Wood Brick Floor

But installing brick floors is often a time consuming messy and expensive process.

Wood brick floor.

Brick floor tiles are durable and they offer a unique look to any area. In this picture we see a brick floor paired with heart pine cross beam planks. Continue to 2 of 8 below. However with portstone thin brick you can have all the beauty of brick flooring without the expense and hassle of regular brick pavers.

You could use them in a kitchen mudroom or even basement. Besides being durable brick is also fire resistant keeping. Brick look porcelain floor tile is generally much thinner than brick pavers and overall a lighter material ideal for subfloors that can t take too much weight. Laid in a basic herringbone pattern or bond each brick section forms a square of infill within a grid of wood.

Recent advances in manufacturing and finishes mean that wood floors can now be installed throughout the home and over a wide variety of subfloors. Industrious owners lilah and nick made a pattern of the wood bricks end cuts up above and then grouted it with cement which makes some bricks darker while others take on a muted silvery sheen. Aesthetically brick flooring fits best with rustic home styles such as cottage or farm style residences and in rooms where an informal look is desired such as sun porches or entryways. When kitchens used large wood burning fireplaces or wood stoves to cook the floors and hearth areas were typically covered in brick.

Because brick is noncombustible it s a good choice for flooring under or near wood stoves and fireplaces where brick is traditionally right at home. Just as there are wood look porcelain tiles there are numerous brick look tiles that are designed to look and feel just like real brick pavers. And portstone is much more than just another pretty brick floor.