Has anyone bought terracotta tiles from here?

[confusedyouwill]

Hi Ray, thanks for that detailed info. If I do decide to darken the tiles(if I end up getting those), I'll do what you said. Shame I got rid of my deep fat fryer, I knew it must be good for something.

 

[Perry]

Confused mixing sprit with the oil just makes it easy apply and on some terracotta you have to thin it down as you want it to soak in if you thin it you will want more coats but the tiles you are using will only Likley to want one coat neat you can tell if there is any oil left on the surface after 10mins but it won't hurt if you do thin it but you will need more coats over the years me and my guys have laid 20000 mts of all sorts of terracotta but IMO I don't like wax when you buff it any dirt sticks to the edges of the tiles and over time looks dirty I used to be involved with the chemist at langlows before palace took them over with the problems they used to get with terracotta and there oil

 

[confusedyouwill]

I received the sample, and it has lots of shiny specks in the surface, so I won't be using these after all.

 

[mhtiler]

hi,i got a quote for 33sqmtrs of marble mosaics,from the same company,because of the large order of mosaics i expected abit of discount but got none at all.i went to b and q and found the same thing alot cheaper to my surprise. i spoke to the manager and explained things,he said an order of mosaics that size might be a problem, i was shocked to hear that from b and q.he then said to give a better price with 20% off at weekend,if i pay this will save me more,so i did ,just waiting for tiles now .anyway just to say why not try b and q yourself you might get a surprise.

 

[confusedyouwill]

Hi thanks for the info. Yeah, the sample was rubbish, looked like it had tiny glitter in it. We're gonna use old reclaimed bricks, I have enough for just over half the room. On the lookout for some more, if not I may use some from a reclamation yard, but that will be dear. Or, as I don't have to buy as many, I may go for a better, rustic looking terracotta. I'll have a look in B&Q, but TBH they always seem overpriced to me.

 

[Perry]

Hi thanks for the info. Yeah, the sample was rubbish, looked like it had tiny glitter in it. We're gonna use old reclaimed bricks, I have enough for just over half the room. On the lookout for some more, if not I may use some from a reclamation yard, but that will be dear. Or, as I don't have to buy as many, I may go for a better, rustic looking terracotta. I'll have a look in B&Q, but TBH they always seem overpriced to me.

if you cut the faces of to 20mm you will have twice as many like this
http://www.tilersforums.com/members/pjc-albums-bricks-picture33748-img-0279.html

this is a nice brick floor
http://static.flickr.com/42/78360540_74727eef9c.jpg

 

[confusedyouwill]

Hi there,
I thought of doing that. It would mean hiring a diamond saw, but to be honest, most of the bricks have only one decent face so I'd end up with not that many more and loads of rubble to get rid of! The brick floor in the picture is lovely. I was told to butt the bricks up tight, but that would make pointing impossible, and as they are old the edges aren't exactly straight either.

 

[Perry]

would just be like a terracotta tile if they were cut even if just one face easier to lay than full bricks like the picture leave a joint and grout them
http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?um=1...9&start=34&ndsp=20&ved=1t:429,r:16,s:34,i:242

 

[Perry]

these are double cuts could mix them
http://www.tilersforums.com/members/pjc-albums-bricks-picture37901-p1080228.html

 

[confusedyouwill]

Sorry, I'm probably being thick, but what are double cuts?