How is your material installed on my pool? This product is available at most places that sell brick and/or tile products. Yes, a breathable penetrating sealer designed for brick will help to maintain your installation. This percentage should take care of normal installations intricate patterns and curves will require a larger waste factor.

Normally waste can be figured by adding 5% to your end figure. Important: These computations will give you the actual amount of material that you will need to cover your area. Please keep in mind if the area is raised and you need bullnose for both the outside edge and the inside edge (as in a raised spa area) you will need double the amount of coping to cover this area. BrickTile can be installed on a wall, but if you want more of a standard brick size, you may be more interested in our Vee Brick line of material.įigure the number of lineal feet of area that you want to cover and then multiply by 3 to get the number of pieces you will need. If a smooth texture is what you are looking for, you may try quarry tile. Even though our BrickTile raw materials are ground fine to give the smoothest wire-cut texture available, they are still a wire-cut texture. Be careful in making sure that the product you choose does repel grease because some penetrating sealers only repel water.Īre your BrickTiles available in a smooth texture? Several of the chemical companies have such a product.

I have installed your BrickTile in my kitchen, what can I seal the material with to help protect it from dirt and grease?Īny penetrating sealer that is recommended for brick or quarry tile that protects against grease and water penetration. To restate, the existing driveway would have to be a concrete slab at least 4” thick and reinforced with steel. How about installing the 15/16” thickness over my existing driveway?Īs long as the concrete is in good condition and meets the above criteria. The substrate needs to be in good condition. Our 15/16” BrickTile is suitable for vehicular traffic as long as the substrate is a concrete slab that is at least 4” thick and reinforced-with-steel. Is your BrickTile suitable for vehicular traffic? Yes, BrickTile may be installed interior. Also, the use of a penetrating sealer applied to the brick before grouting will help but not eliminate the mortar getting trapped in these “pores.”Ĭan your BrickTile be installed interior?

How can I keep the mortar or grout from filling up the “pores” of the brick?īefore grouting your project, use a “grout release” product (available at most tile and brick stores) By using grout release it will ensure that all the mortar/grout can be removed. Yes, a breathable penetrating sealer designed for brick pavers will help to maintain your installation. We would suggest referring to the “Handbook for Ceramic Tile Installation” published by “The Tile Council of North America” for further recommendations of installation for these products. The Marion Ceramic’s BrickTile pavers, 9/16” and 15/16” require methods similar to the installation of ceramic tile to adequately support and bond them. This percentage should take care of normal installations intricate patterns will require a larger waste factor. Then multiply this figure by 4.5 (since there are 4.5 pieces to the square foot) to get the number of pieces you need. Determine the square footage of the area by multiplying the length in feet times the width in feet.

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