vitrified tiles again

[stevee]

hiya peeps ,gotta see a job tommorow ,dont know much aprt from him saying the tiles were vitrified so the finish was important

is there a specific reason someone would want these tiles,bearing in mind what ive read about tolerances in size/bowing?

i take it these are ok laid with flexi addy/treated like porcelain

or am i missing something?

cheers steve

[Dave]

Vitrified is just the firing process and biscuit structure of the tiles.. The clays used and high temp fired at.

Hence giving then a low absorption rate.

Porcelain tiles are Vitrified through to fully vitrified like through bodied porcelains.

A modified adhesive is required... but most rapid sets have slight modification to allow usage with porcelains..

[stevee]

cheers dave ,are they recommened for wet areas ?

what the purpose of em?

[Dave]

Yes ok for wet area's..

The purpose is that they are a lot harder than normal ceramics and are frost resistant as well..

They wear a lot better than standard ceramics and through bodied porcelains are the sane colour from the face to the back, so no amount of wear will show unlike glazed ceramics that the surface pattern can wear off revealing the tiles biscuit.

[whitebeam]

Water resistent

[stevee]

thanks a lot

[merlecollins]

Stevee, when they are emphasising the finish needing to be good do they not mean the tiles are 'rectified'???

[Phil Hobson]

Fully vitriified/ vitreous tiles are fired at such high temperature's, the good quality ones are like glass. Very low porosity. Good quality porcelain imo should not need sealing