Important information before the purchase of the tiles
One should remember that there ISN?T A TILE WHICH IS SUITABLE FOR ANY APPLICATION! When selecting tiles it is necessary to take into the consideration the aesthetic and usage function that the tiles are supposed to fulfil.
On one hand the tiles must fit to e.g. the character of the interior ? its dominating style, furniture, lighting, individual taste, on the other hand they must posses the technical properties and features suitable to the demands that they shall be subjected to in a given room. Thus practically all the types of tiles are suitable for the bathrooms; what is important is that they should be resistant to household chemistry (including acids and alkali) and allowing for cleaning and disinfecting with the use of detergents.
Technical parameters which characterise wall and floor tiles
Wall tiles produced in the monoporosa technology i.e. single bake technology have water absorption E> 10% are in conformity with ISO 13006:2001 and PN 14411:2005, annex L. The tiles are designed for indoor wall tiling in temperatures above 0oC and are not frost proof.
The tiles produced in the monocottura technology, glazed or non-glazed (technical) gres, as well as in the technology of double charge.
Floor tiles produced in the monocottura technology, i.e. single bake glaze and potshard with water absorption 0,5 % < E 3% are the parameters in conformity with ISO 13006:2001 and PN 14411:2005 standards, annex H and EN 176: 1996 standard. The tiles are produced in the monocottura technology and have the technical parameters defined by the abrasion class PEI/number of cycles.
Resistance to abrasion of glazed tiles is graded according to PN-EN ISO 10545-7 standard, precise marking of the tile resistance to abrasion is defined by the number of cycles with PEI parameter.
Number of cycles precisely reflects the resistance to abrasion and allows for optimum selection of tiles in the aspect of their positioning and application.
The class of resistance to abrasion PEI 3; number of cycles - 750 ( PEI 3/750) applies to tiles intended for use in rooms with small traffic, where you use shoes with soft soles (e.g. bathrooms, bedrooms).
The class of resistance to abrasion PEI 3, number of cycles - 1500 ( PEI 3/1500) applies to tiles intended for use in rooms with medium traffic, where you use shoes with soft soles (such as kitchens, hallways, corridors).
The class of resistance to abrasion PEI 4, number of cycles - 2100 and above ( PEI 4/2100) applies to tiles for rooms with high traffic (residential houses and public utility buildings with the exclusion of rooms with very high intensity of traffic).
The class of resistance to abrasion PEI 5, number of cycles - 12000 and above ( PEI 5/12000) applies to tiles intended for use in rooms with very high traffic intensity, where abrasive material is brought in (public utility buildings).
Designed for covering floors or walls indoors and outdoors.
The floor tiles produced in the technology of glazed gres is an increasingly more popular lining for all kinds of indoor and outdoor application, with very good useable parameters and unlimited design possibilities.
The offered glazed gres of Paradyż Group covers such items as mosaics (colour tones and single colour), universal structural tiles in 10x10 sizes, tiles in 20x20 cm, 20x40 cm, 30x30 cm (sizes which are most characteristic for glazed gres of Paradyż Group), 40x40 cm, atypical size formats 50x 7,83 cm, 50x14,7cm, 40x9,8 cm and the growingly more effective size of universal tiles 30x50 cm.
Paradyż Group also offers patterns designed according to the most modern technology of gres dyed in substance.
Floor tiles produced in the technology of technical tiles are:
frost proof, hard, uniform in intersection ? ideal as floor in places with maximum traffic flows, such as shopping malls, training centres, offices and bank hallways. They are also ideal for elevations.
Paradyż Group also offers technical gres, which is available in size 30x30 cm and includes a large variety of colours in version: Salt & Pepper, single colour as well as gres with rock.
The collection of technical gres is made up of:
- basic tile,
- anti slippery structure - Kl (cliff),
- polish,
- polished cliff,
- chequered - step treads.
"Salt & Pepper" gres is available in thinness 8,0 mm and 7,2 mm.
Technical gres with rock is made up of gres with particles of dried ceramic substance, sunk in "Salt & Pepper" gres substance. It looks very effectively as if small stones were embedded in it with contrasting colours.
The differences between wall and floor tiles are as follows:
- - wall tiles are not frost proof;
- - wall tiles have a decidedly better mechanical resistance,
- - wall tiles have greater water absorption.
Wall tiles are designed only and exclusively for putting up on walls due to their technical parameters that predetermine them.
Floor tiles may be applied both on floors and on walls.
