Good day to you all.

[Roysalmon]

My name is Roy Salmon and I am a Design Consultant from Leigh on Sea, Essex.
My reasoning for joining the Tilers Forum is to seek help on a small tile project.
I am working on the exterior patio of my local club where the feature is a tiled
round floor display with a the clubs 'logo' printed on the tiles. Like most private
clubs the committee have very limited funds so I need to find a way to get the
job done! The size of the round display (tiled area) is 1800mm dia'. The ideal
tile colour is dark blue with the logo in white. The logo fits over a large area
of the tiles. I looking for suggestions on the Tile, how to get the logo on the
tile, screened, hand panted and fired, waterjet cutout or !!!! Size of tile around
250x250 but must be frost proof and anti-slip.

Thank you for your time.

Roy Salmon

 

[Dan]

Hi Roy,

Welcome to the forum.

I think I would get some tiles water jet cut to be honest as it will last a lifetime if done correctly.

If you print and glaze over a pattern, I would assume your tile type would then be ceramic, and those would wear quicker than say a porcelain that has been water jet cut. Also if you water jet cut the logo and any of it gets damaged, it should be easier to repair and match up than a printed section of a tile that might be hard to match well years down the line.

The fixing of them isn't a problem it'll be the tile type and how you got about applying the design you need to give thought to.

 

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

also make sure your adhesive /grout is suitable for external use ,and don't forget expansion joints oh and :welcome: to the forum ,please post some pictures of this job as you do it ,it would be great to see

 

[Roysalmon]

Thanks for your advice, waterjet seems a little expensive so far but will keep you informed. I will let you have phots as and when progress.

Roy

 

[Gazzer]

I would think it would be the cheaper option actually but do let us know how you get on.

 

[Stef]

Hi & :welcome:.

I was at the Hampden trade show in Glasgow a few months ago & i was speaking to the guys that provide the water jet cutting. Honestly if you saw what they can produce then if your after a logo etc then its definitely the road to go down.

I did have pictures of some of the designs but they were on my laptop that broke, if i can get them from my external hard drive then i will post them.

 

[Roysalmon]

Thanks for your comments.

 

[Time's Ran Out]

:welcome::welcome::welcome::smilewinkgrin:

 

[White Room]

Hi and welcome...

 

[DHTiling]

Hello Roy and welcome.

 

[Ian]

Welcome along to TF

 

[kilty55]

hello roy,not really a budget job there but good luck