patterns using ceramic tile

• ceramic tile walls, and floors, consist of several interdependent components:

• substrate: gypsum board, plywood, cementitious backer board

• tile• mortar• grout: cement based, epoxy based, silicone rubber• the success of a tile installation depends on the

appropriate selection of each of these.

• there are five basic types of ceramic tile:• wall tiles: typically glazed• ceramic mosaic: usually 1/4" to 3/8"• quarry tiles: made of natural clay or crushed

shale• paver tiles: usually unglazed porcelain or natural

clay• special purpose tiles

• there are two basic steps in tile installation:

• setting: fixes tile to the substrate using mortar or adhesive

• grouting: fills in the spaces between tiles binding them into a continuous surface

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glass tiles

Bisazza Glass Tiles

• FOUNDED IN 1956, BISAZZA LEAD THE WORLD IN CREATING THE MOST INNOVATIVE GLASS MOSAIC PRODUCTS. FROM ITS BEGINNINGS AS A LOCAL BUSINESS CARRYING ON THE TRADITION OF THE FIRST ITALIAN ARTS-AND-CRAFTS INDUSTRIES

• OVER THE YEARS, THE COMPANY HAS ALWAYS PURSUED A DUAL OBJECTIVE:

• THE PRESERVATION AND REDISCOVERY OF THE PROCESSES AND TECHNIQUES TYPIFYING THE VENETIAN MOSAIC TRADITION, AND CONSTANT TECHNOLOGICAL RENEWAL.

• BISAZZA IS HEADQUARTERED AT ALTE, IN THE NORTHERN ITALIAN PROVINCE OF VICENZA

• THE COMPANY HAS THREE OTHER PRODUCTION FACILITIES AND EIGHT BRANCHES IN AUSTRALIA, FRANCE, HONG KONG, INDIA, THE PHILIPPINES, SPAIN, THE UK AND THE USA.

• one of the largest tile companies today is daltile

• their web site is:

• www.daltile.com/