Posted by admin on 22 Sep 2008 11:03 am. Filed under
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In architectural terms, a mezzanine is essentially a floor protruding from a wall and share a ceiling with the floor beneath it. Mezzanines are walkways or lobbies overlooking a ground floor for example, suspended between floors as another layer. Typically, what this means in terms of flooring then is also that mezzanines are most often places of traffic.
Typical mezzanine flooring is anything but. Like all structures without a solid cement base, mezzanines are structured to support a prescribed weight load of flooring. We have all seen mezzanine flooring with tiles, marble, carpet and wood, so the aesthetic choices typically are pretty wide open. Bearing in mind the traffic load, some durability is generally referred to.
Typically, mezzanine floor flooring refers to the less intimate and detailed flooring we might find in such things as mosaics or hand-painted tiles, which are more along the lines of that tiling you might find in a bathroom, living room or kitchen in a home. There is often a reference to some ease of cleanup as well, inasmuch as typical mezzanine flooring requires the attention which public traffic inspires, like dust, grease, chewing gum and the like. Thus mezzanine flooring can even include metals and more functional items which are thinner, require less structural support and are easier to assemble.
Depending on the use, even carpeting could apply as mezzanine flooring but, in general, the term refers to durable flooring compositions of lightweight, yet durable composition.
Posted by admin on 15 Sep 2008 12:58 am. Filed under
tiles.
We use bathroom wall tiles as a category unique to bathrooms themselves. All bathrooms run the intense rick of collecting germs, smells and other odious characteristics. The fact is, we use tiles in bathrooms to relieve all this. Naturally, bathrooms also contain and hoard all the condensation from baths and showers and sink washing as well We shut the doors and trap all that amazing amount of moisture, providing not only a Petri Dish for bacteria but also damaging any porous surface such as sheet rock or wood. These constructions will rot over time from the constancy of the water.
Meanwhile, tiles walls suffer from no such ailment. Certainly, grouting needs to be replaced or freshened up in due time for literally everyone. But the tiles themselves clean remarkably easy and they are so nonporous that they also serve to insulate. Needless to say, their hardness and impermeability make them last for a much longer period of time as well.
The other true benefit of bathroom wall tiles are the simple or even complex beauty they offer. Children delight in the colorful tiles of primary colors and even the most sophisticated adults can have their breath taken away looking at some of the more modern tile options. It has truly bloomed, the entire bathroom wall tiles area, into an amazing array of colorful, unique and simply gorgeous possibilities.
Posted by admin on 9 Sep 2008 10:57 am. Filed under
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tiles.
Natural marble light floor tiles have all those charateristics we look for in a marble product: a veiny, multicolored look, speckled with granite-like inbedded splashes of color and a semi-tranluscent sheen. Marble has been used for centuries as a flooring product for the very most elegant places. The glamor and sheer beauty of marble override some of its detriments and offer a strikingly gorgeous flooring solution that pleases absolutely everyone with its breathtaking charm.
However, as mentioned marble has a detriment or two. It is not nearly as hard a material as Travertine, for example, and many other natural stone flooring tiles. There is a reason outside of it’s gorgeous color that is has served well as a scupltor’s medium: it very simply cuts easier than many other materials. Marble also has issues with standing water and anything possessing a level of acidity which often weakens it. It is pourous enough to collect the acidic waters and chemicals and certainly soft enough to break down over time.
Nevertheless, marble remains the “summa cum laude” of flooring beauty, simply because of its sheer beauty. And it does indeed have that. Tightly-veined, impressively colored, seemingly semi-transparent, marble can be an absolutely breath-taking material to use on flooring in a residence where constant traffic is less than in a commerical application and where the upkeep on it can be safely assumed. Marble light floor tiles are very easy to install as well, something I certainly care about. The materials on the slick, clear surface wipe up perfectly and owing to the expense, they typically get cut to exactly the specificiations and installer wants most. By residential, not commerical standards, marble holds up as well as any flooring tile.
Posted by admin on 2 Sep 2008 12:57 am. Filed under
tiles.
Kitchen wall tiles offer us another wide array of unique possibilities in the functional and aesthetic senses. Functionally, much the same as bathroom tiles, almost all choices, particularly the ceramics, metals and glass ones, offer an easily cleaned surface. But not only that, they also offer a much more protective layer over what is behind and of what composes the walls of a kitchen. Grease splashes, too much heat and a resistance to easily cracking or scratching make them a much more durable surface than almost any other wall treatment.
The aesthetic front has opened up dramatically. Metal tiles give a chic, urbane sheen to a place, offering a simple yet arresting metallic and reflective light to an otherwise boring and functional placement. Ceramics, of course, and glass both offer uncommon opportunities to showcase the room. Complex and interesting murals are available, many hand-painted and, surprisingly, many of the best still photographs of Nature and civilization are now rendered, intact and brightly-focused, on kitchen walls. The range of choices has become almost ludicrously large and wide. And settling on a theme and design may occupy quite a bit of time in preparation for the wall itself. Nevertheless, kitchen wall tiles have an awful lot to recommend them.
