Red & White Zig Tile

Proper storage is simple: keep the boxes in a dry, ventilated place, off the ground and away from damp, and leave the cement tiles in their packaging until laying. Avoid stacking excessive weight on top. Stored this way, the 12-tile Carocim boxes protect the red and white surfaces of the Zig Rouge & Blanc perfectly.

Two safeguards make it a non-issue: the anti-UV treatment Carocim systematically applies to its outdoor cement tiles, and the sealing you complete after installation. The red and white pigments of the Zig Rouge & Blanc are protected from discolouration, so even a fully exposed rooftop terrace keeps its graphic contrast intact.

In a north-facing room, brightness is the priority: the white ground of this cement tile reflects what little light there is, while the red diagonals add the warmth a cool exposure lacks. Pair the Zig Rouge & Blanc with pale walls and light joints, and the Carocim pattern will energise the space rather than darken it.

Yes, essentially: each Zig Rouge & Blanc is pressed in a precise mould, giving clean, square edges. As with every handmade cement tile, minute variations remain — that is the nature of craft — and they disappear into the fine joints recommended at laying. The result reads as a crisp, continuous Carocim surface.

Crisp lines are the point of the technique: the wide diagonal bands are formed by pouring pigments into a divider mould, so the red and white boundaries of the Zig Rouge & Blanc come out sharp on each cement tile. Hand production adds only subtle, charming variations — the precision of the Carocim workshop does the rest.