Terra - Stone
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Highly Polished.............................................................................3 Classic Honed........................................................................... 4-5 Eco Friendly Range.......................................................................6 Recycled Glass..............................................................................6 How International Green Credit Systems Rate Terrazzo..............7 Sea Shells......................................................................................7 Lava Stone....................................................................................8 Carpet Stone..................................................................................9 Rustico........................................................................................10 Step Tile Accessories..................................................................11 Skirting........................................................................................11 Luminous Tiles...........................................................................11 Mediterranean Handcrafted Patterns...........................................12 V&A Waterfront..........................................................................13 Grooved “3D” Handmade Mediterranean Range.......................14 Mosaics.......................................................................................15 Technical Data............................................................................16
Unique Features of Slim Line Plain Terrazzo Tiles Terra-Stone is a technically advanced and chemically modified conglomerate tile, available in a slim line nominal 300x300x13mm full bodied terrazzo and nominal 600x600 and 600x900 x19/20mm dual composite format. The tile is manufactured in a wide selection of standard colours. Architects and designers can however request custom mix designs and border mosaic accessories at a small premium, depending on the quantity. Terra-Stone’s Unique Features:I The tiles can easily be rejuvenated years later by repolishing The Terra-Stone range offers an extremely hard wearing attractive surface and the “Polished range” is in fact further polished by frequent foot traffic. The “Polished”, “Sure-Grip” and “Lava Stone” ranges, can however be rejuvenated 25-30 years later, as or when needed, by regrinding, revealing a brand new surface, ensuring more than a lifetime of service! II 50% thinner than conventional terrazzo Due to it’s thin, chemically modified properties, it is 50% lighter in weight than its traditional Terrazzo counterpart and therefore causes less stress loading on high rise or canter levered building structures. This also allows these tiles to be suitable for wall applications, being 50% lighter than conventional terrazzo. They are far more economical to transport with a +25kg/m2 weight In 300x300x13mm thickness format and ± 45kg/m² in a 600x600 and 600x900x19/20mm format. III Eco environmentally friendly GREEN range: “ With up to 60% recycled content!” We have a comprehensive specialized range incorporating sea shells, recycled glass or mirror for a unique sparkling visual look. The “Eco” range also incorporates waste by-products such as pozzolanic cement extenders. Up to 60% of the product can be comprised of recycled materials, contributing to a “greener, environmentally friendly” product, which is unique in the tile industry! IV Produced in a low carbon footprint facility Our factory has a strict policy of recycling all its water used in production to ensure minimum impact on the environment ±60 000 liters/day! As the company sources ± 90% of all its raw materials locally, the company has an extremely low carbon footprint for the products manufactured. This is especially true, when compared to other glazed ceramic and porcelain tile factories, which consume large volumes of gas or coal daily to fire up their kilns, further increasing their carbon footprint. Imported tiles from other factories have a much higher carbon footprint due to their use of fossil fuels needed to transport the finished products to their final destination of use in Southern Africa. Finally, all our office waste paper and plastic waste packaging is also recycled, in terms of managements “Green” policy. V Suitable for wall and floor applications Due to the unique weight and thickness of the tile, especially in the 300 x 300 mm format it is ideal for wall coverings. Terra Stone’s hardwearing features, makes the tile suitable in all sizes, but especially in the 600 x 600 and 600 x 900mm format, for areas with high foot traffic, such as airports, shopping centres, train stations or commercial offices and domestic applications.
Slim-line Terrazzo: Full bodied 300x 300x12.8mm and dual composite 600x600 and 600x900x19/20mm
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Highly Polished Terra - Stone Available in 300 x 300 / 600 x 600 / 600 x 900 mm
For internal floors
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A unique feature of the Highly Polished and Classic Honed ranges is that joints and tiles can be smooth ground after laying. Our matching grout with UFT bonding liquid is to be used to achieve a “Seamless Floor� allowing supermarket trolleys or suitcases with wheels, ease of movement across the floor, ensuring an ideal floor for shopping centres, airports and train stations. Contact us for more technical information in this regard.
