Saturday 19 November 2011

Bathroom tiles- A necessity for a modern look


A stylish and shiny bathroom is everyone's desire. To accomplish this, tiles are usually used in transformation or in construction of a new restroom. Tiles have been used since several years and have just developed and been made superior with times, to go well with all requirements.
Nowadays, a home owner with lesser amount of finances can meet the expense of bathroom tiles and can make his restroom eye-catching. Tiles utilized should have diverse features for instance resilience, water resistance, anti- slippery nature and should be simple to clean. You can find huge selection of it in the market, in accordance with your funds and necessity. These in diverse colors, forms, sizes, textures and patterns certainly catch the attention of you. However your selection should depend upon the size and shape of your restroom.

Tiles are of diverse sorts like designer, ceramic and vitrified tiles. Designer tiles can be costly but are fashionable. In contrast, a vitrified tile is mark resistant and well-built. Vitrified have low porosity which boosts permanence of a bathroom. These can be more well-known on its usage e.g. wall as well as floor tiles.
 
Bathroom floor

A bathroom floor should be eye-catching, water as well as slip resistant. You can make use of ceramic tiles. They are tough, easy-to-clean, water resistant and anti-slippery. 

Ceramic bathroom tiles are obtainable from low-priced to the expensive variety.

Bathroom walls

As opting for bathroom wall tiles, you should bear in mind the color and design feature of the restroom. A number of universally used ones are ceramic, glass, stone, mosaic or sub-way tiles. In all of these you will discover immeasurable shades, textures and patterns selection.

Stone tiles are supposed to be ideal for the shower wall, since they are tough and in nature water resistant. Glassy ceramic ones are water resistant, long-lasting and simple to attach. You can find both soft and dark colors and lots of design alternatives from hand painted, bordered, printed or engraved designs in ceramic tiles.

Glass tiles provide neat, reflective and stylish appearance to your bathroom wall. They come in diverse shapes, shades and sizes. Some eye-catching and modern restroom wall can be obtained by means of amalgamation of glass, ceramic as well as metal tiles. 

Lastly, there has been a steady rise in the demand for the contemporary bathroom fittings too, all to enhance the look of a restroom. Bathroom fittings and accessories have come a long way from being the useful units to the enhancing accessories. Wash basins, faucets, bathtubs, towel racks and towel bars are amongst the most all the rage hardware objects.

Thursday 17 November 2011

Vitrified tiles - Found in many forms


Vitrified tile is a tile which has been processed in such a manner that it has extremely low porosity and water assimilation which makes it mark resistant and very tough.
Vitrified tiles have changed the trade scenario of Indian market. There are presently not many vitrified tiles manufacturers and the demand of this sort of tiles in Indian market is rising day by day. The best tile companies in India are trying to include this product in their assortment of offerings.
Vitrified Tiles’ might seem to be a term to you; however it is simply a type of tile with extremely low water assimilation.

Less water assimilation property makes vitrified tiles acid/alkali/chemical resistant, imparts better strength & makes it mark resistant.
Vitrified tiles are made with dust compression process, which makes it harder, denser & less absorbent than usual ceramic tiles. It is fired up at extremely high temperatures, more than 1250 degree centigrade resulting in a very tough, thick, homogenous cover. These are then polished to a very high finish, by means of precisely the similar equipment that is used to polish the Granite as well as Marble. As, these are less absorbent then ceramic tiles, they are also simple to clean.
Industry normal water absorption score for vitrified tiles is <0.5%
Vitrified tiles falls into a few sub categories as below:


Soluble salt: Vitrified tiles that are printed with screen printing technology and after that are polished are identified as soluble salt. The designs of such tiles are exposed to fade after wear & tear of a small number of years.

Full body vitrified tiles: These kinds of tiles have color all the way throughout the body (width) of the tile. Due to this scratches are less visible. These are created with the paint combination pre-added while building the body.

Nano polished Vitrified tiles: If we apply a coating of liquid silica on these tiles, in that case it fills up the micro (nano) pores on the surface and makes it smoother in feel.

Glazed Vitrified tiles (GVT): Major benefit of GVT is that it offers choice of making any sort of design/art work that is only feasible in this kind of tiles. Lots of kinds of textures (like wooden, bamboo, slate or granite) are feasible with GVT.