In a message dated 1/30/2010 10:38:44 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
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So, I looked at lots and lots of manufacturer's samples of floor tiles  
today, for a mudroom - this stone, that stone, burma khaki, Tucson red, Nile  
blue, etc.  And I realized:  what I want on my dfi mudroom  floor is bricks.  
Red and buff bricks, of the type made   around 1900.   I can probably find 
the bricks, but I am really  looking for them in interior paver widths - 
that's gotta be no more than 1/2".  

A)  ever seen these in this form for this purpose?   b)  can you slice 
bricks in slabs?   c) how stupid is this idea,  anyway?
 
Christopher Gray
Director of Contemporary Temporary Objects
Fallopia Museum of Arts & Crafts



I think you'd have lots of breakage from cutting these 100 year old  brick, 
and more would crack after they're set and the tilesetter has  been paid, 
leaving you a unhappy homeowner.  If you want that specific  old brick, I 
think you'll have to find a way to  accommodate the  thickness of the old 
brick, plus 1/2" or more setting bed.  You might  check into 
currently-manufactured  veneer brick (Glen Gery may make it),  but I don't know that you'd be 
happy with the appearance in  terms of color  and dimension (do you want the 
exposed surface to be 2 3/8 x 8, or 3 5/8 x  8?) , and I doubt that the mfrs 
would guarantee it for installation as  flooring. 
 
Keep looking at tile. If you can't find an acceptable tile in all  the 
showrooms in Minhattin, you're too damn picky.
 
Another question is the substrate--concrete slab on heaving  sand, strip 
wood floor on rotten joists, or what?
 
What, me rain on your parade?
 
Ralph

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