Ceramic wall tiles

Tiles, it turns out, can be very different, both in production technology and externally. Such a product should not only be inspected from above, but also read the data on the package to find out the frost resistance of the material, its resistance to erasure, strength. Variety is a great boon, but in this case, you should consider all the main types of decorative ceramic tiles for walls before buying it for your home.

Types of ceramic tiles for walls

1. Unglazed tiles. The main difference of this material is its uniformity in thickness. Figures on such a plate can be found rarely, most often it has a natural red, brown, orange or other color without any patterns or transitions on the surface. The most famous type of unglazed tile is cotto. In addition to it is used in decoration red gress, gress pochellanato. At first glance, unglazed material is inferior to the tile with glaze, but it looks more profitable in eco-style .
2. Clinker. This variety of tiles is so popular that we decided to allocate it as a separate item. The high temperatures during roasting give the clinker excellent strength, and the extrusion method allows you to obtain products of any shape. Used this material, both inside buildings, and for facing facades or paving roads. It should be noted that the clinker can be produced both glazed and without glaze. In most cases, glazed ceramic tiles are used for cladding walls.
3. Glazed ceramic tiles. The top layer of glazed ceramics has a glassy structure, so this tile is distinguished by excellent gloss and can be any color. This type includes faience, majolica, cotto, which are produced by double firing. In addition, very strong glazed single-firing material is used for walls. For example, the use of wall tiles with ceramic tiles of monocoature and monoporous tiles is very popular, which is also interesting in its own way in the interior.
4. Porcelain for walls. In addition to clay, this material contains other natural components - spar, quartz particles, coloring pigments. After processing in furnaces under high pressure, a real non-porous monolith is obtained, which has a beautiful pattern. In fact, in accelerated form, man learned to produce an artificial stone that is not inferior to natural breeds in all characteristics. Now they make glazed porcelain tiles for interior walls, matt, polished, technical, flat or embossed tiles.