Building Products
From bricks, blocks, pavers, cement and adhesives to concrete, floors, stone, tiles, metal and glass, we offer a full testing and analysis service to ensure that your products are fit for purpose, conform to current guidelines and achieve certification quickly and cost-effectively.
At CERAM, though, we don't just provide testing; from new product development to process optimisation and failure analysis, our experts will work with you to keep you ahead of the competition and to drive profitability.
Materials and Products
- Adhesives & Sealants
- Bricks
- Blocks
- Insulating Products
- Lintels
- Slates
- Tiles
- Building Hardware
- Cement
- Ceramics
- Concrete, Grout & Mortar
- Construction Materials & Geological Samples
- Floors
- Glass
- Pavers
- Pipes
- Rock
- Natural Stone
- Soils & Stabilised Soils
- Screeds.
Examples of Work
- Tests for adhesives used in paving applications in a major city centre development
- Design guidance for use of highly perforated clay blocks
- Testing lintels to new European Standards to establish safe working loads
- Tile durability and permeability testing
- Exposure site projects on mortars made from cements new to the UK
- Expert Witness in cases of allegedly defective mortar
- Studies on sealants for the joints in flexibly laid paving
- Determination of chemical compositions in screeds.
Carbon Footprinting – UK Brick Industry
CERAM provided BDA with a verifiable Carbon Footprint for the UK brick manufacturing sector
TDP’s MortarFleece™ Developed and Tested with CERAM
CERAM's work with mortar protection product, TDP Mortar Fleece™.