Handcrafted terracotta floor

The terracotta tiled floor is one of the main elements of Italian architecture and construction, so as to be considered one of its distinguishing features in giving the Italian touch to a room in the world.
What characterizes this type of floor is precisely the use of a material “less noble” (because of its origins)  who manages to become the prince of building materials due to its beautiful aesthetic impact, its insulating capacity, its eco-compatibility, the breadth of its market, and its extreme adaptability: in fact you get terracotta from clay and water; it has a significant coefficient of thermal and acoustic insulation, is fantastic in its variants that allow it to become modern or remain a rustic material, and can be adapted to a wide variety of purposes.

 
The tiled floors are mainly used for outdoor in country houses and restored farmhouses; the clay used for outdoor paving is often raw (unprocessed), to make sure that it does not become slippery during rains or frosts. The creation of elements for terracotta floors for swimming pools, for pool edges, but also for external  skirting and for walls covers, for stairs and steps is one of the main activities of the producers of cotto.
The interior floors instead represent other variables; first of all, you have to know what other pieces of furniture will be combined with our hand-made terracotta floor. If we talk about wood furniture, in fact, we will give you an idea of rustic, warm and welcoming environment, where a rustic floor tiles or polished in the traditional colors will be charming.

If you want to create a modern area, with furniture that have elements in steel and glass, terracotta floors offer special colors out of the chromatic classic scale, which blends perfectly with these materials: mixing them you will have a serious and austere place, and this is why solutions of this kind are used in medical or notary studies.
In order to ensure the durability of the terracotta tiled floor, the bricks must be waxed or impregnated with suitable materials (because of their porosity): once this treatment, you will be able to clean the cotto easily.

If you need more information on the terracotta floor we strongly suggest that you contact exclusively professionals, which generally produce handmade terracotta tiles that they install, and then not only widely known the entire production process, but also all the precautions, methods of installation and tricks because a brick floor remains always fantastic, a real work of art.