Four Tips for Choosing Tiles

At present, the tiles in the home have jumped in the traditional era of "a white world". The selection of tile materials is various and divided into several categories: glazed tiles, whole-body tiles, polished tiles, vitrified tiles and mosaics. In the overall large functional space, the preferred is a smooth or matte glazed tile, which is very easy to clean and can create “fashionable” effects. But where do you pick the tiles?


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Tile selection Raiders as long as you launch "see, listen, cut, water," the effort, you can take home with confidence tile.

"Look": A look at the grade, the best quality products, third-class products and other foreign products are worrying; Second, look at the appearance and glazed, good tiles without bumps, Angular and other issues, side straight flat, glaze The surface is smooth and clean, with no particles or shades of color; three look patterns, patterns to be delicate, no obvious color, dislocation, disconnection or shades.

"listen". With a thumb, forefinger and middle finger sandwiched one corner of the tile, easily hang down, the other index finger tapping the lower part of the tile, such as the voice is clear, sweet for the top grade, such as sound boring, astringent turbidity for the defective.

"cut". Cut out the tiles (usually to the store's broken pieces) and look at the breaks. The fracture is fine, hard and brittle, and the color is consistent with the top grade.

"water". The water droplets are on the back of the tile, and the tiles that have been soaked slowly after the water has spread are dense and are considered top grade. The tile area calculation tiles can be sold on the block, on the box, or on square meters. A lot of building materials stores have conversion charts. Based on the area, you can find the number of tiles required. The tile box also shows how much a box of tiles can be tiled. For rough calculations, an area of ​​80 square meters can be calculated as 640 4.25-inch tiles or 320 6-inch tiles. After calculating the total number, some spare quantities should be added, because some loss will be inevitable when paving. If you plan to use bright colored tiles or patterned tiles in plain tiles, you can first design the tiled wall surface on the chart, and the estimated quantity is convenient. It is also possible to cut the paper into tile sizes on the wall and calculate the height and width of the paved tile area. The color of each box of tiles will be slightly different, and they should be mixed thoroughly before laying. It is best to buy the same batch of boxed tiles.


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