The Manufacturing Process of Olde English Tiles

Olde English Tiles' manufacturing process has hardly changed over the past hundred years.

The result is a high quality long lasting and durable ceramic floor tile.

Fully Vitrified Ceramic Tiles

The Olde English Tiles range is made out of clay dust which is moulded and fired to a very high temperature to create a 100% fully vitrified ceramic tile.

Prior to every casting the steal moulds are cleaned using water jets and waxing liquids in order to create the cleanest, sleekest mould surface.

The clay dust is filtered to  produce a very fine mix which is then  placed in the moulds. It is than pressed to a very high density and examined carefully  for any imperfections.

The next stage is to place the tiles into a drying kiln where they will stay for two days until all the moisture has been absorbed. 

When dried the tiles are fired for two days at a temperature of 1200º Centigrade. The kiln is very large and in order to prevent any variation of colour and size the temperature in the kiln is controlled according to areas (top and bottom). The tiles will later be packed in boxes from the same area of the kiln to ensure the tiles are of the same shade.

Taken out of the kiln, the tiles are now ready.

One can notice the difference between the previously dried tile and the now fired tile.

The tiles are now manually checked and compared to ensure similarity in shade prior to packaging.

The last procedure involves slightly knocking the tiles on each other to create a sound.

In case of a defected tile, the sound of the tile knocked would be different from the other tiles. Listening to the sound of the tiles knocking allows detecting any imperfections and ensuring each tile packaged is of the highest quality.