Terracotta tiles

Handmade terracotta is a building material synonymous with elegance, sobriety and good taste. Many times we have heard of terracotta tiles: but what do we mean by this definition? How can they be used? This term identifies brick in the shape of a parallelepiped in terracotta: it can be handmade (printed one by one) or industrial (drawn or industrially printed).

In reality, the term terracotta tile evokes ancient traditions: an artisanal and hand-made product is identified. It is typically used in construction for floors or as tiles for the attic to complete warping in wooden beams.

A sky of trusses and wooden beams connected by the warm protection of terracotta tiles. Fornace Bernasconi produces a line of handmade bricks for the shelter of the attic. The malleability of the raw material and the in-house creation of the molds allow you to customize the aesthetic result in relation to the width and harmony you want by observing the structural warp.

Terracotta tiles

It is the synonym of terracotta tiles: ultimately when we talk about terracotta tiles in technical jargon, we define the typically handcrafted brick with a rectangular shape that we can find in an old farmhouse or in a villa in the countryside, both as a floor and for covering (attic).

The terracotta tile has in its rectangular shape the intrinsic ability to find a wide use in floors (avenues, corridors, etc.) as it is able (also thanks to the countless possible laying patterns) to adapt perfectly to existing spaces.

The purity and hardness of our clay (typical Umbrian) combined with wood firing (slow but very effective, as well as natural) allows the creation of terracotta tiles with dimensions that go well beyond the classic medium to reach up to 20 × sizes. 40 or 20 × 50 and over. These bricks find their natural use both as floors and as terracotta attic together with wooden beams and their size (together with color) are functional to the final aesthetic result.

TERRACOTTA TILES FORMATS

Format Thickness U.M. N° pieces per U.M.
MEZZANA 15×30 1,8÷2,5 m.q. 21
TILE 15×35 2,5 m.q. 19
TILE 16×32 2,7 m.q. 19
TILE 17×34 2,7 m.q. 17
TILE 17×40 2,7 m.q. 14
TILE 17×50 2,7 m.q. 11,5
TILE 18×36 2,7 m.q. 15
TILE 20×40 2,7 m.q. 12
TILE 20×50 2,7 m.q. 10

 

Finishes

Tending to Yellow

Tending to Pink

Tending to Yellow

Tending to Pink

Tending to Yellow

Tending to Pink

  • Measurements expressed in centimeters
  • Being an artisan product, the measures are to be considered nominal
  • I nostri formati standard sono modificabili, previa richiesta di fattibilità

Terracotta Roofs

The warm color and the flexibility of the shapes have always made the terracotta roof a constructive element imbued with personality and history.

Terracotta Floors

Five finishes for our terracotta floors, a chromatic scale of warm shades and numerous formats.