Traditional manufacturing of stove ceramics

          Manufacturing of tile ceramics using traditional methods is an appreciated craft. Regardless of the development of industry and civilization, major manufacturers of stove and fireplace tiles are still small workshops based on a long-term family tradition, such as in case of our Tilery KAFEL-KAR. Ceramic tiles are structural and at the same time decorative elements of a stove or a fireplace which
thanks to own properties receive energy to accumulate it within thereafter
and transfer it to a room though as a perceivable nice and gentle heat radiation.
Tiles – are products made of only natural materials and raw materials, mainly from various mixes of clay and chamotte. During processing and multiple firing, the high temperature renders clay a material which is environment-friendly and safe-to-health when in use, taking up properties which other building materials do not have – functionality and durability, ability to endure unaffected for a few centuries.
When heating, the tiles provide a surface distribution of heat, coming out of the stove interior.
It is the healthiest and best method a human can get when heating up living quarters. Radiation with a gentle heat through large heating areas of a tile stove or fireplace instead of e.g. convection heating, completely changes the distribution of temperatures within a house for more favourable, does not dry out rooms and ensures much greater heating comfort for human body.
Economy is relevant also – wood is the cheapest energy source and to underline, the only fully renewable fuel.
The beauty and aesthetics of tiles is emphasised by decorations using multiple colour glazes, reliefs and their decorative painting. The variety and freedom of choice when creating and arranging bodies of stoves and fireplaces gives enormous possibilities for designers and contractors. Any qualities of tile ceramics have their own background which creates them and defines as untamed and heterogeneous material in terms of chemical and physical composition. Thus we consider this as a “living” material which makes us humble and willing to take compromise everyday. At the same time those qualities create their individual character, so much sought by connoisseurs of crafted products who wish to have unique, natural handicraft objects nearby. As a manufacturer of stove and fireplace ceramics we understand that this individual nature of a product is of the greatest importance to the Buyer. By taking into account any wishes our Customers may have, we always notice them, and underline that scope of expectations should cover the existing differences, in accordance with natural properties of fired clay and glaze.