Chequered tiles are cemented tiles or terrazzo tiles with the center to center distance of chequered not less then 25 mm and not more than 50 mm, the grooves in the chequeres being uniformed and straight with a depth of grooves not less then 3 mm. These tiles are available in different arrangement of chequeres and in attractive colours.

Specification of Material

CEMENT – Cement used in the manufacturing of chequered Tiles is ordinary cement conferming to IS: 81121976 (43 Grade OPC) or IS: 12269 – 1987 (43 Grade OPC)

Pigment: Colouring pigments provides attractive col;our to the chequered tiles. Only permitted and durable Colours are used in manufacture of chequered tiles. The colouring pigments used in wearing layers is restricted to 10% by mass of cement used.

Manufacturer: chequered cement concete tiles are manufactured from a mixture of cement, natural aggregate and coloring material by hydraulic pressure process. During manufacture, the tiles are subjected to a pressure not less than 14 N/ mm2. The proportion of cement to aggregate in the backing layer is maintained to 1:3 by mass.

Dimentions: The size of chequered tiles as specified in IS: 13801 – 1993 is as under:

LENGHTH	WIDTH	THICKNESS
200 mm	250 mm	300 mm
200 mm	250 mm	300 mm
22 mm	22 mm	25 mm

Finish: The strict quality control measures are taken during the manufacture to maintain the uniform colour and texture of wearing layers throughout its thickness.

MOSIAC TILES

The cement concete flooring tiles are widely used in floors of official buldings, school, collages, residential building, footpaths, staircases etc. These tiles are generally classified in two classes depending on the duty they perform.

• General Purpose Tiles
• Heavy Duty Floor Tiles

SPECIFICATION OF MATERIALS

CEMENT used in the manufacture of chequered Tiles is ordinary Portland cement conforming to IS: 81121976 (43 Grade OPC) or IS: 12269 – 1987 (43 Grade OPC)

AGGREGATE: In backing layer of tiles aggregate conforming to the requirements of IS: 383 – 1970 is used. In wearing layer marble chips or any other natural stone chips, marble powder or dolomite powder or mixture of the two is used.

Pigments: Only permitted and durable colours are used.

Dimentions- The size of chequered tiles as specified in IS: 13801 – 1993 is as under:

LENGHTH	WIDTH	THICKNESS
200 mm	250 mm	300 mm
200 mm	250 mm	300 mm
22 mm	22 mm	25 mm