How to choose floor tiles?

1) At present, ceramic tile products on the market are mainly divided into the following categories according to the materials used and the manufacturing process:

Mosaic is mainly divided into glass mosaic (raw material is glass) and ceramic mosaic. Mainly used for decorating walls.

Glazed tile This kind of ceramic tile is composed of a ceramic tile blank and a layer of glaze on the surface, that is, the ceramic clay blank is glazed and fired at high temperature and high pressure. The glaze of ceramic tile mainly plays the role of increasing the aesthetic feeling of ceramics. Glazed tiles are divided into floor tiles and wall tiles according to the place of use.

According to its smoothness, it can be divided into matte glazed tiles and bright glazed tiles. At present, many glazed tiles are matte materials.

Vitrified brick (or polished brick) is made of soil embryo (or soil embryo plus some mineral powder) and fired at one time at high temperature and high pressure. The raw materials used in the face embryo and the bottom embryo are basically the same (except for vitrified bricks with special technology, such as the new glaze series in vitrified bricks). Vitrified brick belongs to all-ceramic products. Its wear resistance and flexural strength are high, and its water absorption is low (the water absorption of vitrified brick is less than 1‰). Vitrified bricks are mainly used as floor materials. In the past, vitrified bricks were mainly used as wall materials for high-end hotels and offices. But now, with the improvement of living standard and consumer consumption level, more and more families use vitrified bricks as wall materials for kitchens and bathrooms.

2) According to the water absorption of ceramic tiles, it can be divided into the following three types:

Pottery: refers to ceramic products with water absorption of ≥6%, which are mainly used for wall decoration.

Semi-porcelain and semi-porcelain: refers to that the water absorption of ceramics is ≥3% and

All porcelain: refers to the water absorption of ceramics.

3) According to different occasions, it can be divided into the following categories:

Interior wall tiles: ceramic materials used for indoor walls;

Floor tiles: ceramic products for the ground;

Exterior wall tiles: ceramic materials used for building exterior walls and balconies;

Square brick: ceramic products used in outdoor squares and sidewalks. Of course, this classification is not complete. For example, vitrified brick can be used as floor tile, interior wall or even exterior wall, while glazed interior wall brick is not suitable for floor, mainly because of poor wear resistance.

2. What should I pay attention to when buying kitchen bricks?

1) The back of the cabinet should also be tiled.

Now many families will buy complete sets of cabinets. Don't think that the blocked space behind the cabinet can't be seen anyway, so let the wall surface be exposed, but the back of the cabinet should also be tiled. First, ceramic tile is the best protection for the waterproof layer of kitchen wall; Secondly, ceramic tiles will greatly reduce the erosion of kitchen moisture on cabinets and prevent cabinets from being moldy and deformed. Thirdly, tiling is beneficial to leveling the cabinet with the floor and the wall, so that the seams of the cabinet with the wall and the floor overlap, maintaining the beauty of the cabinet and protecting the service life of the cabinet.

2) The use principle of waist line.

Tiles can be used instead of waistlines to create a cooking atmosphere. The kitchen can choose a set of fancy tiles to decorate the plain walls, adding a pleasant and lively atmosphere for housewives to cook. When choosing tiles, it is more important to have the concept of "decoration" of tiles. Generally speaking, the main function of ceramic tile is to increase the effect and set off the atmosphere. A kitchen can choose two or three tiles. If there are too many tiles, they will look heavy, dazzling and chaotic. The design and color are mainly bright, which can highlight the atmosphere of the kitchen. As for the waist line kitchen, my personal suggestion can be ignored, mainly because the space between the cabinet and the hanging cabinet is small, generally around 75cm. If you add a waistline, it will feel a bit cumbersome, and secondly, it will reduce unnecessary expenses.

3) Selection of color of kitchen wall and floor tiles

The walls of the kitchen generally choose bright and light-colored wall tiles, because the kitchen gives people the feeling of being clean and tidy, relaxed and cheerful, and the color is too dark, which will seem a little depressing. If you consider using matt as the wall of the kitchen, you'd better choose flat, not those with concave and convex feeling, mainly because it's not easy to scrub.

4) Determine the specifications of kitchen walls and floor tiles.

At present, the common specifications of kitchen floor tiles are mainly 300*300 and 330*330, and the specifications should not be too large. If the floor is too big, it is not easy to level and install the floor drain. It is best to choose glazed tiles made of matt and non-slip materials to prevent the kitchen soup from making the ground too slippery, which may cause safety problems if you are not careful. Therefore, the choice of floor tile anti-skid is the first.

3. How to buy vitrified bricks?

1) Usually collect relevant information through various channels. Such as: friend introduction, decoration company recommendation, online collection, etc.

