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Porcelain Tile
Porcelain Tile is some of the strongest that you could get for your bathroom tile flooring in Reno. This is the perfect type of tile to have if you have a whole lot of foot traffic, or plan to have a lot of it after your Reno bathroom renovation.
Porcelain is so durable that it could actually be used outside on a walkway exposed to outdoor elements. This is to give you an idea of how long-lasting this type of bathroom flooring is, although it can be sort of expensive depending on where you buy it.
Some homeowners think porcelain and ceramic are sort of the same thing, and according to what the two are made of, those folks are somewhat correct. But porcelain tile is way more thorough-bodied, and all it takes is you to examine a piece of it to see for yourself.
That hard layer that covers a piece of porcelain tile has a solid finish that comes in so many different colors and shades. This colored layer is called the wear layer, and on a piece of porcelain it’s pretty hard to get things like permanent scuff marks on it, and you have to do something severely damaging in order to get cracks in it.
Ceramic Tile
Ceramic tile resembles porcelain, and it is also strong like it. It’s just not as strong, being that during the creation of ceramic tile it is not heated as much as porcelain tile is. Ceramic tile can be a little bit more affordable, so if you’re planning on using it for your bathroom flooring in Reno and you have a very large bathroom, choosing ceramic could be to your benefit.
Those who are looking to have a bathroom remodeling in Reno scheduled in the near future will choose ceramic tile not only for it’s many style options, but also because of how the weather is in Reno for most of the year. With this part of Nevada being such a temperate place for a lot of the year, having a bathroom tile that stays a certain temperature based on how it feels outside is a really good thing. In the hot summer months ceramic tile stays cool, and in the winter it’ll stay warm depending on how you keep the climate within your home.
You should take your time when choosing the type of ceramic tile that you want for your bathroom remodel in Reno, because there are dozens and dozens of options when it comes to style and color. The way that the bathroom looks as a whole is going to be based on the type of flooring that you have, so to have the best effect on the overall look of the space you need to coordinate it with the rest of your bathroom. Maintaining ceramic tile is not hard either, and to keep it up all you have to do is sweep regularly, and to mop the tile once or twice a week.
Subway Tile
Subway tile comes in lots of styles, one of the most popular being the classic brick patterns. Hexagon subway tile is very commonly chosen among homeowners. The color pattern when using hexagon-shaped subway tile flooring normally goes from a dark version of the color, to a lighter one, to an even lighter one, to tiles that are almost all white. Our experienced ceramic tile contractors in Reno, NV have over a decade of experience with installing these as well as many other types of bathroom floor tile patterns.
Sometimes, a homeowner may want the flooring to match the shower base floor as well, and subway tile is a great style for this kind of coordination. In that instance, we would duplicate the same type of flooring into the shower, and maybe even up the walls of the bathroom.
Natural Stone
Natural Stone tile flooring is many times referred to as being timeless style-wise, because the fact that natural rock blends with almost any setting. The type of elegance that it brings to the bathroom area is something that no other type of bathroom flooring can duplicate. Homeowners love natural stone tile because of its authentic beauty and how it adds such a dynamic touch to their bathroom remodel in Reno.
Each piece of natural stone tile is unique being that the designs and color variations were created within real rock that came from the earth. As far as durability goes there’s nothing stronger, and if you use this for your bathroom flooring you will undoubtedly get up to decades of satisfaction.
Natural stone tile flooring is not hard to maintain, and it’s also pretty reasonably priced at most Reno outlets for bathroom supplies and products. Depending on the kind of natural stone tile bathroom flooring you choose you may have to do a little resealing, but this is just a task that you would have to perform periodically.
Vinyl
There are two basic kinds of luxury vinyl tile flooring, and they are Stone Plastic Composite (SPC) and Wood Plastic Composite (WPC). One similarity about these two is the fact that they both have what are called wear layers. This is a millimeter measurement on the surface of both of these types of tile (that generally runs from eight mil up to twenty mil), and the thicker the wear layer is the lessen the chance that the tile will suffer from huge scratches and other damage over time.
SPC is stronger than WPC, in that it has a stone core. WPC vinyl tile is strong, but is considered to be more comfortable to walk upon than the harder SPC. If you prefer another kind of tile flooring such as ceramic, porcelain, or natural stone, there’s a wide selection out on the market for you to choose from to fit your needs.
That being said, you already have a pretty good idea of the amount of people that are going to be using a certain bathroom. So, if you have questions about how thick the wear layer needs to be on your vinyl tile flooring, then you can feel free to ask one of our bathroom contractors during your free estimate session.
