Tiles
Materials and types.
Tiles do the heavy lifting in a bathroom: they protect the walls and floor and set the style. Here's every common type.
- Floors and wet areas
- Porcelain
- Walls
- Ceramic
- Natural
- Stone
- Handmade
- Zellige
The basics
Porcelain is denser and harder-wearing than ceramic, so it suits floors and wet areas. Natural stone is beautiful but needs sealing.
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Ceramic tiles
Lighter and easier to cut than porcelain. Mainly for walls.
Porcelain tiles
Dense, hard-wearing and low-absorbency. Suits floors and wet areas.
Natural stone tiles
Each piece unique. Needs sealing and care.
4 topics inside →Mosaic tiles
Small tiles on sheets. Good for curves and shower floors.
Zellige tiles
Handmade glazed clay tiles with uneven surfaces and colour.
Metro tiles
Classic brick-shaped wall tiles.
Large-format tiles
Big tiles with few grout lines, for a calm, seamless look.
Terrazzo tiles
Chips of stone or glass set in a binder and polished.
Encaustic tiles
Patterned cement tiles, with the colour running through the tile.
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