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You Don’t Pay Much Heed But You Spend Your Precious Time On Them

carpetingama — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 19:39:14 +0000

Every day we are in our bathrooms, more than once on most occasions. We don’t often pay the floor we are standing on much mind, however if you had to renovate or remodel or design your bathroom, you may want to pay some attention to the bathroom floor tiles. Bathroom floor tilesare important. They need to last years and be durable, water resistant and mildew resistant.We should consider the cleanliness and maintenance of the bathroom floor tiles before choosing it.

Most bathrooms in cookie cutter subdivision homes unless we paid attention got the rolled out linoleum treatment. That is okay, it is not horrible, but it is not always our best choice especially when we see what we can do with the choices of tiles and colours we have at our disposal today.There are so many choices and shapes of ceramics,glass, stone. We can change our bathroom and its look in two days with a simple flooring change and a box of elegant tiles.

Some good choices for bathroom floor tiles are;

Ceramic Tiles

Ceramic tiles make great tiles for bathroom floor tiles, because they are available in a multitude of colours and styles and they are easy to cut and lay, making the DIY (DO-IT-YOURSELFER) a candidate for this kind of makeover. Ceramic tiles themselves are water resistant, mildew and stain resistant. They are also durable and can come textured to aid with any issues regarding slipping or any other concerns you may have.

Glass Tiles

Not as commonly used as ceramic tiles, but becoming more popular are glass tiles. Often they are used as back splashes and in showers on walls, but now they are being used as bathroom floor tiles. Glass tiles can be purchased in different sizes, colours, thicknesses, and textures. They are very hygienic and are mildew, water and stain resistant. They offer an extremely unique look to any modern bathroom and redesigned bathroom. Glass is also not very expensive and is very commonly available.

Stone Tiles

Stone tiles are becoming more popular and elegant to be used in bathrooms as floor tiles. Stones such as slate, granite, and marble. These are usually more expensive than ceramic however their popularity is soaring and costs are coming down.

Wooden Tiles

Not often used in bathrooms are wooden tiles, however new tiles of the wood family are becoming increasingly popular and are great in high moisture environments.Hardwood are replaced by wooden tiles that are made from bamboo at a slow but steady pace. Not only is bamboo flooring a renewable resource making it a green choice, but the tiles are very durable and great with a bathroom or kitchen environment and they offer a great unique look.

Future Upgrades

With so many choices there has to be a bathroom in your future that will have your own personal updated touch. Renovate, upgrade or redesign a beautiful layout of fresh bathroom floor tiles will make any bathroom feel new again.

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Benefits Of Slate Floor Tiles, Natural Stone Flooring: Heavy Duty With Soft Beautiful Colour

carpetingama — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 12:42:11 +0000

There is nothing more beautiful than a natural stone floor. Slate floor tiles are becoming increasingly more popular because of their heavy duty durability and their great amount of colour variation.As the riverbed sediment is compressed and heated by the earth’s crust slate stone is formed naturally. It is usually textured and has veining of colours; however there are some colour variations that almost seem solid unless inspected closely. There are over two dozen different shades of slate floor tiles, colours in black, grey, pink, gold, purple, rust, red and variations of the above.

Slate Floor Tiles Are Lifelong

Slate floor tiles have a reputation for being heavy duty and lasting an extremely long time under heavy traffic. They are often used in commercial applications, however large homes are now starting to put them in their kitchens and using them as bathroom floor tiles. Even the DIY (DO-IT-YOURSELF) crowd is getting in on laying slate floor tiles. They will last a lifetime in a regular home and last decades under most commercial applications.

Special Care For Slate Floor Tiles

Using such natural tile as slate floor tiles there are some things that need to be done after laying them. Slate floor tiles need to be sealed with an appropriate sealer. The sealers used after laying slate floor tiles come in three finishes; high gloss which offers a high sheen to the floor, semi-gloss which offers a little bit of light reflection but is dulled, and natural which is flat. In most applications flat is used, however some people and some colours do call for a high gloss application to make the room standout and bring the slate flooring tiles to the forefront, rooms like bathrooms are one place that a high gloss or medium gloss may be used.

Cost Of Slate Floor Tiles

To install slate flooring tilecosts about $3.00 per square foot for the tile and up depending on the thickness and colour. The other supplies are just like that for ceramic tile plus the sealer.To have slate professionally installed costs almost $5.per square foot 99 and more. It is well worth the money to have slate installed as floor tile, backsplash, or wall tile. All rooms can use slate if that is your choice especially with the advent of radiant heating systems. It is a beautiful and versatile long lasting product that will bring much natural beauty into your home for a lifetime and more.

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