Wave Crest Tiles

Wall tiles are usually softer and lighter and the glaze is not designed to handle the abrasive forces of foot traffic. Floor tiles have a different rating of hardness making them suitable to walk on without showing wear. The rule of thumb is wall tiles can only be laid on walls, floor tiles can be laid on floors and walls.

Ceramic tiles typically have a white or red clay biscuit with some form of glaze on top. Porcelain Tiles are made from extremely fine powdered clay that is pressed under huge pressure and heated several hundred degrees hotter than ceramics. Porcelain tiles are much harder and denser than ceramic tiles. This allows porcelain tiles to be made in very large formats that would be impossible to achieve in a ceramic tile. Porcelain tiles will also often have a coloured biscuit that matches the surface glaze, or have a colour and pattern that extends all the way through the tile.