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A tessellation or tiling is the covering of a surface, often a plane, using one or more geometric shapes, called tiles, with no overlaps and no gaps. In mathematics, tessellation can be generalized to higher dimensions and a variety of geometries.
A periodic tiling has a repeating pattern. Some special kinds include regular tilings with regular polygonal tiles all of the same shape, and semiregular tilings with regular tiles of more than one shape and with every corner identically arranged. The patterns formed by periodic tilings can be categorized into 17 wallpaper groups. A tiling that lacks a repeating pattern is called "non-periodic". An aperiodic tiling uses a small set of tile shapes that cannot form a repeating pattern. A tessellation of space, also known as a space filling or honeycomb, can be defined in the geometry of higher dimensions.
A real physical tessellation is a tiling made of materials such as cemented ceramic squares or hexagons. Such tilings may be decorative patterns, or may have functions such as providing durable and water-resistant pavement, floor or wall coverings. Historically, tessellations were used in Ancient Rome and in Islamic art such as in the Moroccan architecture and decorative geometric tiling of the Alhambra palace. In the twentieth century, the work of M. C. Escher often made use of tessellations, both in ordinary Euclidean geometry and in hyperbolic geometry, for artistic effect. Tessellations are sometimes employed for decorative effect in quilting. Tessellations form a class of patterns in nature, for example in the arrays of hexagonal cells found in honeycombs.
Please help folks!!
Had unglazed terracotta tiles put in my kitchen last week. Put a coating of the HG sealant on which smelt terrible and didn't seem to make any difference. So many people I spoke to then said used boiled linseed oil that I decided to try it and so far so good. I have been...
Good evening guys,
Im after some advice, i have just moved into a new home (a 20 year old barn conversion)
The flooring that is in the kitchen are terracotta tiles, which have been waxed for years with trafficwax.
Unfortunately the previous owner... my mother in law has sprayed some cillit bang...
dafydd
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floor
floor tiling
help
terracotta
thetileassociationtiled
tta
usa
Right ive got a job to lay 8m2 of spanish terracotta tiles on a balcony. I need some help as this is my first terracotta job and want all my jobs to lok the best as possible as i take pride in my tiling. I have a few questions:
1) What do i use to cut? wet or dry cut? (i was thinking wet cut...
This is a job that i went to quote on (last month) and lost due to being £150.00 more expensive than the bloke who eventually got the job.
ensuite consisting of cream/brown tiles 600 x250 to be tiled brick bond. The customer said that due to the price difference and the fact that i refused to...
I’ve seen the tile the customer wants fixed. It’s a 30mm terracotta tile. It is not real terracotta though. It’s a reconstituted type of tile. The company says it does not need sealing. I am still requesting more info on this tile. My question is, at 30mm is this more like a paving slab...
Hi All
I'm needing some advice on cleaning back & resealing some terracotta tiles. My local tile shop has put my name forward to one of their customers to do the work. I've been told by the shop manager that the customer has all the right strippers & sealers supplied by LTP and all I need to do...
Matthew77
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advice
cleaning
coverage
liquid
paint
seal
sealing
terracotta
thetileassociation
tta
usa
Hi guys, I have Portuguese terracotta floors (hand made St Catarina tiles), I laid these floors myself over 20 years ago and they were treated the traditional way, with boiled linseed oil and wax, over the years discolouration and white patches have developed in patches here and there (...
uselessbaba
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floor
floor tiling
terracotta
thetileassociation
tta
usa
Hi everyone at Tilers,
I am restoring one of the ruins on my land in Extremadura. The ruin has beautiful dry stone walls but the terracotta roof is leaky and the floor is just concrete and it would be good to liven it up a bit.
I would like to tile the floor and would love it if you could give...
Hi. It looks as though the plumber may have to remove some of the teracotta floor tiles on our kitchen floor because we have a leak coming from a pipe underneath. He has promised to try and be careful not to break them but will a tiler be able just to grout them in again without too much trouble.
moores
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floor
floor tiles
floor tiling
thetileassociationtiletiles
tta
usa
Hi chaps,
Just moved into a new house and to say the floor has been abused would be an understatement.
It looks as if someone went to a lot of effort and expense to lay them then simply didn't bother to clean them again.
Up until now I've used LTP power stripper (1:4 dose, 3 applications)...
:lol: ... at least not my son (age 8)....
We're having quite a storm here, cold, windy, rain hammering down......Robby's baseball game was cancelled and he was quite unhappy.
So, I was up here in my office, listening to the rain batter the side of the house, hearing thumps and bangs, and I...
Hi Fellas,Any one recommend a sealer for terracotta floor job ,got about 20m2 or so,have heard you need to give it 4 coats but I would have thought now days there must be something on the market that could suffice with two coats.
Would it be less hassle to seal before laying as opposed to...
Billy Hunt
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coverage
liquid
paint
seal
sealing
terracotta
thetileassociation
tta
usa
anyone watching today? predictions from mystic meg ?:smilewinkgrin:
considering the table positions for both teams you should be able to write the outcome:thumbsdown: but i hope its a close hard fought game good to watch:thumbsup:
I have somehow managed to avoid terracotta until now,
I have to price a job tomorrow, around 17m2. The client is sealing them themselves, (with what I won't know until tomorrow)
I have been swotting up on terracotta, but am unsure on whether to cut them with the Dewalt, wet or dry? will...
I am doing a self build and my tiler has made a brilliant job of laying 60 m2 of terracotta 20 x 20 floor tiles. They have had 2 coats of linseed before laying and one after. We are now set to apply the beeswax but can't find a suitable floor polisher to finish the job off. Our local hire...
The Tile Association is undoubtedly a worthy body and I imagine that their annual awards dinner is a suitably corporate event - but with tickets at about £100 a throw, I guess that your average tile fixer wont be attending.
First off - anyone from here attending?
Secondly - the mind...
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