Country weatherboard house with a diagonal Paddington tiled verandah, lawn and gum tree, St Arnaud
Black and white customised Paddington porch with a Norwood border on a polychrome-brick house, Middle Park
Front view of a red Octagon and Dot verandah on a brick house with a porthole window, Leichhardt
Long wing of a Glasgow tiled verandah on a new-build country house from the yard, St Arnaud
Norwood diamond border following a curved brick wall on a red Octagon and Dot path, Armidale
Corner of a diagonal black and white Fitzroy verandah with tiles still wet, Kogarah

Traditional patterns, true to the line.

Tessellated paths, verandahs and entries for period homes across Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide.

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St ArnaudPaddington verandah, laid on the diagonal.

What we do

Long blue, black and white Paddington verandah with a Norwood border running past the front windows, Ballarat

New tessellated floors

Paths, verandahs, entries and hallways in the traditional geometric patterns.

Restored Fitzroy verandah and landing with a marble step and encaustic wall tiles, Newtown

Restoration

Original floors kept down, with loose sections relaid and broken pieces matched and replaced.

Black and white patterned encaustic floor, Brighton-Le-Sands

Encaustic panels

Whole encaustic floors, patterned centres, doorstep panels and hearths.

White marble steps with black tiled risers leading up to a Glasgow tiled entry, Drummoyne

Steps and edging

Marble and bluestone treads, bullnose edges and brick borders.

Old tessellated floor with a crack running through it and tiles lifting, before repair

Regrouting and repair

Loose, cracked or lifted tiles put right so the floor reads as one again.

Previous jobs

Black and white Paddington star path with a Norwood border running to the gate between gardens, Drummoyne
DrummoynePaddington path and verandah
Blue and white Glasgow star verandah floor from a low angle, pattern filling the frame, Queens Park
Queens ParkGlasgow path to the front door
Restored corner of a brick red and black Nottingham verandah with a crisp Norwood border, Ashfield
AshfieldNottingham verandah, restored
Octagon and Dot verandah corner return below a bay window on a red-brick Victorian, South Yarra
South YarraOctagon and Dot wrap-around verandah
Brick red, white and black Octagon and Dot shower floor with a Balmain border, seen from the doorway, Randwick
RandwickOctagon and Dot shower floor
Corner of a three-tone tessellated checkerboard verandah reading as cubes, Hawthorn
HawthornTessellated checkerboard verandah
Top-down of a cream Bristle path with black, grey and brick red and a Norwood border in sun, Leichhardt
LeichhardtBristle path and verandah
Black, white, sand yellow and green Paddington verandah with a Norwood border under iron lace, Ballarat
BallaratPaddington verandah and landings
Brick red, black and white Raglan path with a Windsor border between clipped hedges to a brick bungalow, Summer Hill
Summer HillRaglan path between the hedges
Black, white, light grey and green Glasgow verandah with a Norwood border on a bluestone cottage, Unley
UnleyGlasgow verandah, bluestone cottage
Black and white Paddington star path with a Norwood border running to the gate between gardens, Drummoyne
Finished

Previous job

Paddington path and verandah

Job locationDrummoyne, Sydney
The jobNew front path and verandah
Pattern and borderPaddington with a Norwood border
Time it took5 days
Notes

What we did

The old concrete path came out first. What replaced it, in November 2025, is a Paddington star path in black and white with light grey, charcoal and encaustic tiles, inside a Norwood border, running from the house to the gate with garden on both sides. The verandah was laid at the same time in the same pattern, with a black surround, and bluestone finishes it.

The detail

Taking out the old path is half the job. The new screed has to be flat and true before a single tile goes down.

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Blue and white Glasgow star verandah floor from a low angle, pattern filling the frame, Queens Park
Finished

Previous job

Glasgow path to the front door

Job locationQueens Park, Sydney
The jobNew path, verandah and door landing
Pattern and borderGlasgow with a Norwood border
Time it took5 days
Notes

What we did

The house was mid-renovation when we laid this path. It is Glasgow in blue and white with brick red and black and encaustic tiles, a star pattern in a Norwood border, running from the street up to the verandah and across to a landing at the front door, with bluestone at the steps. A new installation, laid in 2025 in Queens Park.

