Materiales Artesanales : Stone & Terracota

On this occasion we find a mechanical type terracotta floor . Only one of the rooms had been placed completely new, and in the rest the terracota had been placed much longer and had problems of some scratches and stains embedded; in addition to the normal wear and tear of the old treatment. The floors of mechanical terracotta are pavements that unlike the manual mud, these are manufactured using a hydraulic press that compacts the slab and makes it less thick, with a more regular surface than an artisan clay slab. The finish is very similar to that of a porcelain tile taking into account that the difference is that it is still terracotta and therefore retaining the differentiating character that a terracotta tile has on a porcelain tile. Despite being much more compact slabs than artisan clay, they still have a high degree of porosity, which is very susceptible to absorb stains, so it is essential to proceed with the application of a protective treatment to waterproof them . Belo...

On this occasion we presented a work to recover a very antict terracotta floor in very poor condition. The house was very old and located in Alhaurín el Grande (Malaga). The owners had reformed it completely and had decided to keep the original terracotta floor with more than 100 years old. The problem was that you see the previous owner, apply a cover together in an unorthodox way and covering the entire floor with cement globs everywhere; so and the ground was in pretty bad condition. Only one of the rooms had completely changed the floor for a completely new one. Taking all this into account and after a hard work of cleaning phase , we get a good result leaving customers very satisfied and getting to recover to a great extent the beauty of a clay with more than 100 years old. Here we present a summary of the work with the different stages undertaken. INITIAL STATE TERRACOTTA FLOOR AFTER CLEANING PHASE FINAL RESULT AFTER APPLICATION OF I...

In this work we had to proceed to the recovery of an interior terracotta floor in a detached house on a farm located in Vera (Almería). The soil that had been treated for a long time had the typical deteriorations due to the passage of time such as scratches, dull coloring and areas where the degree of waterproofing had been lost or began to do so. Here are some pictures of how we found the terracotta floor : The procedure to be followed was first to strip to remove any remaining old treatment, open the pore and clean stains that were embedded. Afterwards, rinse cleaning was carried out to eliminate remnants of saltpeter and leave the soil ready to dry in order to proceed with the treatment phase. State after pickling and cleaning phase : Finally after four days of waiting for the soil to dry completely, we returned to proceed to apply protective treatment for interior terracotta floors . In this case, the clients chose th...