Popular porcelain tiles: choosing and styling tips

The development of technologies annually replenish the construction market with new materials with special properties and advanced brands of existing ones. Not so long ago, he squeezed the tiles, and today the decorative super -hardly porcelain stoneware for the floor is produced with imitation of the texture of any finishing material, including wood and marble. Ceramic granite with varying degrees of hardness and wear resistance is offered. In order not to overpay excess for the properties unclaimed at home, it is worth considering the properties of tiles in more detail.

Table of contents:

1. What is important to know about porcelain tiles?
2. The main properties of porcelain tiles and its classification
3. Innovative Lappatic Porcelain Stage for Paul
4. Floor porcelain tiles with wood texture
5. The subtleties of choosing floor porcelain tile for individual rooms  

What is important to know about porcelain tiles?

Natural stone has always been valued for unique properties and unique texture, which were difficult to obtain in the production of imitation. This continued until the technology of the production of porcelain tiles was invented, which in hardness surpassed softer marble. In terms of beauty and variety of shades, porcelain tiles of porcelain tiles are even better than rare variations of facing stone, it is easy to repeat in any quantity.

In the manufacture of porcelain tiles, processes occur, resembling the heating and melting of magma, which gives rise to certain types of natural stone of water with high pressure. That is why this finishing material cannot be reproduced at home, as in the release of the so -called wild stone. Porcelain stoneware is the hardest, durable and stable to abrasion finishing material, which has all the advantages of natural stone. One of the best solutions is the decoration in the form of marble or wooden porcelain tile for the floor, photo:

Porcelain tiles appeared by chance by the technology of production of ceramic tiles, while the temperature in the furnace was almost higher than one and a half times higher. It turned out very hard and durable material with excellent visual characteristics. Since then, the techno has tried different components, additives and dyes to get new varieties of tiles, porcelain tile has become one of the most popular materials for floor decoration.

Later it turned out that super -strength tiles can be given the properties of other facing materials, and will not lose its color even under the influence of direct sunlight. This makes porcelain tile an indispensable material in the decoration of the floor of the open terrace or veranda, unhealthy loggia or balcony. Mineral additives and various recipes used in the production of this tile allow for a porcelain tile with different properties. The multicomponent mixture contains clay and quartz, natural stone and synthetic additives.

Porcelain tile surpasses ceramic tiles in many ways. Although this is a monolithic material, it resembles a sandwich of the front sides, a substrate and a layer of decorative enamel (may not be). Durable material without air interspersed, cracks and pores does not absorb moisture, so many prefer porcelain stoneware for the floor, instead of ceramic tiles or tiles. High frost resistance is another excellent quality, due to which this material is in demand in an unheated room.

The main properties of porcelain tiles and its classification

Tiles of porcelain tiles are known to consumers as a durable and durable flooring with high decorative properties and excellent abrasive resistance. This material withstands a large load where it quickly becomes unusable for another flooring stations, banks, supermarkets. But this applies to the firm and most expensive grades of porcelain tile. In an apartment or private house, it is enough to buy an inexpensive tile with an excellent texture for natural stone or wood.

Great solution for the kitchen tiles for porcelain tiles. The surface looks like new for many years, no matter how much washed it, and the kitchen floors with such facing look well -groomed and almost sterile. Antistatic properties are also obvious to porcelain stoneware does not attract dust. And its high environmental friendliness is explained by the recipe at its basis natural components with a small percentage of coloring substance, which in the monolithic structure of the stone will not be hot from the base even when heated.

Classification of porcelain tile takes into account different parameters:

1. The texture. The most popular variety is classic porcelain tiles with granular interspersed, imitates a natural stone. Popularity is gained by imitation for marble and wood.

2. Type of the surface of the tile:

• smooth with glaze;
• polished;
• semi -water;
• matte;
• wax (satinized);
• structured (relief);
• rectified.

3. Sizes. Depending on the designer task, they prefer a smooth floor for porcelain tiles of tiles of different formats. The minimum area is 50x50 mm, a large format up to 1200x1800 mm, the average square with a side of 200, 300, 400 and 500 mm.

4. Producer country. The quality of porcelain tile for flooring depends on the level of technology and components. Tiles from Italy and Spain have always been famous for its special quality and design that imitates any stone and wood, but it is prohibitively expensive. Porcelain tiles are more accessible quite high -quality from Turkey and China, who have learned to imitate the best samples of competitors. Russian porcelain tile is produced in a smaller volume, but it is quite satisfied with consumers in quality and appearance.

Attention: When buying, do not make hasty conclusions about the manufacturer according to 2-3 samples, demand a catalog and consult the managers! When making a purchase, pay attention to the labeling and batch number so that the floor tiles as much as possible coincide in design, texture and shade. There are conventions on the porcelain tile package:

• floor tiles on a dark background;
• high wear resistance of the foot on the hatching;
• frost resistance snowflake, etc.