2) Visit the market in person. This is necessary, because it can have a more intuitive understanding of the performance and price of the product. Personally, I suggest trying to choose some famous brands or powerful businesses. Because brand and strength are also the guarantee of product quality and good after-sales service!

3) Simple method for judging the quality of vitrified brick:

You can choose by "seeing, weighing, listening, measuring and trying" several simple methods!

A look: mainly depends on whether the polished glazed tile/polished tile surface is bright and shiny, and whether there are any defects such as scratches, stains, missing polishing, missing grinding, missing edges and feet. Check the trademark mark of the bottom embryo. The bottom embryo of products produced by regular manufacturers has clear product trademark identification. If it is not or particularly vague, it is recommended to choose carefully! Second, just try the feel. Bricks with the same specifications, good quality and high density feel heavy, while products with poor quality feel light. Listening 3: If the sound is rich, the echo is as long as the sound of knocking a bronze bell, with high porcelain quality, strong wear resistance, high flexural strength and low water absorption, which is not easy to be polluted. If the sound is dumb, the degree of porcelain is low (even cracked), the wear resistance is poor, the flexural strength is low, and the water absorption is high, which is very easy to be polluted. Four quantities: side length deviation of polished tiles ≤ 1mm, foot line deviation of 500×500 products ≤ 1.5mm, 600×600 products ≤ 2 mm, and 800× 800 products ≤ 2.2mm.. If you exceed this standard, your decorative effect will be greatly affected. The best way to measure the diagonal dimension is to straighten it with thin lines and measure it along the diagonal to see if there is any deviation.

Five trials: First, trial paving, in which a number of products are randomly selected from different packing boxes of the same model and the same color number for trial paving on the ground, and carefully observed at a distance of 3 meters to check whether the color difference of the products is obvious, whether the gaps between bricks are straight and whether the chamfering is uniform; The second is the feeling of trying your feet to see if they are slippery. Pay attention to whether the brick is slippery without water, because the more water is added, the more astringent the feet are.

4) Matters needing attention during acceptance:

A, the packaging of regular manufacturers is clearly marked with name, address, trademark, specification, grade, color number, work number or production batch number, etc. , and there are clear instructions and implementation standards.

B, regular manufacturers of polished tiles have obvious trademarks or logos at the bottom.

C. When you choose a brand, you find that there is no logo or the logo is incomplete. Please be careful and go to the local industry and commerce or quality supervision department for identification if necessary.

D, the identification of product quality can also be based on the steps of "seeing, weighing, listening, measuring and trying".

4. What are the precautions for laying and using vitrified bricks?

Vitrified bricks are all adobe fired at one time under high temperature and high pressure, so there will be some tiny pores on the surface of the brick, and stains will easily penetrate into the brick body. At present, some manufacturers mainly solve this problem by coating a layer of wax on the surface of vitrified brick to protect the brick surface. Because the quality of different brands of tiles is very different, the antifouling performance will be different. Therefore, attention should be paid to protection during construction. There are mainly the following aspects:

1) First check whether the surface of vitrified brick is waxed. If not, it must be waxed before construction.

2) During construction, the construction personnel are required to wrap the rubber hammer with white cloth before using it. Brick skin hammer with poor antifouling performance will leave black marks when it hits the brick surface.

3) For the newly paved floor tile, you can't walk on it, because the brick is not dry and firm, so as not to cause uneven brick surface.

4) For the newly paved floor tiles, the paved tiles must be covered with ceramic tile packaging boxes (preferably waterproof cloth) to prevent the sand from grinding the brick surface, and the paint and glue used for decoration will drip on the tiles to pollute the brick surface.

5) After the whole decoration is completed, it will be easier to clean it thoroughly.

5. Preparation before ceramic tile purchase?

As an ordinary consumer, people often feel at a loss when buying tiles, and often don't know what to do and choose. What kind of problems should I pay attention to before placing an order? Here, I will write some personal ideas for your reference, hoping to help you.

1) links that are easily overlooked in the budget.

Now everyone is more sensitive to the price of ceramic tiles, and they will pay special attention to it when purchasing, but when they finally place an order, they find that there will still be a big overrun. What is the reason? In fact, this is to ignore some links when making a budget. Specifically, there are the following aspects:

Wall tiles: Because the tiles and waistlines of wall tiles are calculated separately, we should consider not only the price of tiles, but also the price of waistlines of tiles. When consulting and collecting prices in the market, we should not only remember the price of bricks, but also remember the price of matching the waist line of tiles.

