Terracotta tiles for outdoor spaces

Let’s all agree that terracotta floors are a timeless classic that will never go out of style and go from there, shall we? Fired clay tiles are a magnificent resource to turn any open-air, outdoor space into a unique spot.

fired clay floors in outdoors spaces: what your garden was missing

Whenever we are trying to give a space its own vibe, we tend to look at things that are at eye-level, before turning our gaze towards the ground. However, as anyone that has a good eye for design will tell you, you can’t start a house by the roof, as we Spaniards say.

A good foundation in interiorism (exteriorism in this case? Sorry for the pun) is what sets the tone for everything else to flow smoothly.

Which is why choosing the right pavement for your outdoor space is a choice that must be taken according to the environment, because the range of floors to pave our yard, garden or porch with is much wider than one would expect, once you get down to it (at least in our catalogue).

kinds of fired clay tiles for outdoor areas

We work with a color palette that moves within the pigments found in nature, which can be achieved combining different kneading, cooking and drying techniques.

without adding any artificial chemicals nor colorants, we get colors that range from a dark slate color to a flamed-straw-closer-to-yellow shade, going through the reds and oranges, all naturally found on earth.

Now, about the format. One of our signature features is the strong bet we place on design and innovation. With a catalogue that combines the classics with groundbreaking patterns, finding the perfect terracotta floor for your space is a mere matter of looking for it.

beauty besides quality

Aesthetic worth is an extremely important part of our product value, for sure. However, there is a reason why fired clay has been the star material of construction for thousands of years, and that reason lies in its properties.

It is a long lasting, resistant material, that not only holds really well under pretty much any climatic conditions, but also offers a sound number of thermoacoustic advantages.

There is a significant energy saving done through the insulation that a terracotta floor provides in the inside of a home. In outdoor areas, that advantage is less noticeable, although it does not disappear altogether. However, there are others that appear: like soil retention, or the winning combo of fired clay and nature; two elements that benefit each other both in aesthetic terms and in the creation of ideal environmental conditions.

Advantages over other types of outdoor flooring

Like with most things, the quality of the raw material will determine in a significant way its perdurability and resistance capacity. Whether we are talking about terracotta, marble or wooden floors, we’ll have very different featured floors if we compare two floors made with the same material on opposite sides of the quality spectrum.

However, there is a number of shared elements to all kinds of qualities shared within the same material:

• Durability. A terracotta floor has an indisputable edge compared to a traditional wooden floor in this department. Wood, no matter how carefully is cared for, ends up inevitably degrading over time outdoors, being an organic material exposed to the elements.
• Slipperiness. In relation to, say, a traditional marble floor, terracotta tiles hold the virtue of grippiness, particularly when the floor is wet. While a marble or other smooth-stone floor becomes an ice skating ring as soon as it gets slightly wet, our floors’ degree of slipperiness can be accommodated to the client’s wishes. This makes our floors the best choice for paving any garden, porch, or space exposed to rain, heat and humidity.
• Customization. Very few materials are as versatile as terracotta. But, on top of it, in our catalogue you will find a selection of combinable formats to design your own customized floor, without giving up any of the terracotta’s merits.
• Comfort. Fired clay is a highly adaptative material, which contributes to heat retention during the winter, and to refreshing the space during the summer. Beyond that, the surface of our pieces is specially designed to be soft and nice to the bare skin.

The versatility of an everlasting material

One of the things about terracotta that we like the best is its aesthetic versatility. It is not only about the kinds of options it offers in terms of design (which are virtually endless), but about how the material dialogues with the space.

A terracotta floor can bring the space it inhabits whatever kind of feel its style is trying to convey. Whether it is industrial, rustic, mediterranean, new age… fired clay is the right ally to emphasize the vibes of any style.

This versatility is especially poignant in outdoor spaces, where nature becomes the protagonist: it is outside where we discover terracotta to be nature’s timeless partenaire.