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Home Construction Basics Tilework of Ceramic Tile
| Tilework of Ceramic Tile |
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Decorative ceramic tiles were widely used during the period of the Medieval Islamic Architecture from Persia to Spain and was extended up to the period of the contemporary architecture. Ceramic Tiles are classified into: 1. Glazed tiles - are principally used for walls and light duty floors. 2. Unglazed tiles - are hard dense and homogeneous composition, primarily used for floors and walls. Various Types of Tiles: 1. Porcelain tiles - are made from the pressed dust processed into fine smooth dense and shapely formed face. 2. Natural clay tiles - are made from either the pressed method or the plastic method from dust clay that produce a dense body with distinctive slightly textured appearance. 3. Ceramic mosaic tiles - are mounted on 30 cm. x 30 cm. paper as binder of the tiles to facilitates its laying or setting. 4. Quarry tiles - are made from through the plastic extraction process from natural clay or shale. 5. Faience mosaic tiles - are tiles less than 15 square centimeters in facial form. 6. Special purpose ceramic tiles: a. Non-slip tiles b. Ship or gallery c. Frost proof tiles d. Conductive tiles
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