Ceramic tiles:
Ceramic tiles come in a wide variety such as tile, tile, mosaic, and decorative tile.
To create the right look for your home, color and design are important. This industry offers the right combination of colors, sizes and textures to make it easy for you to express your individuality.
Ceramic tiles have been used for centuries. Today’s ceramic tiles are virtually indistinguishable from travertines, slates, natural marbles, and other stone products.
Porcelain tiles and glazed ceramic tiles are a great choice for kitchens, sunrooms, great rooms, bathrooms, and hallways.
Ceramic floor tiles are more durable than ceramic wall tiles. Wall tiles are available with a matte surface or a semi-gloss finish glaze. This glazed surface has very low slip resistance and becomes slippery when wet. Therefore, glazed wall tiles are much more suitable for countertop applications or wall applications than they are for flooring.
Tiles:
Clay and water constitute the two basic elements of glazed pottery. Various clays are mixed into a fine powder by extracting and crushing them and to form the body of the tile they are pressed together. To reduce the moisture content, the pressed body is dried. Then they paint the surface of the tile with a glaze of a color similar to glass. Then, to fuse the glaze to the surface of the tile, the tile is heated in ovens to approximately two thousand degrees Fahrenheit. This forms the finished product.
Porcelain:
Porcelain tile is used for both interior and exterior applications and can withstand heavy traffic while maintaining its color and beauty. For the production of porcelain stoneware a mixture of fine-grained clays and other minerals is used, which is highly resistant to moisture, wear and stains, as it has a very dense body.
There are industry standardized tests and ratings to determine the overall performance and durability of the glazed surface of ceramic tiles and this rates the tile’s specific resistance to breakage, moisture, abrasion, scratching, and more.
Patterns and layouts can be chosen by planning floor patterns, wall patterns, floor borders, and wall and floor combinations.
You can plan and design your own flooring by choosing the right design for your home. How do you do it? By following the correct pattern and choosing the right pattern for your home. This largely depends on your taste and lifestyle.
You can be your own designer. You can do this by deciding on various factors such as scale, color, design style, texture, and pattern.
Scale: You can use larger patterns for larger rooms and smaller patterns for smaller rooms.
Color: To choose the color of the tile, find out the color of your closet, your table, chair or sofa, wall and more. You should base the tile floor color on the color of various devices in your room. Which means it is best if you choose a contrasting tile color for your floor.
Design Style – It is always a general idea that a theme will often reveal itself in colors, styles, and textures. So, collect all your favorite items like stamps, photos and other items of interest to you and if possible collect them and put them on a layout board.
Texture and pattern: Next comes texture and pattern after color and style. Every style and type of flooring has a texture.
How to protect your investment in apartments:
1. Sweep or vacuum regularly to remove sand or dirt;
2. Under heavy chairs and furniture, use felt pads;
3. Wipe up spill residue by wiping spills immediately with a clean, dry, terry-cloth microfiber cloth;
4. The grout and glazed tile surface can be damaged by acids and ammonia will discolor the grout. Therefore, make sure that cleaners never contain acids or ammonia;
5. Make sure all exterior entrances are protected by protective mats;
6. Never use oil or wax soaps while cleaning your tile floor;
7. Consult your flooring retailer for a professional strength grout cleaner while removing stains such as soap scum, mold and grease stains from grout joints;
8. Contact your flooring retailer for a tile sealer and adhesive remover when you need to remove waxes or sealants from your tile floor;
9. Always keep in mind not to slide or roll heavy appliances or furniture on the floor; protect your floor when using a dolly to move appliances or furniture.
