When it comes to choosing the best tile for a home or home or commercial project, then often people get confused between porcelain and ceramic tile assuming the same in terms of features and durability. Here’s what we’re going to cover in this post.
There are few differences, both of them are probably people’s popular choice in tiles, you’ll often see around homes. Both are pretty durable and available in plenty of colors. If I talk about porcelain tile first, then it’s a bit more durable, denser.
Though both ceramic and porcelain tiles are common, yet have different usage in terms of maintenance and cleanliness, etc. You can get different finishes of each tile being kind of a matte. Porcelain has a little bit of texture, so ceramic tile is very polished; it’s just a little bit more finicky; I mean, you can see fingerprints and footprints.
A dense, hard surface of porcelain has made polishing a viable alternative to a glazed surface. This means that a tile can be fired, then polished, creating a shine without a glaze. … Porcelain tiles with a Nano treatment are more dirt and stain resistant, glossier, and have a more intense color.
The porcelain can sometimes hold up better than marble. Also, many times, people prefer porcelain tiles because of their reasonable price; $99 square foot vs. $30 per square. Here are two things I’ll like to highlight to get your attention;
– First, look at sizing, because you can always get many different sizes, so always go for 12 by 24, or some of them. You can get them in square
– Second, layout & Finishing; an essential thing to consider indeed! Let’s suppose you pick any tile with different finishes; a tile with a honed finish would be much more of a matte finish.
Whereas ceramic being a little bit more porous and something you may not want to put in areas where you’ll have something like water sitting a lot.
You can use porcelain outside since it’s non-porous, so you don’t need to worry about freezing that kind of thing. Whereas something like ceramic with temperature changes, you won’t like to get too cold, nor too hot, that kind of thing. Yes, ceramic is something people prefer installing inside rather than outside.
Okay, coming to cleaning tile, then both ceramic and porcelain are pretty much the same, depending on what finish you have. I hope you find this post valuable and informative.