A number of houses in the Jefferson area have concrete tile on the porch or inside. It was all made here in town. But below is a video of concrete tile made in Morocco. If the same process is followed here, it is clear why it is costly at around $100 a square foot.Concrete tile is also known as redondo or mission tile. It is still made in San Antonio. Redondo Tile is also the name of the company that sells handmade Mexican concrete tile in San Antonio. Their website redondotile.com has some beautiful examples of their installations. Art Tile, also located in San Antonio and selling Mexican made redondo tile among other styles has an interesting website as well.
The other day I spoke to a man who offered to sell me the equipment to make concrete tile for something around $25,000.
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That's a beautiful video. Doesn't that tile have another name. We have some on our front porch but not as nice.
ReplyDeleteYour comment spurred my memory and I looked it up. Redondo tile is another name and the name of the company that made it in San Antonio. You can still get new concrete tile from them. I'll update the posting with info on them thanks!
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