B21BHPSL 300x300mm used at Hatfield BRT Station, PTA
Colours are as accurate as printing allows. Please request a sample before ordering.
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Classic Honed
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Available in 300 x 300 / 600 x 600 / 600 x 900 mm
Colours are as accurate as printing allows. Please request a sample before ordering.
Terra - Stone Below: Terrazzo tiles are hard wearing, easy to maintain with a 50 year plus life span... hence the Master architects decision to use Union Terrazzo Tiles for all 10 Gautrain Stations! Our Terrazzo tiles and special mouldings were used for all their Gautrain Station floor tile requirements, in the platform and concourse areas, including all stair treads and specially formed platform nosing and reeded tactile and pastille tiles for the visually impaired. The entire project was overseen by master architect Tom Steer.
B21BTSL 300x300mm used at the reception area of the South African Bureau of Standards, PTA
Platform nosing, corduroy reeded & cream pastille studded tiles and grey & white polished Terrazzo tiles used at all ten Gautrain Stations.
Terrastone tiles are suitable in a Highly Polished and Classic Honed finish, for internal high foot traffic areas such as:* * * * * *
Shopping Centres/Airports/Train Stations Commercial Buildings/Flats/Foyers Corridors in flats/offices Schools / Public Buildings Domestic applications Hospitals
Grey Terrazzo G23MT 300x300mm Classic Honed tiles used at Centurion Gautrain Station
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Eco Friendly Range Terra-Stone’s Eco Friendly Range can contain up to 60% recycled content! added to cementitious mixes. The Eco Green range, with up to 60% recycled content, contributes to a “greener, environmentally friendly” product, which is unique in the tile industry!
Our tiles are produced in a low carbon footprint facility. In addition to terrazzo’s very favourable green status and credits that it earns, we subscribe to eco friendly policies during production. Our factory has for years and continues to have, a strict policy of recycling all its water used in production, to ensure minimum impact on the environment ± 60 000 liters / day!
With today’s fast moving lifestyle, conscientious architects and designers have become more aware of conserving our earth’s natural resources and the environment, which is particularly relevant due to the depletion of our earth’s ozone and the burning of fossil fuels and massive waste generation. With this in mind, Union Tiles through its manufacturing division has launched an exciting new range of extremely slim, chemically modified, Terrazzo tiles and mosaics, some, incorporating
environmentally friendly “recycled glass”, and “sea shells”, in an exciting range of colours and textures. Our unique “Eco” Green tile range, also incorporates recycled waste by-products, within the composition of the tile. These include pozzolanic cement extenders such as FLY ASH from the burnt waste ash from power stations and SILICA FUME a byproduct from the steel furnace industry, either product resulting in a stronger cure when
As the company sources ± 90% of all its raw materials locally, the company has an extremely low carbon footprint for the products manufactured. This is especially true, when compared to other glazed ceramic and porcelain tile factories, which consume large volumes of gas or coal daily, to fire up their kilns, further increasing their carbon footprint. Imported tiles from other factories have a much higher carbon footprint due to their use of fossil fuels needed to transport the finished products to their final destination of use in Southern Africa. Finally, all our office waste paper and plastic waste packaging is also recycled in terms of managements “Green” policy.
Recycled Glass
Available in 300 x 300 / 600 x 600 / 900 x 900
Highly Polished With Recycled Glass
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The Eco Terra-Stone green recycled Glass range, is available in a highly polished finish, creating a unique translucent 3D appearance, ideal for floors or walls! Whether internally or on the exterior of homes or high rise buildings, it gives a beautiful “sparkling effect” when sunlight or bright night lighting strikes the tile, reflecting against the glass and mirror particles. This is something new and exciting for architects and designers!