The detail

On a site like this the tiles are the finished thing inside a frame that is not, and the photos show that as it was.

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Restored corner of a brick red and black Nottingham verandah with a crisp Norwood border, Ashfield
Finished

Previous job

Nottingham verandah, restored

Job locationAshfield, Sydney
The jobVerandah restoration
Pattern and borderNottingham with a Norwood border
Time it took1 day
Notes

What we did

This one was a restoration. The verandah of a brick Federation house in Ashfield still had its original Nottingham floor in brick red, white, brown and black with a Norwood border, but a section at the step had failed and tiles had lifted. We relaid the damaged sections, cleaned the whole floor, regrouted it and sealed it.

The detail

Restoring a floor like this means matching replacement tiles to originals that have had decades of wear, and keeping every sound tile in place.

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Octagon and Dot verandah corner return below a bay window on a red-brick Victorian, South Yarra
Finished

Previous job

Octagon and Dot wrap-around verandah

Job locationSouth Yarra, Melbourne
The jobVerandah relaid
Pattern and borderOctagon and Dot with a Norwood border
Time it took2 days
Notes

What we did

The old floor was fleur-de-lis. It had a broken edge and it came up, and the wrap-around verandah of this red-brick Victorian in South Yarra was relaid in Octagon and Dot, brick red, black and white, with a Norwood border that steps with the shape of the verandah. New floor, 2026.

The detail

A wrap-around verandah is set out from the corner so the octagons carry around without a break. Where the border turns, the two runs are cut to meet each other.

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Brick red, white and black Octagon and Dot shower floor with a Balmain border, seen from the doorway, Randwick
Finished

Previous job

Octagon and Dot shower floor

Job locationRandwick, Sydney
The jobShower floor restoration
Pattern and borderOctagon and Dot with a Balmain border
Time it took1 day
Notes

What we did

Small floors have nowhere to hide a bad cut. This is a shower floor in Randwick, Octagon and Dot in brick red, white and black, with a Balmain border run around the edge and a floor waste in the field. It was a restoration, done in 2025, and the waste got a new grate set flush into the tiles.

The detail

A shower floor has to fall to the waste, so the tiles around the grate are cut to a slope as well as to a shape, and the grate has to finish flush with them.

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Corner of a three-tone tessellated checkerboard verandah reading as cubes, Hawthorn
Finished

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Tessellated checkerboard verandah

Job locationHawthorn, Melbourne
The jobNew wrap-around verandah
Pattern and borderTessellated checkerboard with a Bristle border
Time it took2 days
Notes

What we did

Three tones make a cube. Black, light grey and white laid as a tessellated checkerboard on this Hawthorn verandah read as a field of blocks standing up off the floor, the old tumbling-block effect. A Bristle border holds it at the edge. The verandah wraps around two sides of a red-brick house, and we laid it new in 2026 where the old floor had been cracked concrete.

The detail

The cube only works if the three tones land in the same order at every junction. One tile out of sequence and the effect breaks, so the checker is set out and checked as it goes rather than fixed afterwards.

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Top-down of a cream Bristle path with black, grey and brick red and a Norwood border in sun, Leichhardt
Finished

Previous job

Bristle path and verandah

Job locationLeichhardt, Sydney
The jobNew path and verandah
Pattern and borderBristle with a Norwood border
Time it took2 days
Notes

What we did

The Bristle pattern in cream, with black, white, beige, light grey and brick red and encaustic tiles, runs along the verandah of a brick house in Leichhardt and down the path to the street, with marble edging and a Norwood border. Laid in 2026.

The detail

The marble edging goes in first and the tiles are laid to it, so the width of the path is fixed before the first tile goes down.

