INSTALLATION CARE AND MAINTENANCE GUIDELINES

 

 

For installation care and maintenance there are not too many differences between our porcelain tiles and any other ceramic tiles with exception of the following:

 

1) Setting materials (adhesives)

They must be specific addressed to lay porcelain tiles (very low water absorption / impervious). Majority of setting materials manufacturers like Mapei, Laticrete, etc., have a specific brand of adhesives for this purpose. Usually they are cement/sand mixtures with addition of polymers or latex that can increase the bond strength a lot of times relation normal glues for porous ceramics. The use of specific adhesives for porcelain tiles are important mainly for big sizes where the use of normal glues are responsible for the breakages that often appears on tiles and that is the result of poor bond noticed when a lot of pieces sound hollow

 

2) Maintenance

For our material as well as for any other unglazed porcelain tiles it is very important the total removal of any cement / grout residues after the installation of tiles. Any cement or grout residues (that are porous materials) left on tiles surface have a trend to trap dirt. Dirt after dirt creates an incrustation difficult to be removed and tiles will be the ones to be blamed for it. So, a totally cleaning of cement / grout residues will be a good contribute for a nice installation and ease maintenance.

 

All other guidelines are the same for any other ceramic tiles and for this can be followed “The American National Standard for Installation of Ceramic Tile”.