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How Do International Green Credit Systems Rate Terrazzo? Terra - Stone Terrazzo is a highly sustainable form of polished concrete with added wear and stain resistant features. This sustainable aspect has been clearly understood by the major Green Building authentication councils. Polished concrete and terrazzo are extremely
1.LEED:
- NORTH AMERICA GREEN BUILDING CERTIFICATION LEED addresses the major concerns of green building including: the use of resource-friendly materials, energy saving design and providing healthy
favourable products in terms of credits for Green Building status, earning credits in the internationally recognised Green Building councils. Two of the most reputable and well known Green Building rating systems are BREEAM, the UK based Building Research Establishments (BRE) indoor environmental quality (IEQ). These aspects can add up to significant LEED point earnings, as shown in the chart below. Carbon footprint assessments include valuations
Environmental Assessment and secondly in the USA, the Green Building certification, LEED® LEADERSHIP in Energy and Environmental Design, managed and developed by the American Green Building council and is increasingly used in other countries, such as Canada, China, India, Mexico and South Africa. for: material extraction, manufacturing, transportation, installation, maintenance, disposal and replacement. These costs are paid for initially by the developers budget, but ultimately by our planet’s air, soil and water quality. LEED uses a comprehensive point system to qualify for one of four certification tiers. A “Certified” LEED project equates to 26-32 points; “Silver” is 33-38 points, “Gold” is 39-51 points, and “Platinum” is 52-69 points. Using concrete /terrazzo flooring can be a major factor in potentially obtaining LEED credits. Concrete/Terrazzo in LEED Credit Guide Terrazzo is a form of polished concrete which could potentially contribute to the following LEED benefits
2.BREEAM:
UK BASED BUILDING RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT GREEN GUIDE 2008 RATINGS
3.THE SOUTH AFRICAN GREEN STAR ENVIRONMENTAL RATING The South African Green Star environmental rating system is based on the Australian Green Star system and is customised for the South African environment and includes systems and tools from the BREEAM and North American LEED systems detailed above. Building projects with a Green Star SA rating of one, two or three stars are not eligible for formal
ratification, however projects with a 4, 5 and maximum 6 star rating can obtain formal Green Star SA certification! Incorporating Terra Stone tiles in a building could potentially earn your project Green Star SA points, with respect to “local sourcing of materials” ref no MAT-11 and “low volatile organic compounds of the selected flooring” ref no IEQ-3. For further information consult the Green Building Council of South Africa for formal certification of the building project.
References for Green building certification: USGBC New construction Reference Guide version 2.2 Protecting the Built Environment - Cleaning For Health by Michael A. Berry PHD GREEN STAR: South African Office V1 20091106
Sea Shells
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The unique and exclusive “sea shell” tiles involve hand placing each sea shell “mother of pearl” side up, into moulds in the manufacturing process. The Eco Shell Range is available in two Lavastone colours. The end result is a stylish, natural, non-slip wall or floor finish!
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Lava Stone
Full bodied
Available in 300 x 300 / 600 x 600 / 600 x 900 mm
Non-slip texture for external floors
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NP22LAVSL600 at Protea Hotel, JHB CBD
Colours are as accurate as printing allows. Please request a sample before ordering.
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Lava Stone is a unique, finely textured, non-slip surface where the slightly protruding aggregates are diamond polished to ensure the surface, although non-slip, is smooth to the touch and easy to maintain. Tiles supplied pre-sealed with one coat resin based Union Sealer.
TerraStone - Stone Carpet
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A non-slip yet, compact textured surface, incorporating fine exposed aggregates between 3-6mm, which are comfortable under foot, created using the latest concrete technology. Our slim line “Exposed Aggregate” range is suitable for walls and floors and ensures the beauty of the stone is displayed the way natural stone should be, creating a hardwearing maintenance free finish for walls and floors! The Carpet Stone Range is supplied Pre-Sealed with S.Q.T UNION SEALER, to visually enhance the beautiful natural stone colours. This range is also available in our“Exotic” Paver Range 300x300x50mm and 95x95x50mm. (Please request a paver brochure if interested).
Moss Carpet Stone used externally at 102 Rivonia Road, Sandton
Colours portrayed are as accurate as printing will allow.
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Rustico
Full bodied
Available in 300 x 300 / 600 x 600 / 600 x 900 mm
“Authentic Cement Wash Effect”
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* Domestic use * Commercial use with medium to low foot traffic intensity. Please note that each of the tiles in the Rustico range will vary in colour, tone and intensity.