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Black, white, sand yellow and green Paddington verandah with a Norwood border under iron lace, Ballarat
Finished

Previous job

Paddington verandah and landings

Job locationBallarat, Victoria
The jobNew verandah and three stair landings
Pattern and borderPaddington with a Norwood border
Time it took3 days
Notes

What we did

Three stair landings and a verandah, all tiled, stepping down from the front door to the gate. That is what makes this Ballarat terrace job. The landings carry the same Paddington pattern as the verandah, in black, white, sand yellow and green with encaustic tiles and a Norwood border, so the floor reads as one design broken into steps. New in 2025.

The detail

Landings are set out one at a time. The pattern is centred on each one, and the border closes it before the next step down.

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Brick red, black and white Raglan path with a Windsor border between clipped hedges to a brick bungalow, Summer Hill
Finished

Previous job

Raglan path between the hedges

Job locationSummer Hill, Sydney
The jobNew front path
Pattern and borderRaglan with a Windsor border
Time it took2 days
Notes

What we did

Two clipped hedges and a straight run between them. The path leads from the gate to the front door of a brick bungalow in Summer Hill, and we laid it in the Raglan pattern in brick red, black and white with a Windsor border on each side. Three colours, a long straight line and the hedges to frame it. Laid new in 2026.

The detail

On a long straight path the border is the give-away if the line drifts. We string the edges and check the run against them as the tiles go down.

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Black, white, light grey and green Glasgow verandah with a Norwood border on a bluestone cottage, Unley
Finished

Previous job

Glasgow verandah, bluestone cottage

Job locationUnley, Adelaide
The jobNew verandah
Pattern and borderGlasgow with a Norwood border
Time it took2 days
Notes

What we did

The cottage is bluestone and the verandah has iron lace. We laid Glasgow across it in black, white, light grey and green with a Norwood border around the edge, and bluestone on the job as well. Unley, Adelaide, 2025, a new floor.

The detail

Posts are the usual complication on a verandah. The tiles are cut around the base of each one so the border stays continuous past it, and the pattern is set out so the posts fall where the cuts are least noticeable.

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Questions we get asked

Anything not covered here, ask us when we ring you back.

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What does a tessellated floor cost?

Every floor is priced on its size, the pattern and the base it goes on, so we quote each job once we have talked it through. Send a few details and a rough size and we will ring you back.

How long does a job take?

Every one of our Previous jobs took between one and five days on site. A shower floor or a verandah restoration can be a single day; a new path and verandah together took about five. Each job sheet under Previous jobs says how long that one took.

What happens to my old concrete path?

It comes out first. A new base goes down in its place, flat and true, before any tiles are laid; on most new paths that preparation is half the work.

Can you restore my original floor instead of replacing it?

Yes, restoration is one of the things we do. Every sound tile stays where it is; the damaged sections are relaid, broken pieces are matched and replaced, and the whole floor is cleaned, regrouted and sealed.

Which patterns do you lay?

The traditional geometric patterns: Paddington, Glasgow, Octagon and Dot, Bristle, Nottingham, Raglan, Fitzroy and checkerboard among them, with borders such as Norwood, Windsor and Balmain, plus encaustic centres, doorstep panels and hearths.

Do you do bathrooms?

Yes. A tessellated shower or bathroom floor is laid the same way as a verandah, with tighter cuts and a fall to the waste. The Randwick shower floor under Previous jobs is one.

Where do you work?

Across Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide. The floors on this page also include Armidale, Ballarat and St Arnaud.

Are you licensed?

Yes. Our tilers licence number is 321989C, and the business has been laying heritage floors under its own name since 2021.

About us

BC Heritage Tiling was established in 2021 to do one kind of work properly: the tessellated and encaustic floors that period homes were built with.

The trade runs in the family. The patterns, the cutting and the patience they ask for were learnt on the tools, long before the business had a name of its own.

We keep the business small on purpose. A few jobs at a time, each floor set out by hand and finished with the same care, whether it is a single doorstep or a full verandah and path.

Bungalow pattern doorstep panel with a red border
A Bungalow doorstep panel with a red border.
Established
2021
Working across
Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide
Tilers licence
321989C

Tell us about the floor.

A few details and a rough size are plenty. We will ring you back to talk it through.

0406 743 111
Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide
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