Testing items for tiles

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Hardness. The hardness of tiles determines the key performance of tiles, especially floor tiles. Hardness: 1-7, polished tile general 7, throwing glaze is generally 5-6, Microcrystalline stone is generally about 5, porcelain is generally 3-4, etc. Certainly, the determination of tiles hardness has a great relationship with production, such as firing time, temperature, press tonnage, material fineness. Floor tiles are larger than wall tiles, and polished tiles are more flexible than glazed tiles design. The greater the hardness, the stronger the durability of tiles. However, the hardness is also large, and the processing is difficult.

High destructive strength. Good strength of tiles crack resistance, the national standard tiles compressive strength is not less than 35Mpa, 1200N, equivalent to 120 KG people standing on the foot size of the area, the higher the tiles strength, the better resistance to weight and pressure.

Water absorption. This index can be divided into two categories, one is ceramic tile, the other is porcelain tile. Ceramic tiles water absorption rate will be high, generally about 20 percent have, low also has 5-10 percent, because there is water absorption, you can and cement well combined to prevent falling off. Porcelain tiles water absorption is relatively low, generally less than 5 percent, now many glazed tiles surface is glaze, water absorption is below 0.1 percent.

Water absorption determines the antifouling performance of cement tiles, low water absorption, weak absorption capacity, and it’s good for daily use. Inspection method: The actual effect of more than 10% water absorption is to pour a cup of 150 ml water behind the tiles, after 3 seconds, water will all infiltrate the tiles. According to the standard, tiles are divided into porcelain tiles (water absorption rate E < 0.5%), fine stoneware tiles (water absorption rate 3 < E < 6%) and stoneware Ceramic (water absorption rate 6 < E < 10%). Ceramic tiles (water absorption of more than ten percent). The inspection method should be tested on the back of the tiles.

Planeness. The level of tile surface is measured by edge curvature, middle curvature and warpage. Size is based on intuitive judgment can be, check the size of a batch of tiles is roughly the same, can better fit together, color difference is small, size regulation is top-grade. Flatness is more important to the display effect of the tiles, which is also the reason why the tiles manufacturers pay more attention. Evenness is different because of different tiles. Glazed tile is slightly worse than polishing tiles, and rustic tiles are less than polished tiles design, need to leave a gap when paving tiles. The national standard stipulates that the error is within zero point five percent.

Wear resistance. This parameter is slightly different from the hardness, and the testing method is a little different. A tile wear test is carried out on a specified wear tester according to the prescribed procedure, and the volume of the marble tiles are measured. 150 is a lower standard. The wear resistance of domestic first-line brands is generally less than 130, and good varieties reach 110. 150 is equivalent to the quality of the three line brand. The higher the wear resistance is, the more durable the tile is, the easier to non wear-resisting lay it on the floor.

The wear resistance of tiles used in public places must be less than 120. The wear resistance of tiles is divided into 1-5 grades by wear resistance test. If you want to save worry, you need to pay attention to the tiles wear resistance coefficient. Good cold resistance. It is a sign to judge whether tiles can be used normally in the climate with large temperature variation. This index deserves special attention in the climate with large temperature difference between day and night in the north. The performance is mainly for porcelain tiles and outer wall tiles, and ceramic tiles, which are easy to absorb water and crack.

Advantages and disadvantages of polished tiles and porcelain tiles

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Polished tile design is a bright tiles design made of polished surface of the full body. For the full body tiles, the surface of polished stone tiles should be much more shay. For the full body tiles, the surface of polished tiles should be much more bright. Polished tiles price are hard and wearable and suitable for use in most indoor spaces except bathroom and kitchen. On the basis of applying the technology of soluble salt floor tiles, polished floor tiles can make all kinds of imitation stone and imitation wood effect. The polished tiles are easy to dirty and the skid resistance is not very good.

