be installed during the summer holiday shutdown period. GRP Building Products were asked to provide grp brick effect cladding that was colour matched exactly to the existing structures. This was easily fitted by contract carpenters who had never used grp cladding before.

In 2009 a developer built 8 apartment blocks as Social Housing. The buildings had to be built without footings, therefore could not support the weight of traditionally built brick walls. GRP Building Products were commissioned to provide 2.4 metre high grp brick effect cladding panels which would be screwed directly to wooden batons, which themselves housed a waterproof membrane and insulation. The pale powder shown on the photographs was trimming dust, which was hosed off on completion.