Sentence examples for quarry tile from inspiring English sources

"The most difficult scenario is when you have old quarry tile set in mortar," Mr. Varone said.

"It is often necessary to rip up the quarry tile to locate where the water is getting in".

This process is seldom used in modern-day brick production but is used in the manufacture of quarry tile as well as floor and wall tile.

Paving materials include light traffic pavers, quarry tile, and paving brick this last product once in more common use than at present.

Quarry tile is a dense pressed fireclay product for floors, patios, and industrial installations in which great resistance to abrasion or acids is required.

This membrane is itself topped by wood decking or, more commonly, with a layer of sand or mortar, which is then topped with paving bricks or quarry tile.

Ceramic tiles and quarry (unglazed) tiles are made not only for such areas as bathrooms but, particularly in the case of quarry tiles, are suitable for almost any space.

But there was that virtual request Mr. Skouras submitted to fix some loose quarry tiles on his terrace.

Wood floors have great warmth and beauty but have the disadvantage of needing more care than do some of the synthetic tiles or quarry tiles.

Yet another possibility, Mr. Sedovic said, is to install quarry tiles -- 6 inch by 9 inch clay-fired tiles -- in a bed of mortar instead of sand.

You can easily cut costs, though, by buying 6-inch-by-6-inch unglazed quarry tiles at your local building supply store for roughly $2 a tile.