The advantages of polished tiles: No radioactive elements. Natural stone is a mineral, not sintered at high temperature, so contains a few trace radioactive elements, long-term contact will be harmful to the human body. Polished tiles will not cause harm to the human body. Basically, there is no chromatic aberration: Natural stone has great color difference due to its diagenesis time and rock depth. Polished tiles are carefully blended and the colors of the tiles are the same as those of the batches without color difference.

Bending strength is high: Natural stone has different compactness and strength due to its natural formation, forming time and weathering. The polishing tiles are pressed by thousands of tons of hydraulic press and sintered at high temperatures above 1200 degrees. The polished porcelain tile is thin and light. Because of its low strength, natural stone is thick and bulky, which increases the load of floor buildings, poses a potential threat, increases the cost, and increases the difficulties of transportation and paving.

Disadvantages of polished tiles: It is easy to dirty, which is caused by concave and convex holes left by polished tiles. These pores will be filthy, and even some of the tea will fall back on the polished tiles. Aware of this, later some good quality polished marble floor tiles were added with a layer of antifouling before leaving the factory.

Regular neutral detergent to clean the surface, remove general stains, can not use any strong acid detergent, otherwise it will burn the surface of the crystal layer of polished tiles, resulting in marble tile surface non-anti fouling. Crystal face care for neutral crystal facets. Special stains such as tea stains, fruit stains, coffee stains, ink stains, etc. you can be used high purity content of 27.5% or more of H2O2 with paper towel covering, soaking 2-3 hours to remove.

Porcelain tiles: Because of the difference in manufacturing process, its density is higher than ordinary marble floor tiles, its surface is smooth but does not need polishing, so there is no problem of polishing pores. Porcelain tile is a kind of reinforced polished tile, which is made by firing at high temperature. Texture is harder and more wearable than polished tiles. Polished tile is a kind of bright tiles made from the surface of the full body tiles, which belongs to the full body tiles. Glass polished tile is obtained by mirror polishing, because of the low water absorption, its hardness is relatively high, not easy to scratch.

Porcelain tiles are bright and soft with no obvious chromatic aberration. But the natural granite has larger chromatic aberration due to the diagenetic time and the depth of the rock. No harmful elements. Granite is a natural mineral, buried in the deep crust for a long time, without high temperature sintering, so contains trace radioactive elements, such as long-term contact will be harmful to health.

The thickness is relatively thin, the bending strength is high, the cement tiles are light and the weight of the building is reduced. Natural granite is low in strength and bulky, which increases the load of buildings, and brings a series of difficulties in transportation and paving. Flexural strength is greater than 45MPa. The flexural strength of granite is about 17-20mpa. Mullite and other crystals have been produced by high temperature sintering and complete ceramization. The physical and chemical properties of the crystals are stable, corrosion-resistant and stain-resistant.

What should I pay attention when choosing wall tiles?

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Wall tiles are indispensable part of the material when decorating at home, kitchen and bathroom walls will use marble wall tiles, and some living room television background wall will choose to paste wood wall tiles as decoration, which is enough to illustrate the universality and importance of Wall tiles. Most people make mistakes when choosing wall tiles.

Think that bright tiles can enhance indoor lighting. Most families and office buildings tend to use brighter tiles for decoration, because bright tiles not only make the room look rich and bright, but also to some extent make up for the lack of daylighting. Bright polished tiles and some rustic tiles have a light reflection coefficient of up to 90%, while ordinary white walls have a light reflection coefficient of about 70% and a mirror glass of about 80%. If long-term living in a room with a smooth floor tiles environment, light reflection will make the eyes very tired, and even lead to visual function decline, so domestic tiles not recommended to use too bright tiles.

Do not blindly match the waist line. In daily household decoration, the edge of the wall is often decorated with waist line tiles. It can add a sense of hierarchy to the space visually, and reflects the owner’s personality, taste and interest in life. It is quite popular with the public. However, it should be noted that although the personality is very beautiful, but the waistline tiles are not always applicable.

