Floor tiles are a very common main material used in decoration, so today we're going to give you a rundown on the classification and purchase of tiles. There are many classifications of tiles, indoor and outdoor, so today we will talk about several tiles commonly used in home decoration. 

Tile selection guide - classification, usage scenarios, buying instructions

Classification of floor tiles

The first category: glazed tiles

Now the market price of common glazed tiles are the following: full glaze (the most common with the most, status equal to the floor in the laminate flooring), diamond, marble, microcrystalline stone, through the body marble (also known as through the body tile, because the firing process is more complex, so the price should be the highest, status equal to the floor in the solid wood flooring)

The second category: glass tile

Glass tile is the highest strength inside the tile, glass tile production and glazed tile production process is also different, a total of two layers, a bottom Pi a surface layer, so the type is relatively speaking not so much, common white line stone, yellow line stone, etc. about 6-7 kinds.

The third category: porcelain tiles

Mainly refer to 300mm x 300mm, 300mm x 600mm kitchen bathroom small floor and wall tiles, texture than the living room of the earth tiles to thin some, generally divided into bright, mirror, soft light, matte several, the price is not the same, porcelain tiles without a mirror and bright surface, mainly to consider the problem of non-slip.

The fourth category

Antique brick, American style inside the common brick, the industry generally called it to cement brick, this brick with an area of 600mm x 600mm, and then processed into a variety of shapes more cases, the material and on the area of the brick is different, the practice also has a difference.

The fifth category: mosaic tile, in fact, in the decoration with not much, used in most places is also simply decorative, so here we do not start to say, put a picture we look good.

The use of floor tiles scene

After talking about the classification of tiles, in fact, in different rooms, and different life use scenarios, the type of brick will also have different, the following according to different spaces to explain these tiles separately.

1. Living room

Living room tiles, usually the largest floor tile specifications at home, generally 600mm x 600mm or 800mm x 800m, because the living room is generally the largest space at home, with large specifications of the floor tile will look more atmospheric, so that the extension of space better.

2. Bedroom

Bedroom tile with 600 × 600 or 500 × 500 matte tile, now a lot of imitation wood grain tile is also very hot, because now people talk about formaldehyde, laying solid wood flooring cost too high, maintenance is too troublesome, laying cost-effective laminate flooring and worry about environmental problems, so the floor tile cloaked in flooring skin is very hot.

3. Bathroom, kitchen, balcony

The bathroom, kitchen, and balcony is usually a smaller area of the home, with the brick is also 300mm x 300mm or 300mm x 600mm most, these areas are generally not recommended to use a large area of the brick.

- One, because to install floor drains, small bricks are convenient to leave the location of the floor drain.

- Secondly, because these places in order to facilitate drainage, the ground is required to have a certain slope, brick some small convenient to find the slope.

Now the kitchen is more popular with small white brick, bread tile, the small white brick area is usually 100mm x 100mm, bread tile area is usually 100mm x 200mm, small white brick itself is not expensive, but the labour cost than the general brick to be much more expensive, so here to recommend another, pseudo small square brick, pseudo bread tile and imitation wood grain tile has a similarity, the labour price to be much cheaper.

Notes on buying floor tiles

1. The best floor tiles do not buy processing tiles, first of all, what are processing tiles?

If you like a 600mm x 600mm floor tile, you want to use this brick in the bathroom, but the size is not suitable, so you need to artificially cut the brick into the right size, this brick is called processing brick.

It is not recommended that you buy processed bricks because the cost of processed bricks is now getting more and more expensive, not unexpectedly it will be more expensive in the future, the cost of paving plus the cost of processing, the cost input is too high. The cutting of floor tiles is manually operated, which inevitably will cause some errors in size.

2. As little as possible with an area too small or too large brick (greater than 800mm x 800mm less than 300 x 300mm) such as the previously mentioned net red 100mm x 100mm small white brick, white small brick with black hooking, value is really high, the price of this brick itself is not very expensive (because this brick well-known big brands generally do not produce, are small factories or small business production) but The price of labour can be equal to the price of the brick itself, in addition to an area too large brick is the same, construction and levelling will be more difficult, will increase the cost of paving, labour costs will also be higher, so it is recommended that we use less, of course, do not care about the price of friends can ignore.

3. Brick is not the more expensive the better, buy hardware pendants and sanitary ware, to buy tiles with the best price range, but the floor tile does not apply to this article, like the bathroom or kitchen wall tile, more often than not is to play a stain and decorative role, almost non-existent wear and tear, general brick fully meet the needs, plus the additional cost of floor tile, such as brand fees, transportation costs and so on, buy floor tile can Consider the cost-performance ratio.

4. Brick is not the more expensive the better, in fact, many small brands of inexpensive brick is quite good-looking, the price is appropriate to ensure the quality of the basis, select the style of their own home decoration brick, in fact, it is not necessary to pursue the brand.

5. When buying bricks to take into account the loss, we buy bricks are finished bricks, in addition to the brick itself material, whether in transport or in the construction process, there will be a certain loss, this amount is generally in 5%-8% or so, when buying must be counted in, do not hope for a second purchase, because the repurchase may not buy the same batch of goods, it is likely to Colour difference, in addition to some to do special shape or shaped brick, the loss rate will be in more than 10% if you want to do the shape to take into account.