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Polished porcelain tiles wear/lifetime

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  • 03-01-2007 12:03pm
    #1
    iplogger1
    Registered Users Posts: 277 ✭✭


    We've been considering what to use as a floor covering for the
    entrance of our house (a hallway which is about 2.5metres wide
    with a stairway to the left cutting into part of that space).
    The polished porcelain (Chinese or Italian) looks very nice.
    I seem to recall the tiler and the tile supplier mentioning that
    there is some sealer used to maintain the high gloss on those
    tiles.

    What is the real story here ? Are these a fad ? Given that a hallway
    will have highish human traffic what is the true situation regarding
    the lifetime of the gloss on (say cream porcelain tiles of good quality)?
    Is there a maintenance aspect. eg. is there a sealant which can be
    re-applied say after 5-7yrs ?

    I'm guessing that there aren't many houses where these tiles have
    been down more than 5yrs since they are really only now becoming
    more mainstream for domestic.

    --Ian


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    #2
    Qwerty?
    Registered Users Posts: 1,246 ✭✭✭Qwerty?


    Hi Ian, Happy new year to you.

    I've never heard that you need to put sealer on porcelain tile. Could you be mixing it up with Natural stone/marble tiles? My in laws have porcelain, and the tiler never mentioned them needing sealing.

    qwerty?


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