Description

What is the purpose of this type of tile?
Tactile tiles, designed for paving areas with a high risk of life-threatening pedestrian hazards with limited capacity. Tactile tiles with cone-shaped reefs are installed along the edge (parallel) of the first step, beginning of a crossing or carriageway to warn visually impaired persons of hazards that can be harmful to health.

How to install tactile paving tiles
Tactile paving tiles are informative, it is a specialised sign, so the most important thing is the correct positioning of the design. Only then will the tactile tiles fulfil their function. In the pedestrian zone on pavements, the width of such pavement should be 1000-1500 mm. For subways, a tile strip of 500 mm is used to indicate the subway. In order to lay tactile tiles correctly, drawings must be drawn up specifying the width of the above-ground signs, the types of tiles in each area, the direction.

When drawing, the width of the step (about 50 cm) is especially taken into account, so that a visually impaired person does not step over the tactile tiles, but feels them while driving.

Tactile paving tiles are most often incorporated into the pavement in such a way that only the tactile reef is elevated above the surface. This will enable the tiles to withstand various stresses without damage or chipping, and pedestrians will have a comfortable walking environment.