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Welcome to our first blog! We are so excited about sharing our thoughts and ideas about how to make your spaces exceptional with our quality products. We will guide you to explore new materials and trends in the tile industry, give you insights on why you should choose tile, how to select and maintain the perfect porcelain, stone or glass for your project and how to select an installer with verified knowledge and skills. Whether you are a consumer, designer, architect or contractor you'll find our posts to be very informative.
Historically, man has desired to create living spaces which were beautiful, durable, and user friendly. With that in mind, ceramic tile has been made by man for 4000 years. Beautiful tiled surfaces have been found in the oldest pyramids, the ruins of Babylon, and ancient ruins of Greek cities.
Ceramic tiles have a number of outstanding properties which determine their usefulness. Some of the most appreciated are:
Exceptional Value: Due to its almost no maintenance, it costs less per square foot than any other finishing option, therefore it adds value to any space.
Durability: Ceramic tiles offer optimum levels of durability in buildings, thanks to their resistance to sudden temperature changes, damp and chemical and biological agents, as well as their hardness and scratch resistance. They are therefore an extremely popular choice for use on façades, in public spaces, shopping malls, promenades and avenues.
Versatility: With an array of limitless palette of styles, patterns, textures, shapes, finishes and colors inspires you to create custom spaces, turning an ordinary room into a trend-setting space.
Mixing and matching (with other materials): Combining ceramic tiles with other materials and decorative elements such as steel, glass, paper, paint, fabrics, leather and mirrors leads to an endless number of possibilities, creating attractive and unique settings.
Water Resistance: Tile installations can be water proof and slip resistance; therefore they are ideal choice for showers, swimming pools, laundries and patios.
Easy to clean and Hygienic: Ceramic tiles are easy to clean and are highly resistant to dirt and all types of contamination. In addition, the fact that ceramic is an electrical insulator means that the tiles repel electrically active atmospheric dust, thereby contributing to a more pleasant environment.
Anti-Allergenic: The inert and impermeable nature of ceramic tiles helps to prevent damp from forming, a factor which contributes to the development of colonies of germs and fungi.
Fire Resistance: Ceramic tile is non-combustible and does not give off toxic fumes when exposed to fire.
Fade Resistance: Unlike other finishing materials, the color of ceramic tile does not fade in sunlight.
NON-SLIP: Ceramic paving offers finishes (without affecting their aesthetic properties) to ensure high performance non-slip surfaces.
WARMTH: The beauty, smoothness and warmth of ceramic tiles are perfect for any season. Combining this material with leather or fabrics enhances the number of décor options, creating warm settings..
LUMINOSITY: Light takes on form and body in ceramic tiles. The gloss and metallic effects of ceramic tiles allow for clever plays of light, adding a sense of depth, space and movement, bringing spaces to life.
Outdoor Use: Ceramic paving today offers a series of technical properties that make it a high performance material that is ideal for use in high traffic outdoor areas that are exposed to considerable levels of wear and tear and low temperatures. These products are non-slip, frost and stain resistant and are also highly resistant to heavy blows. Known as ‘high traffic flooring’, they are used in buildings, large constructions and major architecture projects.
ECO-SUSTAINABLE: Only three of nature’s basic elements are used in the production of ceramic tiles: earth (clay), water and fire. They are highly resistant to wear and tear, and can therefore reach highly sustainable and lengthy life cycles. Its use can contribute to LEED points and credits in other green building certifications program.