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