Porphyry tiles
The porphyry tiles natural quarry surface have split or sawn edges.They are used for paving exterior areas, both public or private and by selecting the appropriate size and thickness can be used in areas of heavy traffic.
The porphyry tiles half polished are obtained sy starting with the natural surface, polishing the the slab only partly. Only the higher part of surface are processed while the lower parts remain natural, giving the whole surface a unique effect of polished and rough.
Porphyry tiles natural quarry surface
Technical data sheet porphyry tiles natural quarry surface
| Petrographic name | Rhyolitic ignimbrite | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colour | Non-dominant variable-colour grades: grey, red, red-violet and rust or mixed colours | ||||
| Main processing | By mechanical splitting or edge sawing of stratified material having a naturl quarry plane, with various thickness | ||||
| DIMENSION: WIDTH (mm) FREE LENGTH | THICKNESS (mm) |
WEIGHT (KG/m2) |
SUGGESTED APPLICATION | TRAFFICKING AND USE | USEFUL LAYING THICKNESS (mm) |
| 100-150-200-250-300-350-400 | from 10 to 30 | from 60 to 70 | Dolce vita Rinascimento |
Pedestrian traffic Lightweight pedestrian ways (Cladding) |
from 60 to 70 |
| 100-150-200-250-300-350-400 | from 20 to 50 or from 30 to 60 | from 100 to 110 | Dolce vita Rinascimento |
Peestrian traffic No significant vehicles (Cladding) |
100 |
| 100-150-200-250-300-350-400 | from 50 to 80 | 150 | Dolce vita Rinascimento |
Vehicle traffic (even heavy) (with calculation of tile breaking load as to UNI EN 341) (Cladding) |
from 120 to 140 |
Porphyry tiles processed face
Technical data sheet porphyry tiles processed face
| TILES PROCESSED FACE – UNI EN 12058 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Petrographic name | Rhyolitic ignimbrite | ||||
| Colour | Non-dominant variable-colour grades: grey, red, red-violet, rust or mixed colours | ||||
| Main processing | By sawn fixed thickness from blocks, with following surface treatment | ||||
| TYPE | DIMENSION WIDTH (mm) FREE LENGTH |
THICKNESS (mm) |
WEIGHT (KG/m2) |
TRAFFICKING AND USE | USEFUL LAYING THICKNESS (mm) |
| Flamed, shot-blasted, brushed |
100-150-200-250-300-305-400-450-500 | 20 | 50 | Pedestrian traffic Indoors, Outdoors covered, Cladding |
from 50 to 60 for cement mortar bedding |
| 100-150-200-250-300-350-400-450-500 | 30 | 75 | |||
| Disc-sawn, polished |
100-150-200-250-300-350-400-450-500 | 20 | 50 | Indoors | from 50 to 60 for cement mortar bedding |
| 100-150-200-250-300-350-400-450-500 | 30 | 75 | |||