1. Tell a tile
We have all come across tiles at some point or other. Be it a renovation project at the
neighbours, renovation of your own property, building being constructed, and much more. Those
of us involved with tiles in such a manner know what is the importance of tiles, how tiles influence
the attire your your property. Right tiles at the right place used with the right combination can add
the look of luxury and define your taste and standard in the best way possible.
The types of tiles available at your disposal with due consideration to technology and
advancement are ceramic, stone, clay, glass, wood or even metal. Well you may need tiles for
offices or homes where you may want to have them on the floor, on walls, countertops, kitchen,
bathrooms, garden, or even roofs.
The purpose you choose the tile for detemines what you have in for options. This is obviously
influenced by your planning and budget.
Although roofs are sort of out of fashion, but for those who still want to include them, they should
go in for non porous material as it will keep away algae, design selection depends from person to
person. For walls, one should use something thats water proof, easy to clean and maintain, and
hygienic. For garden one must use something that is not influenced by sunlight or rain or
whatsoever the weather and does not hold back dust and has a slip proof surface. For kitchen
one must keep in mind the porosity, easy to clean and hygienic nature of the material. For
bathroom tiles one must look out for slip proof material, and try having something that does not
retain water for it only tends to help you add burden to the cleaning process. One must always
keep durability, non flamable surface and hygien in mind what ever your target area be.
The types of tiles available are ceramic tiles which include Victorian tiles, William Morris and
William De Morgan's tiles. Well the latter two can also be used in combination to compliment
Victorian tiles. Metal tiles which are mostly used for roof as they are durable, easy to maintain
and tackle weather very well. Mosaic tiles which are basically small peices of tiles which are
brought together to form a picture. Vitrified tile give you a glassy non porous tile which can be
further categorised into Vitrified porcelain tiles, Vitrified ceramic tiles, marbonite vitrified tiles
and marble vitrified tiles. We also have digital tiles. As the namee suggests, these tiles are
printed digitally to give buyers a good artform. Stones tiles are very old and all the more popular.
These are made of natural stones and for such uses the most popular used stones are granite,
marble, limestone, travertine, and slate. Nowadays we also have solar tiles. These tiles have a
top layering of hotovoltaic material that generates electricity from sunlight. This can also turn out
to be a good option for rooftop material. The solar tile systems can incorporate conventional
roofing materials like slate, asphalt, metal, and fiber cement with the solar tiles. This will enable
the appearance of the solar tiled roof to be similar to a regular roof. They can easily be installed
on the roofs and connected to the buildings electricity supply. Each tile has a plug in connector,
and during installation process they are wired together. floor tiles are very reliable material as its
average lifespan is nothing less than 20 years. This system requires least maintenance. The self

2. locking fixing system in the solar roof tiles permits easy removal of glass laminate for cleaning,
inspection or replacement. For environment friendly users this seems to be the best option.