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Choosing the right location for your tile

5/23/2017

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Nerang Tiles imports tiles from around the world to ensure we supply only the highest quality floor tiles and wall tiles to our customers. Below is some great information from the Italy Tile Agency on how to choose the right location for the tiles you have selected. 
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There are tiles for all environments but there is no such tile that is suitable for all purposes. one cannot just choose at random; the consumer has to make an informed choice.
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When making your choice, bear in mind:
  • the environment and the use to which the tiles will be put.
  • the tiles' required design and technical functions.

Design considerations. The tiles must fit in with the furnishings and the range of objects, colors, shapes and activities that exist in the environment. They must also match its shape, dimensions, area and lighting, etc. This choice also depends on personal taste and fashion, so it is difficult, and perhaps inappropriate to lay down rules.

Technical considerations. This rule must be followed:
the tiles should have technical characteristics and levels of resistance to stress (mechanical, chemical, thermal etc.,) that will be adequate for the environment in which they will be installed. In other words, the greater the probable stress will be, the higher the performance and the more resistant the tiles must be.

Let us now look at some practical examples of this principle. First of all, we will look at the rooms in the home - and tiles look good in any room in the house - where tiles with special technical and design characteristics have to be chosen.

We will then give some tips on choosing the most suitable floor tiles for public buildings and factories in order to show how tile characteristics must match the use to which they are to be put.

  • a private dwelling 
    FLOOR TILES IN THE ENTRANCE

    The amount of foot traffic and the stress to which the tiles are subjected will differ from one home to another. The entrance is one of the most walked over areas of the home, but the amount of wear through abrasion to which the tiles are affected will depend on the location of the dwelling: the hall in an apartment on the fifth floor of an apartment building will be different from the hall of a house with garden that has a sand or gravel path leading up to the front door. In the latter case, wear through abrasion will be much greater than in the previous example, so tiles with a higher resistance to abrasion should be chosen.
 
  • OUTSIDE WALL AND FLOOR TILES
    Choose tiles that are declared and certified to be frost resistant. In general, these are pressed tiles with low water absorption. They may be glazed (single fired) or unglazed (porcelain stoneware, red stoneware): or else they may be extruded tiles (clinker, cotto).
 
  • FLOORING IN A PUBLIC BUILDING 
    The mechanical and chemical stress levels to which the tile surfaces are subjected will normally be higher than in a private home. Design considerations are also important (certainly more so than in a factory environment). Glazed or unglazed tiles must be chosen that are very hard, resistant to abrasion and resistant to staining and chemical attack. Great caution should be exercised before choosing shiny glazed tiles, especially if the area to be covered is directly accessed from the street. The tiles will become exposed to the abrasive dirt. Similar caution should be exercised before choosing porcelain tiles for places like bars and restaurants. A shiny polished surface is very beautiful but it is also more likely to lose the shine than non-polished surfaces.
 
  • FACTORY FLOORING
    In factories, the tiles will be subjected to very great loads (because of vehicles and heavy machinery), mechanical surface stress (movement of people and vehicles, abrasive dirt), and chemical stress (spillage of corrosive chemical substances onto the floor). If foodstuffs are processed on the premises, it must be possible to carefully and thoroughly clean the tiles in order to ensure total cleanliness.

Tiles must therefore have a compact body because of its superior mechanical characteristics and the tiles must be thicker in order to withstand heavy loads. Tiles must be exceptionally resistant to abrasion and chemical exposure and tile surfaces must be hard and compact in order to limit penetration from dirt and to facilitate cleaning and greater hygiene. In areas in which there is a high risk of slipping, tiles with a slip resistant surface must be laid (tiles with a rough or relief surface). Porcelain stoneware or red stoneware tiles may also be selected for this purpose.
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These brief examples do not cover all the environments that can be tiled or address problematic tiling situations. They are merely intended to demonstrate the best way to proceed and the factors that should be taken into account when choosing tiles.

Credit: Italy Trade Agency: 
http://www.italytile.com/talking_about_tiles.php?page=7​
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      • Tile Standards and Tolerances
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      • What Tile Grout Joint Should I Use?
      • Why Are There Stains On My Polished Porcelain Tiles
      • Are Tiles Cold
      • Why Have I Received Wrong or Damaged Tiles
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      • Tile Layout Patterns
      • Tile Facts >
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        • Types of Tiles
      • Selecting Your Tiler
      • Tile Delivery and Transport
      • Important Information Before Installing Tiles
      • Tile Characteristics >
        • Shade Variation
        • Tile Flatness
        • Tile Water Absorption
        • Tile Resistance to Humidity and Temperature Change
        • Tile Chemical Characteristics
        • Tile Size Variation
        • Optical Hazing in Polished Tiles
      • Tile Area Guides >
        • Floor Tiles
        • Wall Tiles
        • Feature Tiles
        • Outdoor Tiles
      • Soundproofing for body corporate and high rise homes
      • Choosing Grout
    • Tile Installation >
      • Installation Materials >
        • Tile Adhesive
        • Primers
        • Waterproofing Membrane
        • Tile Grout
        • Tile Sealer
      • Tiling Techniques: Back Buttering and Spot Fixing
      • How to Deal with electrical outlets when tiling
      • DIY Tiling Essentials
      • Tile Joints - The Basics
      • Tiling Checklist
      • Grout Selection Guide
      • Gradient falls in wet area floors
      • Preparing Your Surface
      • Installing Floor Tiles
      • Installing Wall Tiles
      • Tile Lippage
    • After Installation >
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        • Hints and Myths
        • Tile Cleaning Terminology
        • Guide to Stain Removal For Unglazed Tiles
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