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Dove Grey 600mm used at a Centurion Furniture store. Colours portrayed are as accurate as printing will allow.
Tiles supplied pre-sealed with one protective layer of “Fast Sealer”.
Step TileTerra Accessories - Stone
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1000 x 300 by 40 or 50 mm thickness
Skirtiug Available in conventional skirtings and specially manufactured end skirtings, (i.e. top and side polished).
Arris 300mm x 75mm/ 100mm x 12.5mm skirting 600mm x 75mm/ 100mm x ± 19.5mm skirting 900mm x 100mm/148mm x ± 19.5mm skirting Made to order in your colour selection
Precast Step
Luminous Tiles
For floors and walls
The luminous feature besides being attractive at night, is also useful for stair treads and to demarcate emergency exits, should a power failure occur.
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Photoluminescent particles can be incorporated into our tiles and pavers for floor or wall application, to the clients preferred dosage. Prices quoted depend on dosages varying from 2 ½% or 5% or 10% Photoluminescent materials.
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Mediterranean Handcrafted Patterns
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All in hand made 200 x 200 x 15mm tile size
Dècor Patchwork Collage The patchwork collage combines a divine range of hand crafted patterns to create a unique kaleidoscope of shapes and colours!
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In panel size 2400 x 1200mm Incorporating a Greek Key Border 72 TILES
1-651-200 36 TILES In tile size 200 x 200mm
1-656-200 36 TILES In tile size 200 x 200mm
For laying, sealing and maintenance instructions for the Mediterranean Handcrafted range, please request the technical data sheet from the factory.
V&A Waterfront Terra - Stone Cape Town
This range of artistic handcrafted patterned terrazzo tiles, originates from the artisans in the Venetian region (Italy) in the sixteenth century.
An estimated 400 million people have walked across our plain and patterned Terrazzo tiles since they were first installed in 1992 at the V & A Waterfront mall according to the foot count provided by the mall management and average out for the past 20 years! Union Terrazzo tiles have shown without dispute, their durability, beauty and longevity with over 20 years service. There are Âą 21 000 m2 of our plain and patterned traditional terrazzo tiles throughout the mall. As the patterned tiles are manufactured in a 200 x 200mm format, they are best combined with our Highly Polished or Classic Honed, Terra - Stone 600 x 600 x 19mm and 600 x 900 x 19mm format for ease of laying due to their similar thicknesses.
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Grooved “3D” Handmade Mediterranean Range Available in 250 x 250 x 23mm
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Mosaics Terra - Stone 300 x 300 mm Mosaic Sheets
Our full range of tiles is also available in mosaic format and is made to order in the two optional segment sizes 95x95mm and 48x48mm. Fix mosaics with a good quality mosaic fixing adhesive and grout with a colour of your choice.
Tozzetto Mosaic Range: Incorporates blocks of 95x95mm. 8 x standard colours available! See the Classic Honed range (Pg4) for the entire colour range. Smooth Polished
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MOSTOZ-G24TSL
MOSTOZ-LG22TSL
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Conventional Mosaic Range: Incorporates blocks of 48x48mm
All tiles shown in the catalogue can be supplied in mosaic form. These are a small sample of the tile range, that can be manufactured in mosaic form.
MOSCON 50/50 B21BTSL/ W24TSL
MOSCON - W24TSL
Non-slip Recycled Pebble Mosaics: Comprises 93% RECYCLED tile content! Non-slip recycled pebble mosaic sheets in a 300 x 300 x 12.5 mm format.
VENPEBMOS W24TSL Granite White
VENPEBMOS NP22TSL Wheat
VENPEBMOS 50/50 W24TSL/B24TSL Charcoal Speckle & Granite White
Very Economically Priced Too!