There are two common cases that are not suitable for paving the waist line: first, the height of the bathroom is not enough, paving the waist line will make the overall space is divided, the original not high bathroom appears even lower. Second, the kitchen area is small, or the use of the entire bathroom cabinet family, cabinet height and waist line height are almost 80-90 cm, waist line just appeared on the top of the bathroom cabinet counter not only no decorative effect but also messy.

Thick small tiles are better than thin marble tiles. Many home decoration tiles are thicker and better quality, so consumers tend to form an inherent idea that thicker things are more realistic, in fact, the market of thick floor tile than thin bathroom tiles are more attractive, and the specifications of the larger floor tiles thicker, and the same specifications of floor tiles than wall tiles thicker. As far as the use value is concerned, the greatest value of bathroom tiles or decorative effect, as long as the carrying capacity and anti-destruction ability to meet the standards, too thick floor tiles are not actually environmentally friendly.

The styles of tiles are too mixed. Whether it is avant-garde or national style, too chaotic wood tiles are not suitable for a daily living environment, with more patterns and colors as the standard to purchase tiles. Finally, it is easy to decorate a pot of chaotic stew of the home, colorful, beautiful design is not the same as suitable for your home, but will cause a sense of living discomfort.

How to calculate the price of floor tiles?

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Tiles are indispensable decoration material in modern home decoration, and the floor area is large. It is precisely because of a large number of demand has been stimulating the tiles design industry to promote the old and bring forth the new, the marble tiles on the market is very diverse, the price is also very different.

There are two ways to sell floor tiles: sold by block or sold by square meters. Before purchasing tiles, you should calculate the area of wood marble tiles which needs to be laid before decoration. Some building materials stores have conversion charts. As long as you know the area to be laid, you can find out the number of tiles needed. Some conversion charts are simpler, as long as you know the length and width of the area pasted can find the number of tiles needed. Some floor tiles boxes will also list the size of a box of tiles.

Usually, 640 tiles are needed to cover an area of 80 square meters and 320 tiles are needed to cover an area of 14 cm by 14 cm and 20 cm by 20 cm by 20 cm. Another thing to note is that ceramic tiles tiling will have a certain amount of wear and tear, so prepare the amount of this part. This formula can also be used to roughly calculate the amount of tiles required: (decorative area per tile area) X (1 + 3%) is the number of flooring tiles required for construction, of which 3% is the construction loss.

In addition to the main material of tiles, ordinary cement, white cement, medium sand, 107 glue and so on are needed for ceramic laying and pasting. Usually a 12.5 square kilogram of cement and 34 kilograms of medium sand are needed for laying a square floor tiles. After the tiles are finished, it needs to be sealed with white cement, about 0.5 kilograms per square meter.

The common marble tiles are 200 *200mm, 300 *300mm, 400 *400mm, 450 *450mm, 500 *500mm, but there are other larger floor tiles. In terms of production technology, floor tiles are mainly divided into two types: block tiles and glazed tiles. Among them, body wood tiles are divided into anti-skid tiles and polished tiles, but polished tiles design of the same color are about 1.2 times more expensive than non-skid tiles.

It has become an unwritten rule that the wall and floor of bathroom decoration should be all tiled. In fact, bathroom tiles can have other functions in bathroom. Because the environment in the bathroom is humid, so if you want a locker, you might as well use cement tiles directly. The bathroom tiles lockers are easy to clean, strong and durable, and are more adjustable with the walls and floors tiles. Of course, it is also a good idea to use tiles to build a bathtub or shower screen.

How to choose bathroom floor tiles?

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The floor tiles of bathroom is bathed in water almost every day, humidity is very heavy, so when do household decoration, what kind of floor tile design should bathroom use is better? Choose bathroom tiles with low water absorption. High quality tiles deign, low water absorption, so that it can quickly dry. If the marble tiles does not indicate water absorption, you can use water droplets on the back of the tiles price, a few minutes later to observe the diffusion of water droplets, the less water absorption, that is, low water absorption, better quality. The water absorption of wood floor tiles in bathroom is around 1%.

