how did people tile 100,s of years ago?..they still seem to be in place..amazing..

[fipple]

my point is those tiles are still intact!...ive been to rome and seen the stone/slabs pavers marble etc....and they still look amazing!...bit like cave paintings!they havent peeled.!

[Dave]

They are not on to todays substrates though... just laid onto earth..

[fipple]

I know they used sand" as an uncoupler!...its the cuts that im wondering about!...loads of patterns but no dry cutters or wet saws like we have now!..i just wondered whether toolsm they used then are still being used now"?

[Dave]

If you ask TJ he might still have some of the tools he used on those floors..

[Houston]

all sand & cement

[Phil Hobson]

Pin hammer and tungsten tipped chisel, that was the way I first cut floor tiles. Not hundreds of years ago though can still do it

[user123]

Pin hammer and tungsten tipped chisel, that was the way I first cut floor tiles. Not hundreds of years ago though can still do it

Not B&Q tiles then.... ?

[timeless john]

12 years ago when my son went to College for tiling, the instructor gave them a pin hammer and chisel to cut a hole in the middle of a tile!
I asked him how many the instructor cut - he said none.
He was only there 4 days before he came to work with me.
He asked me to show him how to do it - so I got my drill out

When I write my memoirs I'll include a section on Roman mosaic tiling and how they completed masterpieces before Rubi and Stanley came along!

[Phil Hobson]

A couple of years ago I was offered a teaching job at Salford college. During a visit to the workshop I noticed they had some Ruabon quarundum 200x200 (these are for the newer peeps) an heavy industrial quarry tile impregnated with carbarundum powder.


The teacher commented "how difficult to cut they were" I asked him if he had a pin hammer & tipped chisel, after a bit of searching he came up with a cintride chisel and pin hammer. The looks on the faces of the young tilers, when I cut a perfect 50mm piece was a picture. I think they were impressed

[timeless john]

Ruabon - those were the days!

[fipple]

interesting comments! ty!..ive always admired tiling,and how amazingly effective they are as an art form in themselves...Most of the cathedrals etc...stately building and also the intricate detailed designs of the middle east...its like a decorative armour! that u can piece together...Not sure if you can tell,but im getting sucked into tiling more and more!im fascinated by it..

[Scott]

Maybe it was the PVA they used......

[user123]

interesting comments! ty!..ive always admired tiling,and how amazingly effective they are as an art form in themselves...Most of the cathedrals etc...stately building and also the intricate detailed designs of the middle east...its like a decorative armour! that u can piece together...Not sure if you can tell,but im getting sucked into tiling more and more!im fascinated by it..

Come out the closet, fipple and admit it, you're really a mosaic artist at heart!

[david campbell]

my point is those tiles are still intact!...ive been to rome and seen the stone/slabs pavers marble etc....and they still look amazing!...bit like cave paintings!they havent peeled.!

you can't beat b@q tubbed adhesives eh!

[fipple]

I WISH!! mosaicgirl!.....(sorry dnt know your name)..ive seen your mosaic work...Amazing!...i think tiling,when done right,,is such a beautiful work of art!...especially natural stone....fashioned from a mountain...cut then formed into floors walls...Extremely creative from man/woman there really is nothing like it for that decidant opulant look!.....ERRRRR!...IM STARTING to creep myself out