choice of tiles for indoors and outdoors

[str]

Wonder if anyone can suggest a good tile that can be used outside as well as inside?

Am planning a kitchen extension which will have doors onto a small courtyard type space leadign onto the garden. To get the indoor/outdoors feel, it has been suggested that teh same floor covering be used right through.

Plannign to have some light colour marble worktop, so need a tile which will sit well with this but can also be used outdoors, although I would have thought that the majority of tiles would be slipply following rain?

Any suggestions

 

[lancenotalot]

Most decent floor tiles should be ok,check at a tile store and ask which they think will be suitable so you know which you can choose from.

 

[gcol]

Most decent floor tiles should be ok....

Not so lance - for tiling applications outside, you need to be using porcelain tiles. This is due to their lack of porosity - porcelain will absorb very little moisture, which means that there isn't any water present in the tiles which can freeze and crack them in cold temperatures.

 

[lancenotalot]

I stand corrected

 

[gcol]

Don't worry about it; just remember..... porcelain is the future!

 

[str]

Porcelain it is then. What about potential for being slippy when wet ie being outside when its raining - problem is that its the route to the garage and beer fridge

dont want to be slipping on my backside, or worse, spilling my beer

 

[lancenotalot]

You can get non slip tiles,just to give you an idea http://www.wallsandfloors.co.uk/catdetails.php?cid=21