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Ceramic Tile Center Los Angeles

Ceramic tile is a man-made or machine-made clay or a mixture of organic materials and colorants that are fused together at high temperature (kiln firing) into a hard brick like or porcelain sub-stance. The common types are mosaic and quarry. Made in many shapes and sizes. The face may be glazed or unglazed. Sometimes coated with a thin film of vitreous material called glazing. Terra Cotta is a form of unglazed tile.

Ceramic Tiles can be split into two groups, porcelain tiles and non-porcelain tiles. These non-porcelain tiles are frequently referred to as ceramic tiles by themselves, separate from porcelain tiles.

Ceramic Tiles or non-porcelain tiles are generally made from red or white clay fired in a kiln. They are usually  finished with a durable glaze which carries the color and pattern. softer and easier to cut than porcelain, and usually carry a PEI 0 to 3 rating. Non-porcelain ceramic tiles are usually suitable for very light to moderate traffic and generally have a relatively high water absorption rating making them less frost resistant and they are more prone to wear and chipping than Porcelain Tiles.

Porcelain Tile is a tile that is generally made by the dust pressed method from porcelain clays which result in a tile that is dense, impervious, fine grained and smooth, with a sharply formed face. Porcelain tiles usually have a much lower water absorption rate (less than 0.5%) than non-porcelain tiles making them frost resistant or frost-proof. Glazed Porcelain Tiles are much harder and more wear and damage resistant than non-porcelain ceramic tiles, making them suitable for any application from light traffic to the heaviest residential and light commercial traffic. Full body porcelain tiles carry the color and pattern through the entire thickness of the tile making them virtually impervious to wear and are suitable for any application from residential to the highest traffic commercial or industrial applications. Porcelain Tiles are available in matte, unglazed or a high polished finish.