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ANSWER – There is a PEI rating for glazed ceramic tile that goes from 1 to 5. 1 is wall application only, 2 is light traffic floor use i.e. residential bathroom, 3 is all…

ANSWER – Yes, ceramic tile can be used on the floors of manufactured homes, if the floors meet industry standards. The primary concern is that the floor is structurally sound and does not have…

ANSWER – Labor costs, exchange rates, quality of product, and business practices of your supplier of tile are all functions of what price it will sell for. First, determine quality by requesting data sheets…

ANSWER – You can install ceramic tile or stone outside in a freeze thaw climatic condition if you use the appropriate tile.

First, the ceramic tile or stone can’t have an absorption rate greater…

ANSWER – If the absorption of your tile is 3% or less it is considered frost proof.  Normally that is only an issue if it is an exterior application because if the tile is…

ANSWER – You are asking a very big question that would take a lot of investigation. I’ll give you a few comments to help put it into perspective, but ultimately you will have to…

ANSWER – Porcelain tile is a dense clay mixture that provides a very dense body tile.  It is considered an impervious body which means its absorption is less than 0.5%.  As in all things…

ANSWER – The breaking strength minimum industry requirement for ceramic tile is a laboratory test of what is mostly an unsupported tile and isn’t directly meaningful in terms of determining what kind of dead and…

ANSWER – All floor tiles can be used on walls.  But not all walls tiles can be used on floors.  The shear bond strength of the thin-set mortar that you use to bond the tile to…

ANSWER – I assume you are referring to a rectangle tile. These tiles tend to be installed in a off-set pattern so the tiles are stagger from each other.

ANSI A108.02-4.3 does state that tiles that…