Tile floor? Good? Bad?

[AnKa]

I have leftover ceramic tile and I actually enjoy tiling floors. Can you see a downside to putting tile as floor in the chicken coop?
The ones I have are not super slippery, they're more terracotta-like with little 'dimples'.

 

[Jenski]

Why don't you run some tile heating wire underneath and have the ultimate Roman spa heated coop floor??

 

[chickenkate]

As long as the tile is installed well, and your chickens can't pick at it, it should be fine.

 

[Jenski]

And when you're finished, my address is . . .

 

[azelgin]

So, are you going to put down the WonderBoard too? Maybe a nice colorful chicken Mosaic? What color grout? Maybe a nice Saltillo with Delorean Grey grout? Just kidding.

The only drawback I could see coming is if you put it over wood sub floor, sooner or later, moisture is going to get through the grout and deteriorate the wood. Straight over concrete, it should last forever.

I like tile too. Like getting to make your own jigsaw puzzle.

 

[morelcabin]

I personally wouldn't. I have tile on concrete n my basement, once it got wet from a leaking freezer it all lifted...and the grout will be a real chore to keep the germs out of. But it sure would look great!

 

[NRacine]

We tiled the floor of our coop and a 4" up the walls. I used the cheap glazed ceramic tiles, I imagine if yours are porous you will want to seal them. I sealed the grout so it doesn't get super gross. We keep a good layer of wood shavings over it so it's not slippery. It's over plywood and haven't had any problems yet, but it's only been one winter so far. As soon as it warms up I'll do a good spring cleaning to see how well the poo comes off. I say go for it, if you hate it, you can always smash it out and do something else!

 

[azelgin]

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Wrong thinset was used. You can tile swimming pools and thats a pretty harsh application. Grout additive are available to make you grout almost waterproof, or, epoxy based grout.

 

[patandchickens]

YOu could tile a cement slab floor, but *why*, it works just fine 'nekkid' (with bedding on of course).

If you try to tile anything else, like a raised wooden floor, I will betcha anything at all, you name it, that within a year, two at the most, probably more like 6 months, possibly 6 weeks, it is all cracking apart. You *could* build the floor, floor joists, and building foundation so solidly that it will not move (like a well built house) but WHY

So, while I don't see anything wrong with tile per se (seal the grout real well, and don't have the grout lines very deep!) I don't see that it would be a particularly sensible thing to use in a coop.

You like tiling, come up here, I can occupy you a while, I *hate* it

Have fun,

Pat

 

[azelgin]

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Tile is purdy!