Floor tile: In addition to the price of the brick itself, we should also pay attention to the price of the corner line. When laying floor tiles, whether it is necessary to make floor tiles and whether there is a special processing place must be considered.

2) Determine what kind of brick is good.

Now it is generally believed that the products of famous brands are the best. In fact, I personally think this view is questionable. Whether it is a well-known product or an unknown product, the key is that the brick that suits you is the best. For example, the atmosphere of 800 shops, but if the decoration hall is 20 square meters, it is not applicable; Imported bricks are good, but because rice is limited, it is unrealistic to have problems with that pot at home every day after buying it back. Therefore, suitable and suitable ceramic tile products are the best.

3) Consult more friends to understand the cost performance of products.

You can learn more about the knowledge and purchasing skills of ceramic tiles through various channels. 4) Don't neglect the investigation of the strength and after-sales service of the merchants.

When buying a product, besides considering the brand and price of the product, don't ignore the investigation of the strength and after-sales ability of the merchant. Do you dare to pick things in a shop with a dozen brands with a small door link? Can you count on his after-sales service? So try to consider those powerful standardized businesses ordering products. At the same time, we should take the trouble to ask after-sales questions, such as the return of goods and the solutions to quality problems. What I want to say is that there is no brand that will not have quality problems. Only when these are clearly implemented can we place an order and prevent problems before they happen.

6. Can seamless brick (wall tiles) be laid without seams?

In seamless brick, due to the straight cutting/trimming treatment, the gap between bricks is very small, so many people want to carry out seamless plastering during construction, because the gap is very small and the integrity is stronger. In fact, this construction method is very inappropriate for three reasons: 1) Because there are deviations in the length, right angle and edge straightness of tiles, there is no tile without errors in these aspects.

2) There will be some errors in the construction process.

3) Most importantly, any object will expand with heat and contract with cold, and tiles are no exception. If the gap is too small, the adaptability of ceramic tiles to the environment will become worse. Due to the change of temperature, the tiles will be crushed and the normal service life of the tiles will be reduced.

Suggestion:

1) Generally speaking, the size of seamless brick joint should be around 1- 1.5 ㎜, not less than 1㎜. Air nails can be used as a reference.

2) Special effects can also widen the gap, such as 5mm.

3) The laying method of floor tiles is as above.

7. Identification method of vitrified brick and ordinary polished brick:

It is difficult for ordinary consumers to distinguish from each other in appearance. Here I tell you a simple method. The specific operation method is:

1) Tap to hear the sound:

Vitrified tiles are tiles with one hand suspended to lift the edges or corners of the tiles, and the other hand tapped on the middle of the tiles, giving off thick and echoing tiles (such as the sound of tapping on two bells); If the sound is turbid, anechoic or the echo is small and short, it shows that the porcelain degree of ceramic tiles is poor, the particle size of ceramic tile raw materials is uneven and the density is small. This kind of polished brick is very common.

2) feel test:

For tiles with the same specifications and thickness, vitrified tiles feel heavy, while ordinary polished tiles feel light.

8. How to distinguish ultra-fine vitrified brick?

1) First, superfine powder brick is vitrified brick, which can be identified by vitrified brick identification method.

2) The most remarkable feature of ultra-fine vitrified brick is that each piece of the same model has different patterns, but it looks very delicate and natural, and there is no color difference at all.

9. What should I pay attention to when buying special products?

Generally speaking, the main direct reason for manufacturers or merchants to launch special products is to clean up product inventory and eliminate old products, but there are also ways to raise prices through promotion and promote cutting by shoddy. So when buying these special products, we should pay attention to the following questions:

1) product quality. Special-priced goods must also have good quality, and must also comply with the relevant provisions of the state on product quality and environmental protection. It should also be noted that the merchants of unqualified products still have to bear the responsibility.

2) Return and replenishment of products, generally the sales of special products will be faster, so it is necessary to grasp the issue of return and replenishment during construction and coordinate with merchants. It's best to buy more and return the goods within a certain period of time, which is best indicated in the sales contract.

3) Beware of shoddy and false specials. For the ceramic products produced by regular manufacturers, there are brand names, clear addresses, contact numbers and so on on the product packaging box.

10. Selection of bonding agent and construction principle:

1) joint agents are mainly divided into sand and no sand. Generally speaking, glazed tiles and vitrified tiles are suitable for sand-free, while inferior smooth brick and antique floor tiles are suitable for sand-free.

2) In addition to special effects, the color of jointing agent should be close to the color of brick surface.

3) Selection of jointing time. Generally, the jointing time is 24 hours after tiling, that is, after the tiles are dried and solidified. If the jointing time is too early, it will affect the tiling, resulting in unevenness or looseness.