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Porcelain Tile
Porcelain tile is one of the most durable that you could get for your tile flooring in Irvine. It’s sometimes compared to ceramic tile, but it’s a lot more dense making it a lot stronger.
The way porcelain tile gets so durable is because of the way that it is actually created, which is called the process of glazing. This is where the actual tile is heated up to about 2,500 degrees, and is how it attains its waterproof capabilities (ceramic tile is also glazed, but it only is heated to about 2,000 degrees).
Porcelain tile for your bathroom flooring is a perfect choice, especially if you have a lot of traffic in your bathroom area. If you have noticed, a lot of homeowners in Irvine have porcelain tile outside of their homes, such as in their walkways near doors.
They do this because this particular type of tile is so waterproof that it can stand up to outside conditions. That being said, when you put it in your bathroom, you can be sure that you have tile that is going to last you for years and years, even if your family utilizes the shower and other things in the bathroom multiple times a day.
Ceramic Tile
If you are trying to stay within a budget when asking us to install your tile flooring in Irvine, California, then you may need to consider how much bathroom space that you have when trying to decide between porcelain and ceramic tile flooring. Although both of them come in lots of styles (including many of the Asian-influenced ones that many of the citizens of Irvine find attractive), ceramic tile is considerably less expensive than porcelain.
Therefore, if you have a lot of bathroom floor to cover with new tile, then it will be many times more cost efficient for you to go with ceramic tile than porcelain, even though it’s not as dense.
Other than being less costly, ceramic is also more porous than porcelain is, meaning that it could never stand up to outside weather like porcelain. But, if your bathroom is only moderately used by a small family, then ceramic is a beautiful tile flooring that you could use for years and years.
It’s important to specify to us when we do your free estimate how many people will be utilizing the bathroom on a regular basis, so that you can make a smart decision when it comes to choosing between porcelain and ceramic tile flooring.
Subway Tile
Subway tile flooring is one of the most beautiful that you can get during your ceramic tile installation in Irvine, California. If you’re a hard-working professional and/or a busy family mom or dad, you probably don’t have so much time on a regular basis to do a lot of cleaning and maintenance.
If that’s the case, as it is with many of the homeowners in Irvine, then subway tile will be perfect for you because it’s some of the easiest bathroom tile flooring to clean. Many of the residents of the city of Irvine happen to have Asian tastes when it comes to their tile, and our reputable and experienced bathroom contractors at Irvine Bathroom Remodeling can help you find exactly the kind that you want for your bathroom renovation.
For example, the right combinations can render wonderful designs, like if you have a big space covered with master white asian tile (such as if you used it immediately around your shower area) then outside of that we could install block designs of light and dark mosaic subway tile. This is just a suggestion, but there are hundreds of different combinations to choose from and/or be created.
Natural Stone
When many of the homeowners in the area are trying to decide on tile flooring around Irvine, California, they will go with natural stone tile. Some people will not only use it in their showers, but also along the walls and all over their bathroom floor, which gives a beautiful rustic look to the entire space.
When it’s used on the floor, natural stone is one of the most durable and long-lasting types of tile flooring that you could choose, and it’s also easy to maintain and keep clean. There are of course many types of natural stone flooring, and one of the most popular is beautiful marble. Many homeowners also gravitate towards granite, travertine, limestone, or slate bathroom tile flooring in Irvine, California.
In this area, we’ve seen over the years that many homeowners are fans of Asian Pebble style tile flooring, and always ask us if we have experience as bathroom contractors with laying it down during renovations. We also get asked whether or not we can sometimes help them find a certain type or color of natural stone, being that they can be very hard to find. Granite tile flooring, for example, can occasionally be difficult to locate, being that it is a uniquely made stone by nature, and one of a kind.
Vinyl
Sometimes, especially in an area that is warm most of the year like Irvine, homeowners will choose vinyl style flooring, more specifically Wood Plastic Composite. This is also referred to as WPC, and is a luxury vinyl tile that comes in many styles and colors.
With Irvine being such a diverse area with many aspects of Asian culture in the community, this popular tile is one of the most requested by homeowners looking for us to do installations here, being that beautifully crafted Asian themed luxury vinyl bathroom tile is carried by many of the local outlets and is not hard to find. Still, you should know that WPC vinyl tile is much more comfortable to walk on, being that it has a very strong long-lasting foam middle layer.
You could go with Stone Plastic Composite tile (which is also referred to as SPC vinyl flooring), and it is more durable than WPC. But, it’s not as comfortable to walk on (especially without shoes on), being that it doesn’t have a buoyant middle layer, and also has a tendency to become cold to the touch. This is much different than WPC luxury vinyl tile flooring, which will adopt the temperature that you keep your household.
