Help Please - Unknown Tile Type

[D J]

Hi
I would like to retile our kitchen floor with a similar type tile, but have not seen anything like them in the shops.
At first glance they look like vinyl since they are the same size and thickness, but they are actually quite hard and inflexable (unless heated)
I have half a tile from when the floor was originally laid and at room temperature, if it was dropped on the floor I think it would break!
There is no adhesive on the back.
We want a hard tile that we can stand a large fridge freezer on but do not want ceramic or laminate since we hope to continue the floor into an understairs cupboard, a pantry and a small hallway.
I think regular vinyl would not be strong enough moving the fridge around.
Any clue where we could find tiles like this or any other ideas would be much appreciated.
D J

[Simon Site Manager]

Hi Dj,

You really need to post a pic for this one, front, back and sides

S

[Mooncat]

You could also try this other forum:

http://www.tileforums.com/

But you will need to upload pictures.

[royaloakcarpentry]

Sounds like a Marley to me, or some other linolium tile.

My preference is to tile seperate areas as seperate areas with door bars in appropriate places. If you tile as one floor, vinyl as one floor or laminate as one floor if you have an accidental flood and kitchen floor needs doing then the whole lot will need doing. If you have seperate areas you only need to replace that one area. Laminate should always have expansion gap at doorways anyway.

You can get horrific problems when running a laminate into various rooms as one floor!!!

[D J]

Hi
Thanks for your help.
I'm new to this but have hopefully attached two pictures of the half tile as already mentioned.
It's definitely not stiff enough to be ceramic or stone but seems to be much less flexible than vinyl tiles we have seen in the shops.
Apparently these tiles are eighteen years old so we obviously don’t expect to get the same, but were just hoping something similar is available today.
Thanks again
D J

[Simon Site Manager]

DJ, try posting pics again!