what do you think about this kind of tile

[Dontiler]

Hello
Going to do a job on Wednesday, to lay tiles outside the house in the garden, it's looks like painted concrete, really weird tiles never came across with something like that, would love to hear your opinion guys about sealing them, client sended pick but never seen them in real life
I was thinking
* Clean up with HG Super Remover
* Seale with GH Impregnating Sealer
* Then a coat or two of HG Satin Polish (depending on final look)
What you think about that ??
Many Thanks
here is the pick

[paul flight]

you need to seal these befor fixing hg impreg will do it make sure there clean and dry

[paul flight]

hg satin polish outside???. i did these inside like you have side . all ok wet cut ok!

[mikethetile]

nice looking tiles

[Dave]

LTP sealers are ok for outside use.. but not the topical ones.

Colour enhancer and seal would be a good one to bring life to them.

[user123]

They maybe home/hand/made concrete tiles? With dyed concrete? I can't see any gap/groutline between them so pouring them in triangular casts, with the adjoining one poured onto the base, open ended against the previous one would work.... in which case I would look at concrete floor care products. Quite effective though, isn't it....interesting..

[Dave]

To me , it looks like dust pressed tile fixed onto a slab.. that is why i recommended sealers above..

[Phil Hobson]

Looks like terrazzo to me, is it like marble chippings on top and sand and cement underneath?

[Dontiler]

I found site who make them, it's seems cement tiles from USA Villa Lagoon Tiles-Encaustic Cement Tile, Carreaux Ciment, Old English Tiles, Victorian, Moorish Tiles, Barcelona Tile, Spanish Tiles will be fun cutting them
appreciate guys for you answers!!!

[user123]

I found site who make them, it's seems cement tiles from USA Villa Lagoon Tiles-Encaustic Cement Tile, Carreaux Ciment, Old English Tiles, Victorian, Moorish Tiles, Barcelona Tile, Spanish Tiles will be fun cutting them
appreciate guys for you answers!!!

Nice link, interesting gallery

[timeless john]

Its an encaustic tile!
As the above for sealing before you handle them as hand oil will stain them

[user123]

Ok guys, humour me, why isn't there a grout line or gap between them? Or is it that I just can't see it? I'm really curious, and it that's a REAL stupid question, well, be gentle...

[mikethetile]

its the way they are made, the different colours are pressed into a mould and topped of with base of the tile. the tile is turned the right way up and cleaned off to expose the pattern, they are then fired

tj will be able to give a better description

[timeless john]

They maybe home/hand/made concrete tiles? With dyed concrete? I can't see any gap/groutline between them so pouring them in triangular casts, with the adjoining one poured onto the base, open ended against the previous one would work.... in which case I would look at concrete floor care products. Quite effective though, isn't it....interesting..

No need to humour you - you got it right!
They are essentially hand made in trays, with poured cement in different colours.
Each tile will be approx 30x30cm and they will be 2mm joint fixed to a flat floor surface with a fast set flexible white adhesive.
Saw this design I believe by Tommyzoom about 8 months ago.
But it could have been Gary - so sorry if I got it wrong.

[garythetiler]

here is a job I tiled using them

[timeless john]

here is a job I tiled using them

That's the one - Sorry Gary I thought it was your job I mentioned earlier but its an age thing!
All I do remember was its as good as I thought it was from memory.
If you had a minute it would be helpful if you could describe the pitfalls to this type of tile for the thread starter as I think they are not aware of its porosity and location of useage!
IMO this material is too absorbent to be used outside.

[garythetiler]

when ever i fit these tiles I always install them using the sand and cement method ,firstly I soak the tiles over night to reduce the suction from the tiles once fitted and thorouhgly dried out I impregnante the tiles with impregnotor and finish with paste wax buffed off with a rotary buffing machine ,as these tiles are cement encaustic it is very common to get effloresence even when sticking them with adhesive, if this happens i normally use wire wool to clean them and it seems to do the trick I would recommend 1 mm joints as any wider looks terrible with these tiles imo ,they cut nicely on a wet cutter never tried scoring and snapping them but I imagine a block cutter would work very well with these types of tiles, I cant really see a problem with using these tiles outside other than slip resistance issues and freeze and thaw issues (which could be dealt with with uncoupling membrane )

[paul flight]

these tiles are the same as the ones that fired earth sell (encaustic tile)
1. clean
2.seal , dont flood them
3.fix ( wet cut fine blade)
4.grout
5 .seal again (ltp)

[timeless john]

If you read the Villa Lagoon link it states 'these cement tiles should not be used outside where freeze thaw issues - ie freezing conditions - occur'.
It is not the decoupling that is the problem its the tile itself.