Flooring ‘N Tiles

On a roll here, reviewing tiles, so expect a few more Today it’s those beautiful textured rough stone tiles -

Textured stone floor tiles have a non-glossy surface, by far more suitable for high traffic areas and also, owing to the naturalness of it origins, a more than appealing alternative for home flooring as well. Natural stone products have many advantages over polished ceramic and clay-fired alternatives, among them being sheer load strength. It is typical that natural stone is superior in terms of durability to anything else. After all, these “old rocks” have spent a few billion years here already. It’s not like they have anything to prove!

Yes, it is possible to polish and make glossy almost any stone. Indeed, some of the most strikingly beautiful floors are highly polished, very glossily-finished stone. In the end, it depends on a scale of need and of personal choice as to which stone product one opts for. The security factor of a more non-slip surface, plus its tendency to act secondarily as a feature, spotlighting other facets of a room, make a textured stone floor tile and excellent choice.

Textured stone floor tiles tend to be a better installation in many cases, speaking from a strictly practical view and that of a contractor. While the colors of natural products are almost always immanently satisfying, these textured finishes imply another stage of preparation at the manufacturing level which also nearly always indicates a willingness to cut to order. What this results in is exactitude in terms of depth and parameters and some latitude in design of the laying pattern itself. These are highly important for the serious contractor with an eye to design.