Choose high density tiles. When purchasing bathroom tiles, you can observe from the side whether the tile surface is flat, whether there is uneven thickness of pinholes. Bathroom tiles can be tapped to listen to whether the sound is crisp, the more crisp the sound, indicating that the tiles of high density of texture, better hardness. Such tiles are laid in the bathroom, which are not easy to damage, but also easy to maintain and clean.

Choose dry and wet decoration. That is to say, the separation between shower area and sitting toilet and basin area. Through the different bathroom tiles material and color varieties, to achieve a good division, so that the two do not interfere with each other. Choose light colored tiles. Light colors make the bathroom look more spacious and bright. When choosing, place tiles on the same color and pattern from outside 0.8m. Bathroom tiles choose to pay attention to whether it is marked in line with the state promulgated green health standards and other signs or text, remember not to buy three marble porcelain tiles products.

Choose smaller tiles. The decoration materials for the wall and floor of the toilet are glazed tiles, polishing tiles and mosaic. The specifications for floor tiles are 300*300mm and 330*330mm. Bathroom usually 2 to 4 flat, even if the bathroom area is large, do not use large specifications of floor tiles. Solid floor tiles cutting frequency is too high, waste is greater, inconvenient floor leakage, inconvenient ground leveling, resulting in waste.

Choose glazed tiles with thicker layers. The surface of the tiles can be scratched with hard objects. If there is scratch, it means that the glaze is not enough. When the thin glaze on the tile surface is polished, the wood tiles surface is easy to hide dirt, difficult to clean up, and lack of security. And some unglazed flooring tiles, generally not suitable for laying in a humid and airtight environment, solid cement tiles on the stomatal water vapor and can not diverge, will also lead to the emergence of mold.

What are the matters needing attention in the balcony tiles paving?

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Balcony as a place of leisure and contact with the outside world, decoration or not will directly affect the degree of beauty and comfort of the room, so when decorating the balcony wood tiles, not only to consider the beautiful design should also pay attention to practical and comfortable.

The selection of balcony cement tiles must be moderate. The decoration of the balcony is different from the decoration of other space in the room, because the space of the balcony itself is relatively small, and the style of the balcony seems to be more compact, so if you also like decoration bedroom living room to choose some large specifications of small tiles, it may not have a very good decoration effect.

Balcony tiles design selection should pay attention to, it is best to choose some small and medium-sized tiles price, so that the overall style of decoration will be more beautiful, and will look more compact, will not have a narrow feeling, this must be noted.

The color of balcony marble tiles should be carefully when you chosen them. Balcony floor tiles color selection will directly affect the style of balcony decoration molding, so the choice of polished tiles color are also very important, so must not be careless in color selection. Balcony tiles color selection must be in line with the choice of the external wall style, and the choice of balcony tiles are not suitable for some too gorgeous color. Some light and elegant colors look better overall, this point in the selection of balcony tiles must pay attention.

Balcony tiles decoration layout should be compact. Balcony tiles installation is also a very detailed requirement, must be installed very compact, can not be arbitrary. Before decoration, the whole balcony should be carefully measured where tiles are needed, and the number of tiles to be installed should be accurately measured, and careful layout and design should be carried out beforehand, then attention should be paid to the installation according to the predetermined design situation, so that the finished product will be better.

The choice of balcony tiles is the most basic work of balcony decoration, and the installation of balcony tiles is the most critical part of the whole balcony decoration, the two complement each other. In the decoration of the balcony, from the above aspects to do a good choice of balcony tiles and collocation, the decoration of the balcony whether the overall image or style is sure to withstand inspection and appreciation.

The secret of tiles

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The marble tiles are one of the main materials we need when decorating, but when selecting tiles design, is there have any way to choose tiles, what are the points of attention about tiles price, how should professionals person to buy tiles? When buying kitchen tiles, first of all, to distinguish the use of the place, secondly to understand the various parameters of tiles, and then to know how to distinguish the quality of tiles, and finally do not greedy cheap, to buy a good quality small tiles.

