Ceramic

Ideal for foyer floors, kitchen floors, countertops, bathrooms floors and walls, shower walls, tub decks, and backspashes.

Ceramic tiles are defined as products made from clay, usually processed at a high temperature at some point during the manufacturing process. Ceramic products have a number of outstanding properties which determine their usefulness. One of the most unusual of these is their great durability. This durability can be divided into two types: chemical and mechanical.

The chemical durability of the great majority of ceramic products makes them resistant to almost all acids, alkalies, and organic solvents. Of further importance is the fact that ceramic materials are not affected by oxygen. The materials generally contained in the ceramic products have already combined with all of the oxygen for which they have an affinity, and therefore, are not affected further by the presence of oxygen in their environment, greatly reducing bacterial growth.

The mechanical durability of ceramics is evidenced by their strength and hardness. The compressive strengths of ceramic materials are extremely high. This hardness makes ceramic materials very resistant to abrasion. It is this property which makes them especially useful for flooring.