Ceramic tiles are an important material for house decoration, and everyone should not be underestimated. The material and material of the tiles are directly proportional to the house decoration effect, and the color of the tiles should match the overall effect of the house decoration. So what are the tips for buying home improvement tiles?
1. Buy home improvement tiles
Tap with a hard object, and the crisper the sound, the higher the degree of porcelain and the better the quality. You can also stand the tile up, hold a corner with your left hand, and tap the middle and lower part of the tile with your right index finger. If the sound is clear and pleasant, it is the top grade, if the sound is dull and muddy, it is the lower grade.
Put the water droplets on the back of the tile to see how fast the water is infiltrated. In general, the slower the water absorption, the higher the density of the tile and the better the quality; on the contrary, the faster the water absorption, the less the density, and the quality is not as good as the former.
The higher the accuracy of the side length of the tiles, the better the effect after paving. Buying high quality tiles is not only easy to construct, but also saves man-hours and auxiliary materials. Use a tape measure to measure whether there is any difference in the size and periphery of each tile. The one with high accuracy is the top grade.
Observe its hardness, the ceramic tiles are top grade with good hardness, strong toughness and not easily broken. Scratch each other with the edges and corners of the fragments of the ceramic tiles, and check whether the broken fragments are fine or loose, hard, brittle or soft, whether they are scratched, or scattered powder. If the former is the top grade, the latter is the quality difference.
Abrasion resistance is divided into five degrees from low to high. Five degrees are super abrasion resistance and are generally not used for home decoration. You can choose between one and four degrees for home decoration. Water absorption also determines the use of ceramic tiles. Tiles with high water absorption have low density and sparse brick holes. They should not be used in places with frequent flow to avoid cleaning after water absorption. Ceramic tiles with low water absorption have high density and are very High moisture and dirt resistance.
2. Purchase of living room tiles
The first step in selecting tiles for living room: tap with a hard object, the more crisp the sound, the higher the degree of porcelain and the better the quality. You can also clip a corner of the tile with your left thumb, index finger, and middle finger and hang it down easily. Tap the middle and lower part of the tile with your right index finger. If the sound is clear and pleasant, it will be top-grade, and if the sound is dull and muddy, it will be low-grade.
The second step of the selection of living room tiles: the color of the tiles should be uniform, the surface finish and flatness should be good, the periphery should be regular, and the pattern should be complete. Take out four or five pieces from a box to see if there are any defects such as color difference, deformation, lack of edges and corners.
The third step in the selection of living room tiles: you can put water droplets on the back of the tiles to see how fast the water is infiltrated. Generally speaking, the slower the water absorption, the greater the density of the tile; on the contrary, the faster the water absorption, the less the density, and its inherent The quality of the former is better.
The fourth step in the selection of living room tiles: Observe its hardness. The tiles are top grade with good hardness, strong toughness and not easily broken. Scratch each other with the edges and corners of the fragments of the ceramic tiles, and check whether the broken fragments are fine or loose, hard, brittle or soft, whether they are scratched, or scattered powder. If the former is the top grade, the latter is the quality difference. If the sound is rattling with stubble, it means that there are cracks in the brick. Good tiles can be easily installed by the master, and the installation effect is also standardized.
This is the introduction to buying ceramic tiles. If you want to know more about ceramic tiles, you can follow Overland Ceramics.