2/29/2016

How To Pick The Best Bathroom Tile For Your House

By Nancy Evans


If you are remodeling a bathroom in your home, you may be looking at replacing the tile on your walls or floor. Bathroom tile can come in many different materials, shapes and colors. Here are some tips that you can use to make the selection process much simpler and more straightforward.

Tiles can be a great choice for many areas of your bathroom. A homeowner in San Francisco, CA may want to use them to cover a floor, a back splash or the area around a shower or bathtub. There are many reasons for this. The first is that the hard surface makes it easy to clean. The other is that the surface is often quite durable and can handle moisture as well as other challenges.

If you consider a few basic factors it can really help you wade through the large number of items and help you find the one that works best for your house. If you think about how much stress and wear your tiles will need to withstand, what size you need and even what color you want in your washroom. All of these things will help you narrow down your choices and find tiling that will work for your home.

Location is something you have to think about before you become set on a particular size or shape of tile. Flooring is usually larger and more regularly shaped. It is often possible to get accent pieces that will also look good if they are used on walls or as part of a back splash. You should look at how thin a particular option is so this will help tell you how much damage or strain a choice can take.

You also need to think about how durable you need your final choice to be. If you have small children or pets you will likely want to make sure that the product you choose is able to handle the occasional dropped object. Some models are only colored on the top surface. If a hard object is dropped on them they will end up showing white chips in the surface.

Smaller rooms may do better with a monotone look. Subway or rectangular shapes can make a smaller room look larger as well. If you want to find a way to include some visual interest you may want to consider adding accent panels or other decorative elements in order to direct your gaze in a particular direction.

Finding these items is much easier than deciding which style will look best in your home. If you can, it can be helpful for you to bring samples home so that you can view them in your bathroom. You may be surprised at how different they look when you see them in your washroom's lighting conditions and get an idea as to whether the size will work with the dimensions of your room.

Installing these items is not hard especially if you work with an experienced installer. They may have special tools allowing them to cut specific shapes into tiles or know how much space to leave between adjoining units so that they look as beautiful as possible.




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