QUESTION

Why is my Ceramic Tile Chipping? - We have installed a new ceramic tile in auto showroom and it is chipping. Is there a standard with a test for determining if the ceramic tile is chip resistant?

ANSWER

ANSWER - Chipping of ceramic tile can be caused by various conditions and for compounding reasons. Maybe the ceramic tile isn't very chip resistant.

Although there is not a specific standard test for chip resistance of ceramic tile, there are tests that can be performed that would suggest whether the ceramic tile is chip resistance or not based on certain physical properties of the ceramic tile.

Although the new large thin panel tiles are developing a test to determine if the tiles are chip for fracture resistant when something is dropped on them.

Chipping can also be the result of the tile having excessive lippage in how the ceramic tile was installed and due to what it might be subjected to during its use such as certain types of chairs, carts and equipment.