Ceramic VS Porcelain - Before You Buy

When I buy tile I first make sure it’s NOT from “Happy Floors) a.k.a. “Unhappy Floors! Awful Google reviews, they had a BBB failure to respond D+ grade and Do Not Guarantee Color as my flooring claim was denied even though it was extremely off !

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Hi I appreciated your information I had learned a lot thank you can you do me a fever I am planing to change the floor in my kitchen can I put ceramic on top of wood floor ?
Thank you so much for your advice
Martha

Very informative video! My question would be what type or particular recommendation of tile would you suggest for a high traffic/pet area that can be made to resemble genuine woodgrain floors?

Don’t use any shiny tiles on your bathroom floors. Unless you love to slip 🤷🏽‍♂️

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Very helpful video, I learned a lot. Thanks!

Porcelain should never have been allowed on walls. I mean the weight of the tiles plus adhesive is heavy. Plasterboard was not designed to take that weight.

Can you seal over a Matt finish tile flooring to make it shine

Best option for a pet home? Ceramic or porcelain?

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Interesting, I stumbled across your video as I was looking for pottery. We deal with various clays all the time and what you say about Porcelain is sort of true. What makes porcelain is the percentage of Kaolin clay or China Clay. This is the white clay body generally from China though other deposits have been found. it can be fired to a very high temp as the clay body won't melt therefore fusing or vitrifying the claybody (fuzing all the particles together to create the low porosity) . It does have a low poursity under 1% generally but in saying that you can get Porcelaneous Clay bodies now that are technically Not porcelain, but a stoneware that has about the same poursity as porcelain.
The glazes that you have on the surface of the tiles are the thing you want to consider if you are worried about chipping as they are basically frits with silica/trace elements etc or melted glass for the lay person. The red tile you showed is basically a terracotta or earthenware, it has the highest porosity (About 12% sometimes even as high as 16%of all clay bodies as it will melt before it fully vitrifies. This is due to the iron in the clay body, giving it the colour red (Like rust) but also acting as a flux that will lower the temp the clay can withstand before structural failure.)

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Great video...clear, concise explanations...with very helpful details. Thank you!

Very insightful thank you .

There both ceramic made out of clay

I guessed the tiles right! Who knows how, probably by accident :)

Which is better for heat resistence around wood stoves?

What is the best tile size suitable for kitchen floor... 👍

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Not able to tell the difference between the two

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Thank you for the video

Hi. Thanks for making this video and sharing your knowledge. Its so hard to tell apart ceramic from porcelain. I have been reading about tiles and watching a lot of videos here about tiles. Im very confused about what the term "vitrified" tile means. I have seen this term used a lot in India and the tiles look similar to porcelain tiles or marble tiles. I just did a google search and saw that vitrified tile is made with a combination of silica and clay and that they are different than both porcelain tiles and cermaic tiles. Just never seen them here in the US or perhaps theyre known as something else? Just curious to hear what your thoughts are. Thanks again though and hope I can figure this out :)

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I just discovered your channel and love it . I am struggling with a question. Given the same PEI and thickness is there any meaningful quality difference between a tile I would buy in a specialty store or tile I buy from Lowes or Floor and Decor? I'm willing to pay for a long term quality difference but spending 3-4 x for the same appearing grey tile doesn't make sense to me. What do you think?

Matte light gray porcelain 24x48 is the best.

Just a technical isssue about your video. Your camera is about a foot low. You will be far more effective if your camera is in line with your eyes and not tilted up. Cheers! :)

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Be CAREFUL when choosing tile for around wet places - pool, kitchen, and bathroom. One slip on these hard surfaces and you are going to break bones. (I learned the hard way)
For kitchen pool and bathrooms , if you are going for a hard tile flooring, pick a tile thst has a rough, slip resistance surface.

Looking for tile flooring with anti slip properties for a wet room

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What type of wood tiles should I use for an indoor car garage?

These are great videos - going through a remodel project now and this has been exceedingly helpful.

It’s so much helpful I’m building a house and I want floor tiles for the whole house thank you for all this explanation....

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pls. what is good porcelain or ceramic.thank you

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Robert, I absolutely love your videos. They are so informative and helpful!
I would love to see a video talking about tiling shower floors and what tiles are best for that.
I know the tiles should be smaller to help with the gradation to the drain but I struggle in understanding exactly what size the tiles should be and what finish they should have.

thanks for your input. i have an old existing but intact engineering hardwood flooring, can i tile over that woodfloor?

Hey Robert! Thanks for spending the time to create this video. It' easy to make the right choice now that you've provided this GREAT information.
Peace

I'm a tile installer in south texas, all of this information is correct.

Did I miss the part about PEI?

Hey Robert, how would I get in contact with you, if I wanted to pay you for some work.

Is it recommended to install ceramic tiles inside a shower without grout?