March 02, 2014

Porcelain tile flooring

Advantages of




Porcelain Tile Flooring

Porcelain tile flooring can easily endure heavy foot traffic at both residential and commercial locations while not reducing its color and beauty! It is used for many decorative and functional purposes but regarded as an ideal choice for flooring applications. Some of the advantages of porcelain tile flooring are mentioned below:

  • Porcelain tile is both harder and denser than many other ceramic tile products
  • Porcelain tile is frost-resistant, and often frost-proof
  • Porcelain tile is highly resistant to stain, scratch, and moisture
  • Porcelain tile is a hard wearing material which is resistant to harsher cleaning agents, scratches, stains, fading, heavy loads and fire.
  • Porcelain tile is available in glazed as well as unglazed varieties.
  • It is strong and long-lasting.
  • It can be easily installed in heavy traffic areas (Group 4 and 5).
  • Porcelain tile flooring is aesthetically pleasing.
  • It has a high breaking strength. Porcelain contains less clay and more feldspar (a mineral). It�s also pressed at a higher pressure.
  • Porcelain tile flooring has low water absorption. Therefore, less staining occurs on these floors and they are easier to clean.
  • Porcelain tile flooring offers a wide range of colors and textures, and many different designs and styles. Professionals can produce an accurate recreation of the look of natural stone, granite, slate, travertine, limestone, marble, quartzite, terracotta and even woods and metals.
  • Porcelain tile flooring can be easily maintained. For this reason it is a practical choice for flooring in any room in the house as it needs no polishing, waxing, or sealing, and can be cleaned easily with a damp mop.



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