Structural Clay Tile Floors
Traditional non metal made tiles are most commonly.
Structural clay tile floors. Structural clay tile describes a category of burned clay building materials used to construct roofing walls and flooring for structural and non structural purposes especially in fireproofing applications. 110 p ill 28 cm trade catalog. Structural terra cotta is made from natural clay or clay produced from pulverized shale that is extruded through a die like play doh spaghetti. The standard discusses performance requirements for interior use.
A tile is a manufactured piece of hard wearing material such as ceramic stone metal baked clay or even glass generally used for covering roofs floors walls or other objects such as tabletops alternatively tile can sometimes refer to similar units made from lightweight materials such as perlite wood and mineral wool. A tile roof is a costly upfront investment especially if you opt for clay tiles rather than concrete ones. A tile is a thin object usually square or rectangular in shape. Structural glazed tile glazed block shall be ceramic glazed fire clay units as manufactured by elgin butler company and shall conform to astm c 126 grade s type i ii selected from the manufacturer s standard colors.
Other clay colors such as creams or buff can be produced upon request. An icon used to represent a menu that can be toggled by interacting with this icon. Also known as hollow structural tile hollow tile block hollow building tile structural clay tile and structural clay load bearing wall tile. The property requirements for the body include minimum compressive strength.
Ceramic glazed structural clay tile complies with astm standards c126 and requires that the product meet minimum property values. Hand made natural terra cotta. These tile do not have surface glazes or other surface colors coatings. Also called building tile structural terra cotta hollow tile and clay block the material is an extruded clay shape with substantial depth that allows it to be laid in the same manner.
However allows for exterior use. Sandkuhl manufactures a full line of structural clay tiles for load bearing and non load bearing applications. Sized for 3 8 mortar joints except 6t sized for 5 16 mortar joints. All structural clay tiles manufactured by sandkuhl are through color natural clays typically in deep reds.