There are many kinds of cement tiles, different types of tiles characteristics, advantages and disadvantages are different, different places on ceramic tiles requirements are different, according to the characteristics of tiles and the use of place to buy ceramic. The kitchen need anti dirt and anti slip floor tiles, and the living room needs bright and nice tiles. In addition, the requirements for floor tiles and wall tiles are different.

The parameters of each tile are different. Knowing these parameters can help you choose the most appropriate marble tiles design. The water absorption rate of tiles, the national standard is flooring tiles to be less than or equal to 0.5%, the water absorption rate of internal wall tiles design between 10% and 20%. The tiles wear resistance, different tiles wear resistance is different, according to the use of different site requirements are also different. The length and width error, size and right angle of tiles need to be clearly understood.

The choice of wood marble tiles are not only in good color but also in good quality. Then how to detect the quality of wood tiles? The simplest way is to see whether the surface of the tiles are flat, gloss is not high, whether the pattern is clear, whether the cut surface is neat. Then tap the polished tiles again, and the crisp and continuous bath tiles are better. At this time, you can also weigh the weight of the tiles at the same time, the better the quality of the heavier tiles.

Finally, the method of dripping to test the water absorption of tiles, as well as the way to test the load-bearing capacity by pressing, using a pen to write on the tiles, testing the wear resistance of the tiles. The price difference of tiles are bigger, do not believe the tiles with discount sale easily. There are many discount information just to attract customers, but the quality is not necessarily good.

What’s the advantage of tiles with gaps?

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When decorating the house, there will be a gap between each tile design, and then fill the gap with the sealant. But some of the sealant materials are of poor quality and become dark and unsightly for some time. Because of these gaps, the pattern tiles price affect the overall beauty.

Why should the cement tiles keep the gap? Size error. Although the marble tiles are now specialized mechanized production, the size has been very accurate, but in the process of wood tiles production, it is inevitable that there will be a certain size error. Because the flooring tiles are fragile, it is unavoidable to knock in the course of transportation. It needs to be cut two times during the decoration. If it is laid without gap, it is easy to appear unevenness and affect the beauty of tiles.

Heat expansion and contraction. People like to decorate in the warm period of the weather. If the cracks are not reserved and the weather turns cold in the winter, the cement mortar of tiles and tiles will have the problem of heat expansion and contraction. In the process of temperature or humidity change, tiles and cement mortar will have a certain degree of expansion and contraction, resulting in the use of tiles in the process of bulging or cracking.

Construction allowance. Tiles placement is easy to see. In fact, tiles placement requires skilled skills. In the whole process of the tiles paving, it is impossible to make a complete paving every piece of tiles without error, and the different light conditions at different time in the daytime and night will also affect the construction effect. There are enough gaps to prevent the size of tiles from being looked at in the same way, but there are problems when splicing.

How many gaps should be left for tiles? The tiles in the kitchen and bathroom usually needs to keep the seam 1mm~1.5mm, and the seamless wall tiles should also keep the gap not less than 1mm, to avoid the uneven problems in the process of daily life. Balcony tiles and external wall tiles and other special places tiles gap is best to widen around 5mm. The gap between the floor tile and the 1.5mm to the 2mm is more suitable.

What kind of sealant is best? The tiles inside the house often filled up for a long time, and the cracks were all black. The beautiful tiles that had been bought were covered by a stiff joint sealant. Then what kind of sealant can make bathroom tiles sealant be more beautiful and icing on the cake? Glass glue: more classification, generally neutral for ceramic, metal, mirror, glass paste filler, a variety of colors can be selected, but this tiles glass adhesive easily moldy, cracking.

Tiles sealant: tiles sealant is often used for floor tiles and bathroom floor tiles. The disadvantage is that the sealant lacks luster, and it will grow dark and dirty easily. Sewing agents: upgraded sealant of common tiles sealant, more decorative and practical, colorful, glossy, more natural and delicate. The tiles sealing looks very small, has a great influence on home life. If tiles filling material is not used or used inferior material, it not only affects beauty, brings trouble for cleaning work, but also affects the service life of tiles.

