Is fired clay resistant to frost?

We do not recommend installing our tiles outdoors in frost. Although the frost resistance of our products has been lab tested, verifying that the tiles satisfactorily meets the performance established by current regulations. This is a minimum requirement, but not enough to ensure the durability of fired clay tiles against the frost.

The UNE-EN ISO 10545-12 standard: Ceramic tiles. Determination of resistance to frost includes the test method to determine the behavior of a tile against freezing / thawing cycles. The results show that the material satisfactorily meets the requirements established by the regulations, as no damage was found in any of the parts tested after 100 freeze / thaw cycles.

That said, a good reference is to consider whether fired clay is a material that is usually used in the area where it is intended to be installed, since it is the best test of how the material will respond over time to the weather conditions of that area location.

Here we leave you the technical sheets of our materials.