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Porcelain tiles or ceramic tiles are porcelain or ceramic tiles commonly used to cover floors and walls, with a water absorption rate of less than 0.5 percent. The clay used to build porcelain tiles is generally denser. They can either be glazed or unglazed. Porcelain tiles are one type of vitrified tiles and are sometimes referred to as porcelain vitrified tiles.
Historically, porcelain was not the usual material for tiles, which were much more often made of earthenware (terracotta) or stoneware. The first porcelain tiles were made in China, for example in the 15th-century Porcelain Tower of Nanjing (now largely destroyed). Here the tiles were used for walls, which long remained typical. In Europe, a few rooms were made in palaces of porcelain plaques, often with forms in high relief. These were made by Capodimonte porcelain and Real Fábrica del Buen Retiro among others.
Although porcelain has now been widely used for making tiles for many years, modern production methods and quantities have made porcelain tiles available for the average householder in recent years.

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    Progressive hole in porcelain tiles

    Hi all I am about to start laying some 600x300x10 tiles, the first 2 of which will have 15mm pipes going through them for the towel rad. The issue i have is that i am using speedfit connections which i have managed to get mostly into the wall, but have a slight protrusion where the chamfered...
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    Laying Wood Effect Porcelain - Advice and grout selection

    Hi All Getting a big job done on the kitchen come living room. Having wood effect porcelain planks installed. It is part of a renovation of my new house and the builder is looking after most of the work. He will have his tiler do the work, but just wanted to check in here with the experts to...
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    Preparation Outside patio tiled 600x600 porcelain

    Hi Everyone. In the quoting stage at the moment- bit of advice to get things right. Quoting for a 30m2 garden patio done with 600x600 full bodied porcelain. What preparation work would you sugest- base ready for tiling (level with turf) I thought : 1.Dig the soil up 10 inches deep, weed...
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    Porcelain External Angle

    Hi, I am currently tiling a bathroom with 600x 300 porcelain tiles and all is going well. The sink area is a boxed section that protrudes from the back wall for the waste pipes etc. As the tiles have a finished edge to them would It be acceptable to use butt joins on the external corner return...
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    Grout removal from 2mm porcelain tiles

    Hello all, what would people suggest is the best way to remove the grout in an en suite shower enclosure? The tiles are Matt finish 600mm x 300mm and have grey grout. I'm looking to remove the grout and replace with white. Any help or suggestions would be very welcome. Thanks in advance
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    Slate Hearth - Porcelain tiles around

    Hi, I have set a 1200x900x25mm thick natural slate slab as a hearth which is going to be surrounded on 3 sides by 10mm thick x 600x600mm porcelain tiles. These are on a concrete floor and I previously made a 15-20mm recess in the concrete to allow the 25mm thick hearth to sit lower so that it...
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    Wanted Porcelain floor tiles

    Trying to match like for like or similar grey /black porcelain floor tilesfoe repairs to garage floor job . See photo . Need over 100 m2 so nice order to be made , have few leads but looking see if any one can help mark jude Tile size is 200 x 200 mm 9/11 mm thick please see photos attached
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    Aus black grout stain on polished porcelain

    Hi I've just laid 26m2 of wood effect polished porcelain tiles (quite high end from Italy. Fioronese urban wood) After laying them I cleaned then with ltp grimex to remove factory wax, then sealed using ltp sealer impregnator left for 20 mins then buffed them up. I left them for 24 hrs to cure...
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    Porcelain Sealant for a Porcelain tile?

    Hi people Quick question; I have just laid a Porcelain tile (mosaic) to a floor for a wetroom. And will be grouting it today. But before I did I thought I would check to see if I should use a sealant first as they are a light coloured "shuttered concrete" effect and a was worried about shower...
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    Porcelain Which porcelain tiles for a garage floor?

    I am just finishing off my garage floor and need to choose a suitable floor tile. I have approx 55 square meters to cover, laid on to raft foundation. I'm looking for something off white, light grey, not overly fussy on colour but it needs to be reasonably slip resistant and hard wearing. It's...
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    How to cut thin porcelain ?

    Hi , I've recently been in a job using 750x750 5mm porcelain tiles, they cut fine on the score and snap , but trying to Maxine cut is proving a nightmare ! I have a dewalt d24000 with a Montolit Dna blade , chips them , a Rubi tc180 also with same monti blade , chips them ! Grinder with monti...
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    Matting Effect on Installed Polished Porcelain

    A friend has some polished porcelain floor tiles in his hallway. They have been steam cleaned a number of times and now seem to have areas or patches that appear matt. Have added a pic, but it's not easy to see as it only shows in certain light. Any ideas as to how this could be remedied - if at...
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    Porcelain dust - Does it contain silica or any other nasties?

    does anyone know if it contains silica or other nasties or can we all breathe it in for fun?
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    600x600 Porcelain on anhydride wet ufh

    Hello, have got 65 sq/m of 600x600 porcelain to lay on a anhydride screed,floor has been down for 4 years,so should be dry!having read a good few threads on this forum(been very helpful)this is my plan, 1.sand floor to remove any laitence 2.prime using TM prime plus 3.fix TM anti-fracture...
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    Aus Help! Grout staining porcelain tiles problem

    Hi everyone, I've just completed laying a bathroom floor with 100x100mm black and white unglazed porcelain tiles ( PEI rated 5) . I've also knocked up a test piece on which to test the grout, as I'm a bit wary of the textured surface of these unglazed tiles. The intended grout colour is black...
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    Dry cutting porcelain tiles

    I'm fixing about 90 metres of 10mm 800x800 porcelain tiles at the moment, using a Rubi Tx 1200 cutter. As per usual with large format porcelain, getting clean consistent cuts is very hit and miss. Decided to change my normal 22mm wheel for a bearinged version to see if that made any difference...
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    South East Tiler needed in Ruislip, West London porcelain and ceramic

    I'm in need of a tiler for this coming week 11th, 12th August start. Small shower room but porcelain floor and fully tiled ceramic walls all in 600 x 300's
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    Resin topped porcelain

    Hello all. Got some chunky 14mmx600x1200 porc that looks like it's got a resin top 3/4mm which is meant to look like stone. There are some small holes in the top bit which i'm going to gout and the client has been given kf satin stop to seal. Will do a little test tomorrow but has anyone used...
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    Aus thick porcelain

    got 20 mm porcelain 600x600 to fit outside the house. will sigma manual cutter cut them? anybody has any experience with this thickness? thanks folks
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    Chips on porcelain Tiles

    I'm having a problem with some porcelain tiles that I just cant seem to get the cuts right without some chipping. Ive tried wet cuts/ dry cuts. Ive changed cutting disc to a Beava premium diamond on recomendation and while that is definatley better than what I had, unfortunatley there are still...
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