Hello,
we looked at tiles over the weekend. According to the advisor there, porcelain stoneware tiles are very durable and easy to maintain. Once back home, we read up a bit online and found many horror stories about porcelain stoneware tiles. Apparently, no soap should be used on the floor, dog urine causes stains, scrubbing too hard in the same spot can leave a dull, light patch, and so on. The floor supposedly needs to be cleaned with all sorts of products and regularly sealed. There are even videos showing the floor being treated in numerous steps, including using a single-disc machine. This is definitely too complicated for us—at that point, we might as well choose oiled hardwood flooring again. However, we also read that there are glazed porcelain stoneware tiles, which are less commonly available. Do these glazed porcelain stoneware tiles have any disadvantages? I couldn’t find anything about that online. What are your experiences?
Best regards,
Sabine
we looked at tiles over the weekend. According to the advisor there, porcelain stoneware tiles are very durable and easy to maintain. Once back home, we read up a bit online and found many horror stories about porcelain stoneware tiles. Apparently, no soap should be used on the floor, dog urine causes stains, scrubbing too hard in the same spot can leave a dull, light patch, and so on. The floor supposedly needs to be cleaned with all sorts of products and regularly sealed. There are even videos showing the floor being treated in numerous steps, including using a single-disc machine. This is definitely too complicated for us—at that point, we might as well choose oiled hardwood flooring again. However, we also read that there are glazed porcelain stoneware tiles, which are less commonly available. Do these glazed porcelain stoneware tiles have any disadvantages? I couldn’t find anything about that online. What are your experiences?
Best regards,
Sabine
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toxicmolotof4 Oct 2016 13:03After 1.5 years, we have no negative feedback to share (despite having toddlers and cats, meaning food scraps, vomit, and occasional urine), but I also suspect that the surface type plays a major role. We have a slate imitation from AB.
Of course, dirt should not be left for days but cleaned up immediately once noticed.
Of course, dirt should not be left for days but cleaned up immediately once noticed.
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toxicmolotof6 Oct 2016 08:16Curly schrieb:
Porcelain stoneware Are you talking about natural stone?
In my opinion, porcelain stoneware is just a marketing term. It’s simply ceramic tiles. And once they are fired and glazed... does anyone really not put plates in the dishwasher here?
No, I don’t mean natural stone. Porcelain stoneware is less porous than regular tiles. Most porcelain stoneware tiles are actually unglazed and therefore more prone to dirt compared to glazed tiles. That’s why my question is whether it’s even allowed to use them (unglazed) in the shower?
Best regards,
Sabine
Best regards,
Sabine
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Bauexperte6 Oct 2016 09:40Curly schrieb:
Most porcelain tiles are not glazed and are therefore more prone to dirt compared to glazed tiles. That is not quite correct; it feels like there is about the same amount of glazed and unglazed products.
Curly schrieb:
That’s why my question is whether you can even use unglazed tiles in the shower? Porcelain tiles are stoneware tiles with a very low water absorption rate of less than 0.5%. Unglazed technical porcelain from some manufacturers even has water absorption rates as low as 0.03%. So yes, you can.
By the way, Tox is right—the term porcelain tile is, so far, mainly a marketing invention.
Regards, Bauexperte
I have read that there are glazed earthenware tiles, glazed stoneware tiles, and both glazed and unglazed porcelain tiles. Earthenware and stoneware tiles are said to be more porous and are therefore offered glazed. For porcelain tiles, there doesn’t seem to be such a wide range of glazed options available. We will visit different stores to see what they offer. We originally just wanted tiles and had no idea it would be this complicated. However, I think the unglazed option will be too demanding in terms of maintenance. Our dog sometimes lies on the tiles for hours while wet, so there shouldn’t be any dark stains afterward. Our current glazed tiles don’t have any problems with that.
Best regards,
Sabine
Best regards,
Sabine
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