ceramic vs porcelain

niall_walsh

Hi all,

i,m looking some advice on tiles for my sunroom. Foot traffic will be heavy enough and i was looking for advice on the merits pros and cons of ceramic v's porcelain tiles. Does the price of porcelain warrant the pros?

PS i'm not a fan of the polished porcelain

Thanks

ThePiedPiper

The biggest problem with ceramic tiles is if a chip appears on them, it is very visible because only the top of the tile is coloured.. With porcelain tiles, chips at the corners are less likely and even if they do occur, will not make a big difference..

For this reason, ceramic tiles are more than suitable for wall tiles or areas where traffic isn't very heavy.. Porcelain might be better for heavier traffic areas. Not all porcealin tiles are the polished porcelain. A lot of the porcelain tiles I got look more like a natural stone tile at a fraction of the cost.

Wonky Knees

another thing to consider is drilling and cutting, porcelain is very tough.

muffler

fatimamansions wrote: »

another thing to consider is drilling and cutting, porcelain is very tough.

Thats a good point and should be given consideration.

Wonky Knees

Thanks Muff, got a 6mm por drill bit. Thing broke after two holes and had to replace blade on bench cutter. Bitch of a tile to drill and cut.

CJhaughey

The best way to drill porcelain tiles is with diamond core drills, forget tungsten and others they won't last.
I make a small well with some blu tac on a horizontal surface to hold water and drill slowly and keep the well full, for holes on walls use a trigger sprayer to keep water trickling over the drill hole to keep it wet and cool.
They can be bought quite reasonably from ebay.hk

Wonky Knees

good tips. thanks!

niall_walsh

Thanks lads

Some great tips.

Appreciate all comments