Cement tile guides

How to decide whether the old cement tile floor uncovered in a renovation should be kept, lifted and relaid, or reproduced with new tiles.

H21, H22 and H23 formats with real sizes and weights, layouts, perimeter cuts and where a hexagonal cement tile really fits.

Seven checks to find out whether a floor is a real cement tile or a porcelain that copies it, with figures from our own test reports.

The price of a cement tile floor depends on the format, the colours of the pattern, custom design and laying: this is how the quote is built up.

What makes a tile eco-friendly: manufacturing energy, raw materials, transport, durability and end of life, with real laboratory test data.

Material, format, colour, use and laying: the five decisions for choosing cement tiles without getting it wrong, backed by real data.

Design families, modules of 1, 2, 4 and 6 tiles, formats with units per m² and tips for choosing the right motif for each room.

Chequerboard, herringbone, floral, Mudéjar, rug or hexagonal: which cement tile pattern to choose for each room, its light and the tile format.

The history of the cement tile begins around 1850 in the south of France. It is a pigmented cement tile made cold: a face layer of white cement, marble powder and mineral pigments over a base of cement and sand, compacted in a press and hardened by hydration, with no kiln. It is a concrete

A guide to choosing cement tile floor designs by style and room: pattern, colour, format and layout, with a table of the formats we actually make.