Slate Floor Tiles & Wall Tiles
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Brazilian Multicoloured Slate rivenAll Prices Include VAT
This vibrant, colourful slate has a blue-grey background overlaid with rusts, ochres, and splashes of burgundy. The texture is deceivingly smooth and very pleasing to the eye. Use anywhere in your home for instant impact.
Brazilian Grey Slate rivenAll Prices Include VAT
Similar to the riven black slate, this handsome, robust slate has subtle variations of pale greys, fog and lead. Slate is a great choice for a busy home and will withstand the rigours of family life with ease.
Brazilian Black Slate riven All Prices Include VAT
Slightly more rustic than the brushed version, the layers formed over millions of years are more defined and the stone edges angular with occasional chipping. Equally at home in modern or classic rooms
Brazilian Green Slate rivenAll Prices Include VAT
With the same properties as the riven black slate, this attractive and hardwearing slate has mellow tonal variation, with colours of sage, asparagus and fern-greens through to cool greys. Tough and uncompromising, an ideal choice for a busy home
Brazilian Black Slate brushedAll Prices Include VAT
Robust, practical and durable, this slate has been wire-brushed to smooth off any edges, giving it a gently undulating surface with softened edges. Dark charcoal merging into blue-greys ensures that this slate will sit well with most interiors
The best quality imported slate floor tiles are from Brazil. Suitable for flooring and for wall tiles in bathrooms and wet rooms, the grey and black slates are the most popular.
Avoid using the green slate for pools or shower areas - it doesn't like it!
We offer an unusual brushed finish on our black slate. This works very well with this material, giving it a softer appearance and strangely it actually feels softer as well.
Brazilian slates have a very tight grain structure which means their riven or cleft surface undulates very little. The cheaper Indian and Chinese products have a very uneven surface and are much softer and flakier.
The purple, red and ochre colours seen in the Brazilian multicolour slate is a result of metemorphism where organic matter and iron oxides are present. The colours are stable in the stone making this material equally suitable for flooring as the plainer black or grey slates.
Get quotes and samples on this page and feel free to get in touch if you have any queries.
Our rough guide to buying, installing and living with slate tiles
Of all the natural stones, slate tiles are the least costly to buy and certainly amongst the most durable. Slate tiles are hard and relatively impervious making them naturally resistant to staining.
Choosing slate tiles
There are many slate tiles on the market and you may know just what you want but it's worth making some simple distinctions at this point. There are a number of very colourful slate tiles from China and India – indeed these tend to be the most colourful slate tiles – they are relatively soft compared to Brazilian slate tiles and much more uneven on their surface. At stone and wood shop we sell the Brazilian slate tiles for walls and floors. The nature of these slate tiles is such that when they a ‘ split ‘ to produce a ‘riven' finish the surface is still relatively flat making them rather smarter slate tiles than the Indian and Chinese products which can be considered as rustic slate tiles.
Colour
The Brazilian slate tiles are available in black- which is really more of a charcoal colour, grey, green and multicolour.
Finish
These slate tiles are available in a honed finish but it is a characteristic of slate tiles that this finish is very easily scratched and is not really suitable as a slate tile for flooring. Bathroom walls do look great with honed or brushed slate tiles.
Much more popular and hard wearing are the riven slate tiles.
Sizes
The Brazilian slate tiles are available in small sizes – 300 x 300 right up to 1200 x 900 mm. For ease of installation it is worth buying the calibrated slate tiles we off are the cost saving in buying non-calibrated slate tiles is more than offset buy the extra time it takes to sort through and lay these sort of slate tiles.
Buying slate tiles
We have clear pictures of all our slate tiles on this website but take the time to look carefully at the close up shots as these are intended to give an accurate representation of the colour and texture of our slate tiles. Please also order slate tile samples before purchasing.
You can order from stone and wood shop on line or give a us a call. Remember to include an extra 10% for cuts and wastage.
We can arrange delivery of your slate tiles within 3 working days or next day if its urgent.
Installing slate tiles
As with all natural stone installations and floor laying in general, the fixing of slate tiles can be taken on by a conscientious DIY'er or professional tiler.
For those with little or no experience of installing slate tiles please refer to our installations section where we have comprehensive information for you
As usual particular attention should be paid to subfloor preparation before you lay your slate tiles.
If you are doing the job yourself then you will need the right tools for the job and slate tiles are no different from other natural stones in this regard. You will need the usual tiler's tools as well as a wet cutter with a diamond blade. You can dry cut slate tiles with an angle grinder but be prepared for a dust storm.
If you have any unanswered questions about slate tiles feel free to give us a call.
