Bathroom design and tiling

A bathroom is a permanent use room in which a person and his family members spend a lot of time. There are many factors to consider when renovating her, including her style. It is determined by adding up the taste characteristics of each member of the family circle, including the owner of the hearth. The style of the bathroom can be almost any, the main thing is that if it has been chosen, it is necessary to follow it until all repair work is completed..

Most often, designer bathrooms are done in country style (village style), spa style and nautical style:

Village style (country): the interior uses textile canopies, wildflowers in uncomplicated, simple pots, canvas with landscapes that demonstrate village life. For cladding, tiles are used in dark and gray shades, sometimes green and blue..

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Spa style: the interior uses small vases with improvised flower bouquets, candles and sea stones (notorious or decorative), wicker baskets with sets of detergents that may be needed at the time of SPA procedures, wood elements fit well. For cladding, tiles of brown, blue, blue and gray colors are used, including their shades.

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Marine style: the interior uses mirrored interior items, including mirrors and shelves, turquoise or aqua curtains, items related to the paraphernalia of the sea and relaxation on the beach. Cladding, as a rule, occurs with tiles of blue and pale blue, sometimes light brown, which has a combination with sand.

Each presented style of bathroom interior has its own characteristics, a kind of subtext of comfort. To arrange it, you need to choose the right finishing materials, including wall and floor tiles, install a bath or shower stall, combined with the color grace of the overall interior.

There are many factors to consider when repairing her, including her style..

Choosing bathroom tiles

The tiles on the market today and the company produced in a satisfactory wide range. It is different both in the price segment and in its form. For example, the most common is:

Ceramic tile
Mosaic tiles;
Porcelain stoneware tiles;
Glass tiles.

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Each model of facing tiles presented above has its own distinctive features, including the price level. For example, the most expensive and less popular should be considered porcelain stoneware and glass facing tiles, mosaic and ceramic less expensive and more popular..

Advantages of facing tiles

The tile has a high level of moisture resistance, which allows it to lead among the materials used for cladding bathrooms, showers and toilets. It has a high level of resistance to moisture and is not subject to water wear..

The tile has high moisture resistance

Tile Facts:

The tile has increased strength and durability. But this is provided that at the time and after its laying, for cleaning and washing the tiles, no mixtures and substances with aggressive properties were used. The average lifespan of tiles varies from 30 to 70 years, provided they are properly installed and subsequently processed / cleaned.

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The tile is good in terms of its practicality. Caring for her does not take much time. The tile itself withstands well the effects of chemicals, which are characterized by a small and medium proportion of aggressiveness (most detergents).
Even after decades, the tile does not lose its original appearance. Drawings and images applied to it are not erased even after 10-15 years of use. This is taking into account that the tiles are laid in a passable place of an apartment and a private house, a public place: a bathroom, shower and toilet.

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Tiles, even after a long time, are not subject to fading, their color is not subject to abrasion.
The tile is presented in a wide color segment, diversity prevails in its textures, paints are striking in their versatility and modernity..

The main advantages of facing tiles:

Diversity: it is presented in a fairly wide variety, there is both domestic and foreign production;
Versatility: it comes in interesting colors, with multifaceted patterns and promising lines;

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Uniqueness: if necessary, you can make an order for the production of unique tiles, one of a kind.
Availability: you can buy tiles in the online store, offline store, at the construction warehouse, or order directly from the manufacturer.

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The facing tiles are distinguished by their versatility, they can be used in bathrooms and shower rooms, laid in kitchens and dining rooms..

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Disadvantages of facing tiles

The process of installing tiles takes an incredibly long time; for the competent implementation of this task, appropriate knowledge, skills and abilities are required. When installing tiles, even small imperfections of floor surfaces (floor), their positive qualities are taken into account.

Bathroom tile design

When installing facing tiles, in 90% of cases, it is necessary to contact professional profile craftsmen who are well versed in this direction, capable of performing the necessary work at a high level and of the required quality. The price of these works varies depending on the region, is high in 70% of cases.

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The facing tile encloses the seams and joints. When installing small tiles, the number of such seams and joints increases, it becomes more difficult to process them with moisture-resistant grout. As a result, darkening appears on the grout, which leads to its gradual decay, the formation of a fungus. Therefore, it is required to carry out the process of timely processing of darkening surfaces with

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with specialized chemical mixtures (antiseptic agents).

Ceramic tiles

Ceramic tiles are among the most popular and demanded on the market, they are often called tiles. Such tiles have a satisfactory low cost, while being presented in an extremely wide range of colors, stylistic and uniform assortments..

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Ceramic tiles are presented in figured style (bright shades and light colors), cotto style (distinctive and original brick colors), clinker style (complex geometric shapes and dark shades).

Ceramic tiles are among the most popular and demanded on the market.

Mosaic tiles

Possesses the characteristic positive characteristics of ceramic tiles. The only difference lies in the greater density, and the possibility of using mosaic facing tiles for finishing work on various surfaces..

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Mosaic tiles are often used for cladding bathtub and sink bases, creating niche and arched accompaniments, edging mirrors and countertops located in bathrooms, restrooms and shower rooms.

Porcelain stoneware tiles

Porcelain stoneware tiles have all the advantages of mosaic and ceramic tiles, but at the same time, they are much more durable and wear-resistant. Such tiles withstand sudden temperature changes, high loads, are not subject to mechanical stress of low and medium power, falling objects.

Porcelain stoneware tiles in 90% of cases have a rough surface, which prevails to prevent slipping factors.

Porcelain stoneware tiles are used for cladding floor surfaces, but it happens that they are used for cladding walls and ceilings.

Porcelain stoneware tiles in 90% of cases have a rough surface, which prevails to prevent slipping factors.

The production of porcelain stoneware tiles is carried out using raw materials, which in their technical characteristics are similar to porcelain. Outwardly, porcelain stoneware tiles resemble a stone. Compared to ceramic tiles, it has a lower percentage of water absorption, due to which it is included in the category of tiles, a distinctive feature of which is high resistance when placed in aggressive environments. Also, its main argument for quality should be considered high resistance to the abrasion process..

Porcelain stoneware tiles are sometimes capable of including a granular structure – this is a classic unglazed type porcelain stoneware. When purchasing such a tile, you can forget about the formation of pores and various unwanted inclusions on it. Such porcelain stoneware tiles are not prone to cracking, they even surpass natural stone in some of their properties..

Glazed porcelain stoneware is characterized by a distinctive feature – its prevalence. Thanks to glazing of porcelain stoneware, a varied number of all kinds of shades and colors is obtained..

Advantages of facing tiles

Facing tiles are in demand and popular in the market of finishing materials. It is in high demand among the consumer community, while the tiles are in demand among company and business leaders who use it for installation in employee shower rooms, kitchens and dining rooms..

The history of the manufacture of tiles stands out for centuries. The first tiles were placed in the homes of patricians and emperors of the ancient world.