Different Types of Wall Tiles

Wall tiles and Floor tiles


The walls of your house are a blank canvas; you can make wall tiles your paint. You can add warmth and
texture with natural stone mosaics or bring glamour to your walls with reflective wall tiles or high-end
marble. The options are endless but the top 6 types of wall tiles are:

CERAMIC

Ceramic tiles are just thin fragments of clay, camouflaged with a glaze and fired to create a surface that is
highly waterproof, serviceable, and stain-resistant and usually with a pattern or color on the face. The
surface may be textured or smooth.

CORK

Cork tiles are manufactured by cutting pressed layers of a cork tree’s bark to create thin panels. Their
surface is warm, but it stains easily and is not easily cleaned unless it is scaled. These wall tiles can
adhere to the wall with contact adhesive or cork tile adhesive, which makes them comparatively easy to
stick but almost impossible to remove later.

METALLIC

Metallic tiles are manufactured from thin sheets of metal. These wall tiles can adhere with an adhesive or
double-sided self-adhesive pad. They can be bent or cut to shape with scissors while for the tougher ones,
tin snips may be needed. In addition, the effect of metallic tiles may be overprinted with an individual
design or a pattern.

MIRROR

Mirror tiles are basically silvered glass. Most are clear glass, but you have options of bronze, silver, or
smoke-grey finish. They are mostly utilized for embellishing the backs of alcoves and identical small
areas. These wall tiles adhere with tiny double-sided self-adhesive pads.

BRICK AND STONE

Brick and stone tiles are basically the reproduction of real brick and stone and are man-made. Some are
actually slivers of brick or wafer-thin fragments of pressed stone aggregate. Most types of wall tiles
adhere with special adhesive. A huge range of shapes, colors, and sizes is available.

MOSAICS

Mosaics are small fragments of ceramic tile, mostly square, though circular and interlocking shapes are
also available. The gaps between the fragments of mosaic can be filled with grout. Although the grouting
may gradually stain, the surface of the mosaics is easy to clean and hard-wearing.

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