VENPEBMOS B24TSL Charcoal Speckle
VENPEBMOS G24TSL Grey
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Technical Data of Terra Stone Slim Line Terrazzo Tiles
Vol. 9.14
I Calibrated in the Highly Polished, Classic Honed and Lava Stone ranges:Calibration of the underside of the tile, to a tolerance of + 1mm in thickness, for the above listed ranges ensures conventional tile adhesive can be used, saving time and costs in installation,compared to the conventional screed system which is much slower and requires bedding each tile individually for standard terrazzo tiles. Specialized expensive tile adhesives used for porcelain tiles are not required, for floors, but is recommended for wall tiling. See (V) below for the actual thickness of each range. II Actual dimensions and tolerances:- Although “Nominal sizes” above are detailed as 300 x 300 and 600 x 600 and 600 x 900 “Actual dimensions” are 300 x 300 mm and 601 x 601 mm and 601 x 901mm.
rubber mallet to ensure tiles are laid evenly with the least lippage possible, using a quality guaranteed cement based tile adhesive. Ensure the tile is fully bedded and supported throughout, ensuring there are no unsupported areas. Grouting provides support to the tiles after laying and this should take place between 24 and 48 hours after laying. For walls composed of wood or dry walling, a suitable paste tile adhesive must be used. 2. Ensure after completing the tiling or grouting procedure, the tiles are left clean each day using a damp sponge. No tile adhesive or grout is to remain on the face of the tiles for more than 2 hours prior to cleaning. 3. Allow movement joints on floors every 4,5LM or where there are existing construction or expansion joints in the substrate. 4.In a construction environment, cover the newly laid tiles with boarding until final handover to avoid damage and soiling by following trades. Ensure red clay soil is not left on the tiles during construction.
The 600 x 600 and 600 x 900mm modular tiles, in the Highly Polished and Classic Honed are all of a similar thickness and are suited to be combined with the 200 x 200 mm Handcrafted Patterned tiles. III Approximately 50% less water absorption properties The chemically modified formulation reduces water absorption prior to the application of any surface sealer to + 3% ensuring the tiles are far less likely to stain. With 2 coats of our approved sealers after installation, the tiles become resistant to stains, and even food spillages can simply be wiped away, provided the sealant is maintained from time to time in high traffic areas. IV Pre-sealed and pre-packed in protective cardboard boxes The packaging ensures the tiles are protected during transport and on site handling. The factory applied sealant provides protection from on site trades during installation etc... V Textured non-slip Lava Stone and Carpet Stone range Terra Stone is also available in a textured, non-slip finish for outdoor floor applications or wet areas. Ask for our “Lava Stone” or “Carpet Stone” non slip, slim line ranges, which are comfortable under foot in wet or dry conditions and ideal for pool surrounds, outdoor Piazza areas, patios, corridors, landings and external staircases etc... VI Quality Standard:- Complies to EN 13748-1 for internal use and EN 13748-2 for external use of 2004 with regards to* Thickness * Shape tolerances * Breaking strength * Abrasion * Slip/ Skid resistance * Durability of slip/ skid resistance * weathering resistance * Water absorption * Fire performance * Thermal conductivity (VII) Laying Specifications:1. Lay tiles on a clean stable concrete or masonary substrate, using a non marking
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(VIII) Sealing and maintenance of the tile Once laid and grouted, an additional coat of “Union Sealer” for the “Carpet Stone and Lava Stone ranges” and “Fast Seal” for the “Highly Polished”, “Classic Honed” and “Rustico” ranges, is recommended, to ensure ease of maintenance for both the tile and grouted areas. Tile surface to be clean and dry prior to sealing. Areas should be re-sealed from time to time depending on exposure to direct sunlight, and the extent of foot traffic in the area. Only neutral soap detergents should be used to clean and maintain the tiles such as S.Q.T. Natural Stone Detergent, a highly effective degreasing soap, available from Union Tiles. Caution Acid based cleaners, thinners, strong ammonia cleaning chemicals and acetone should never be used on the tiles. Acidic cleaning chemicals will corrode the surface of the tiles, while ammonia and acetone will damage the protective sealant!
Other Union Tiles outlets:Ballito Bloemfontein Cape Town Centurion Nelspruit Pietermaritzburg Randburg Namibia (Windhoek) Zambia (Lusaka)
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