5. District resistance indicators are divided into 5 classes:

• pEI I and II label for household use in places with a small load in home shoes (bathroom, bathroom);
• Pei III load of medium intensity in the interior;
• PEI IV is recommended for floor cladding in public places (inside the building);
• PEI V withstands a high load and washes to be used in external and interior rooms with increased movement intensity in any shoes.

In an apartment or private house, experts recommend laying a porcelain border on the floor with a foot designation on a dark background to the third class of abrasive stability.

6. The hardness of the tiles is a distinctive feature of porcelain tile, due to which it is used where the tile does not withstand the load. This is facilitated by a special production technology, and the higher the class, the greater the hardness.

7. The moisture resistance of this material has an almost marginal indicator, so it does not perceive moisture. Porcelain tile has a maximum coefficient, so it is preferred in places with high humidity.

Attention: for a bath and a bathroom, a smooth polished tile is not recommended, which is slippery, which is especially important in a house with young children and elderly people.

8. The frost resistance of the tile, marked with a snowflake, is maximum, so it is used to facing external rooms and adjacent to the house of extensions. These are the steps of the porch, floors in the veranda, garage and open balconies.

9. The thickness of the tiles of porcelain tile varies, and when buying it is important to correlate it with the functionality of the room. With a high load, thick tiles are used, and a thin cladding is suitable in auxiliary rooms with a minimum load.

Innovative Lappatic Porcelain Stage for Paul

A new variety of finishing tiles is lapped porcelain tile (from Italian dull), which is distinguished by a heterogeneous texture, which combines a matte and polished surface. To achieve a special effect, the technology of special surface grinding is used is a new secret of Italian manufacturers.

This processing requires special accuracy that the front side of the tile combines areas with a rough surface, unprocessed and polished. Such a tile, more resembling a natural stone, is not as slippery as glossy, but it looks more interesting. Therefore, interior designers give her preference for laying porcelain border on the floor in public places with a large load.

Lapped porcelain tile is different:

• increased wear resistance;
• many color variations;
• the uniqueness of the texture;
• resistance of color to ultraviolet;
• frost resistance;
• immunity to chemical reagents and temperature changes.

The choice of textures is much larger than that of ordinary porcelain tiles, including imitation of metal, concrete tiles, wood, fabric, suede, skin, gem stones, etc.

Floor porcelain tiles with wood texture

Natural wood, along with a stone, belongs to the category of most demanded for construction and decoration. But due to damage to the ecology from cutting down forests and the high cost of material, imitation for wood is very popular today. This is not only a laminate, a parquet board and laminated plastic, but now also a tile of porcelain tile.

The advantage of the laminate under the tree in its organic compound tactile cold of the tile is compensated by the visual heat of the wood texture. Today, such a flooring is most in demand, and buyers note that this is the best that designers and technology for rooms with high humidity could come up with. For example, woody porcelain tiles for the floor:

Since in the kitchen the decoration of the floor of wood is limited, and in the bathroom it is undesirable, the porcelain tile on the tree replaces this material. He combines in himself:

• natural heat and beauty of the wood texture;
• smoothness and moisture resistance of glass;
• the hardness and strength of the stone;
• the simplicity of laying tiles.

The subtleties of choosing floor porcelain tile for individual rooms

The most beautiful polished porcelain tile, but it is slippery and gradually loses its mirror properties due to small scratches with abrasive particles. On such a floor, you can walk only in home shoes or socks. To restore shine, such tiles are rubbed with special mastic based on wax, which fills microcracks. The half -glossy does not require such care, because it looks slightly wiped, but it is less slippery. It is used not only for gender, but also to cladding of walls and structures of a catwalk type in interior design.

Matte porcelain tiles of the most practical and safe (nonsense). A long period retains a new look, that is, it does not change its properties. Solid tiles perfectly imitate many natural materials. Used in rooms of various functionality.

Satinated porcelain tile, from the word satin, with a soft brilliance that imitates smooth fabrics. The technology of mineralization of the front side during thermal baking is created. Perfectly imitates some natural textures, recommended for the hallway, dining room or living room.

Rectified porcelain tile is used for seamless laying. They are interested in those who know how to put porcelain tiles on the floor so that they look like a continuous surface. The secret is not in the tile itself, but in the cut edge, which is laid on the vault almost without grout.

Glazed porcelain tiles are covered with enamel before firing. This technology resembles lumping, which provides an excellent imitation of many natural materials or spectacular patterns. It is used for floor, decorative inserts and panels.

Tip: When choosing a porcelain tile for the floor to the kitchen, keep in mind that the mirror surface here is not appropriate to microparticles of fat and volatile substances quickly settled on it, forming fog. You have to clean often. Slippery floors in the kitchen are also useless, it is better to perform such a finish in the dining room of the living room. The embossed tile is also not suitable for too time -consuming seizure of food particles from small folds and the recesses of the pattern.

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