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Tile - Tiling
A tile is a manufactured piece of hard-wearing material such as ceramic, stone, metal, or even glass.
Tiles are generally used for covering roofs, floors, and walls, showers, or other objects such as tabletops. Another category are the ceiling tiles, made from lightweight materials such as perlite, wood, and mineral wool. The word is derived from the French word tuile, which is, in turn, from the Latin word tegula, meaning a roof tile composed of baked clay. Less precisely, the modern term can refer to any sort of construction tile or similar object, such as rectangular counters used in playing games (see tile-based game).
Tiling are often used to form wall and floor tiles coverings, and can range from simple square tiles to complex mosaics. Tiles are most often made from ceramic, with a hard glaze finish, but other materials are also commonly used, such as glass, marble, granite, slate, and reformed ceramic slurry, which is cast in a mould and fired.
In the past twenty years, the technology surrounding porcelain tile and glass tiles has become more efficient, allowing more mass production. Similarly, the invention of automated tiling lines that use diamonds to cut and finish stone slabs into tiles has made stone tiles more available. This has allowed these tiles to move from being niche items into broader markets.
These are commonly made of ceramic or stone, although recent technological advances have resulted in glass tiles for floors tiles as well. Ceramic tiles may be painted and glazed. Small mosaic tiles may be laid in various patterns. Floor tiles are typically set into mortar consisting of sand, cement and often a latex additive for extra adhesion. The spaces between the tiles are nowadays filled with sanded or unsanded floor grout, but traditionally mortar was used.
Natural stone tiles can be beautiful but as a natural product
they are less uniform in color and pattern, and require more
planning for use and installation. Mass produced stone tiles
are uniform in width and length. Granite or marble tiles are
sawn on both sides and then polished or finished on the facing
up side, so that they have a uniform thickness. Other natural stone
tiles such as slate are typically "riven" (split)
on the facing up side so that the thickness of the tile varies
slightly from one spot on the tile to another and from one tile to
another. Variations in tile thickness can be handled by adjusting the
amount of mortar under each part of the tile, by using wide grout lines
that "ramp" between
different thicknesses, or by using a cold chisel to knock off
high spots.
Floor tile in Karpas, northeastern Cyprus
Some stone tiles such as polished granite and marble are very
slippery when wet. Stone tiles with a riven (split) surface
such as slate or with a sawn and then sandblasted or honed surface
will be more slip resistant. Ceramic tile for use in wet areas can
be made more slip resistant either by using very small tiles so that
the grout lines acts as grooves or by imprinting a contour
pattern onto the face of the tile.
The hardness of natural stone tiles varies such that some of
the softer stone (e.g. limestone) tiles are not suitable for
very heavy traffic floor areas. On the other hand, ceramic tiles
typically have a glazed upper surface and when that become scratched
or pitted the floor looks worn, whereas the same amount of wear
on natural stone tiles won't show, or will be less noticeable.
Natural stone tiles can be stained by spilled liquids; they must
be sealed and periodically resealed with a sealant in contrast
to ceramic tiles which only need their grout lines sealed. However,
because of the complex, non repeating patterns in natural stone,
small amounts of dirt on many natural stone floor tiles do not show.
Most vendors of stone tiles emphasize that there will be variation in color and pattern from one batch of tiles to another of the same description and variation within the same batch.
Stone floor tiles tend to be heavier than ceramic tiles and somewhat more prone to breakage during shipment.