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Porcelain tiles or ceramic tiles are porcelain or ceramic tiles commonly used to cover floors and walls, with a water absorption rate of less than 0.5 percent. The clay used to build porcelain tiles is generally denser. They can either be glazed or unglazed. Porcelain tiles are one type of vitrified tiles and are sometimes referred to as porcelain vitrified tiles.
Historically, porcelain was not the usual material for tiles, which were much more often made of earthenware (terracotta) or stoneware. The first porcelain tiles were made in China, for example in the 15th-century Porcelain Tower of Nanjing (now largely destroyed). Here the tiles were used for walls, which long remained typical. In Europe, a few rooms were made in palaces of porcelain plaques, often with forms in high relief. These were made by Capodimonte porcelain and Real Fábrica del Buen Retiro among others.
Although porcelain has now been widely used for making tiles for many years, modern production methods and quantities have made porcelain tiles available for the average householder in recent years.
As a City and Guilds trained tiler who was taught hand fixing s/cement,( ah those were the days) could somebody tell me
1 Why adhesive manufacturers require that nearly all backgrounds need priming for SPF's etc.
They are making a glue and the majority of floors are...
hi all, I have never used an anti crack matting before but hav asked the customer to use one as I’m tiling over underfloor heating overlay boards, I have primed in prim grip from tile master. He has bought this orange matting looks like schluter but think it’s a copy I was just wondering what’s...
Hi, i've done some searching and cant really find the specific answer.
Im currently in the process of renovating my 1st floor shower room, and looking to create a bit of a wetroom. I've researched this to death, and pretty clear on what i need to do, but looking for advice on the correct...
About 20 years ago, we had a sunlounge built. It's on a concrete raft about 6m x 5m and it's tiled inside and out with the same tiles, with the outside tiles occupying a band about 1.4m wide on two sides.
We have a problem with the external tiles becoming loose over a few years, presumably due...
Rapid setting, low dust, one-component, flexible lightweight S1 wall and floor tile adhesive. Non-slip. Suitable for ceramic, porcelain and natural stone tiles and mosaics.
Especially suitable for fixing thin porcelain tiles. For screed/render and plywood substrates. (Contains › 30% recycled...
I posted previously about a tiling job that has gone a bit wrong. One wall either needs to come off or ideally be tiled over.
The problem with tiling over is a concern that the quadrant shower cubicle may not fit. The shower cubicle has 20mm of adjustment, but 5mm already used, so 15mm left...
Hi,
First post here and a real tiling novice. I plan on putting up some 200 x 500 x 8.5mm wall tiles in my bathroom but not sure on the best adhesive, some adhesives I have found say they are suitable for max 300 x 300mm, I take it it’s limited to do with the weight of each tile? Any advice...
we have an architect building a number of apartments that we are pricing for. he would like this used on the bathroom floors. has anyone on here used this product and is it any good. cheers.
I have purchased mapei S1 keraquick flex rappied adhesive for the floor boarding and tiling and mapei S1 kerflex standard set for the walls. The tiles are 10mm 600x300 ceramic (for one wall) and 8mm 600x300 for the rest of the walls and floor. The floor boards will be boarded with tile backer...
Looking for some adhesive advice...
DIY bathroom job, 600 x 600 porcelain tiles 26kg per sq metre plus weight of adhesive (pick my Sigma 3c3m up tomorrow).
Tiles going on floor and halfway up walls both on 6mm hardie backer (unless plaster board will take weight of tiles going up the wall...
Hi,
I’m in the process of renovating my bathroom. I have installed tile backer boards and now in the process of buying the tiles. I’m interested in the 75cm x25cm marble effect ceramic tiles from crown tiles(see attached). All 4 walls are approx 1.7m wide and 2.5m high. Do you think the tile...
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