Why cracks appear after the tiles are finished?

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The wood floor tiles after cutting is cracked. After one years of decoration, after 8 months, it was found that no matter the living room or the bedroom, all the marble floor tiles that had been cut at the corner of the house were radially broken at the cutting point, and were increasingly serious. Strangely enough, the flooring tiles are not loose or tilted.

Cracking of tiles design after cutting is a common phenomenon. Compared with the whole tiles price, the overall strength of the cut wall tiles will be reduced a lot, so it will be easier to crack in the later stage. Although the floor tiles design are finished for a period of time after the cracking, but it is likely to be in the construction, after the completion of the inside has been small cracks, the naked eye can not find.

In the process of paving, the workers use a rubber hammer on both sides of the cement tiles. If the force is not consistent, the adhesion of the wood marble tiles and the ground will not be consistent, and then the tiles are easily cracked with the increase of the cement strength and the increase of the tensile force in the later period. This is a problem which is difficult to find in the construction process, and it will only appear in the process of use.

First, precaution. When pawning construction is done, we urge the workers to be more careful. We must find a reliable small tiles decoration company. second, the choice of good quality brand floor tiles. If the above problems appear, the owner can contact the original decoration company for maintenance, replace the damaged tiles, and please pay more attention to the workers in the reloading.

The tiles are empty of drum. The tiles in the living room has two tiles in the seam. It can feel that the tiles are swinging up and down. There is no improper use of the tiles during the use of the house.It became so imperceptible that stepping on it was very uncomfortable. Such a problem may arise because no wet curing is done after the floor tiles are installed.

Wet curing is done within 24 hours after tiling, like sprinkle water on the floor to keep the tiles moist, usually for a week. When the cement absorbs enough water to reach its due strength, the ground will be in extreme dry condition if no wet curing is carried out. If a basin of water or water pipe is sprinkled in the process, some changes will take place in the floor tiles.

How to choose tiles?

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The tiles are one of the essential materials that are essential when we are decorated. But when choosing home tiles, what are the ways and means, what is the point of attention, and how to choose the floor tiles? When buying tiles, we should first distinguish the use of the place, secondly to understand the various parameters of tiles design, and then understand how to distinguish between the quality of tiles, and finally do not greedy for cheap, to buy good tiles.

There are many kinds of tiles price, the characteristics of different kinds of tiles, the advantages and disadvantages of different places, different places are different to the requirements of home tiles, according to the characteristics of tiles and the use of the place to buy tiles. For example, the kitchen needs anti dirt and anti slip tiles for sale, and the living room needs bright and nice tiles. In addition, the requirements for floor tiles and wall tiles are different. So the knowledge must be made clear first.

Each tiles decorate have different parameters. Knowing these parameters can help you pick out a more suitable tiles. For example, the water absorption rate of ceramic tiles, the national standard is that the floor tiles should be less than or equal to 0.5%, and the water absorption of the interior  ceramic flooring should be between 10% and 20%. The wearability of tiles is different from that of different tile ceramic porcelain. According to the different requirements of the site, it is also different. The length and width error, size and right angle of tiles need to be clearly understood.

The choice of living room design are not only in good color but also in good quality. So how to test the quality of tiles? The simplest way is to see whether the surface of the wall floor tiles are flat, gloss is not high, whether the pattern is clear, whether the cut surface is neat. Then tap the tiles again, and the crisp and continuous house floor tiles are better. You can also weigh of the tiles, the better the quality of the heavier tiles. At last, the water absorbability of the floor tiles for living room was measured by the method of dripping water, and the bearing capacity was tested by the press. The writing brush was used to write on the ceramic tiles, and the wearability of the tiles was detected.

The price difference of tiles are bigger, do not believe the tiles price with discount sale easily. There are many tiles discount information just to attract customers, but the quality is not necessarily good. It is best to choose floor wall tiles with good brand effect and good reputation.