If you're pressed for time, you can even make your selection and purchase online! You can use either depending on your taste preference. For walls, gloss tiles have a shinier, reflective surface whereas matt finish can be defined as flat or more non-reflective. It's worth noting that gloss tiles offer a slightly smoother surface so wipe down well and also create light and the illusion of space.
Alternatively, t he benefit of matt tiles on walls is that they better conceal smudges, stains and dried water droplets. A more non-slip matt finish that achieves an R10 slip rating is the perfect choice.
An R10 tile is still non-slip but is also easily cleanable. We stock many R10 finish tiles suitable for your internal wet areas. Gloss tiles can make even the smallest of rooms appear larger. The outcome is similar to that of adding a mirror to a room. The light reflection opens up the space, and tricks the eye into making the room appear wider and more open than it actually is. As a result, gloss tiles are an excellent design choice for bathrooms that are typically smaller and narrower.
If you are keen to achieve a natural or rustic decor, matt tiles are the way forward. With a variety of stone, wood and cement effect tiles available, the warm, natural and earthy tones all contribute to the rustic effect.
For those seeking a calming environment, matt tiles create a great place to relax and unwind. Lower grades have more veining and inclusions which can increase the risk of damage.
What you do with it is just as important. Some glass titles will trap moisture behind them, even within a few uses.
This moisture will be visible, making your shower look bad and constantly dirty. Choosing smaller glass tiles will eliminate this problem. Adding a feature wall to a shower will add personality and interest to the look of your bathroom. To achieve this, simply choose a second tile option for the wall.
Many people do this with the largest wall or the back wall in the shower, giving the most impact. You can also do a mosaic on the accent wall. To keep the space from being too busy, keep the border and the rest of the walls rather neutral. Or, if you want something a little more subtle, try mixing up the pattern of the tile.
For example, instead of a horizontal pattern, like on the rest of the walls, make the pattern on the feature wall diagonal. If you like the look of small mosaic tiles but hate the thought of cleaning , you may want to reconsider what tile you put on your shower walls. Small tiles mean more grout lines… which means more cleaning.
And the more narrow those grout lines are, the harder it is to clean. Any of these tiles are dense enough to be used on the shower walls or shower base…… with conditions. Marble tiles are by far the most popular natural stone tiles chosen for the bathroom and shower.
They are also both made from carbonate rock so they are very sensitive to acids of all kinds. It means that they must be sealed with a good stone sealer!
Because these stones are relatively soft, it also means that they can wear unpredictably over time. It can also mean that the color and finish of marble tiles and travertine tiles can be altered or damaged with exposure to acids or organic stains. This damage can be mitigated but not eliminated by regular maintenance. If you install either marble tiles or travertine tiles in your shower, you should thoroughly clean and dry out your shower a couple of times a year to apply a new coat of stone sealer.
Even if you do seal these tiles regularly, you must be ok with the possibility of damage from soaps and other personal care liquids that may pool on the stone surface. Many of these liquids are acidic enough to damage the finish, or cause staining on marble or travertine tile. And if you are unlucky enough to use a some of the many household cleaners that are not suitable for travertine and marble, you may end up damaging the surface instead of cleaning it. It is also fairly easy to chip, scratch or mark their surface permanently.
All it takes is to drop something solid, sharp or heavy near the edge of one of these tiles to cause a chip or compression mark. After all that, I still love the look of a marble tile shower…… just not quite enough to install it in my own shower. A bit too much work for me. Granite tiles are extremely dense so they can be used anywhere in your shower.
They are also pretty much worry free when it comes to cleaning and maintenance. I regularly see the advice that granite needs to be sealed regularly, much like marble. To clean granite, you simply have to remove or bleach out the material in the fissures. Oxi-Clean powder dissolved in water and sprayed on the surface, works great for this purpose. Let it rest for about 10 minutes and then wipe clean with a good microfiber rag also works great for grout lines.
Pebble stone tile shower floors are very unique and compelling but there are some risks associated with them. This type of mosaic tile is most often made out of granite pebbles glued to a mesh sheet or matt, but they can also be made out of small marble, travertine or sandstone pebbles. If the pebbles in the mosaic matt are granite then these tiles do not need to be sealed, unless you are using a unsealed cementitious grout. In this case the grout would obviously need to be sealed.
If the pebble mosaic tiles are made of sedimentary rock, then they would definitely need to be sealed the same as you would for marble tiles and travertine tiles. Installing these pebble mosaic tile sheets in the shower can also be a problem if the mesh sheet that the pebbles are mounted on is not rated for use in the shower. Most of these mosaic pebble tile matts are specifically made for installation on the base of the shower however, I am aware of some cheaper products out there using paper based matts and inferior glues.
Because this is a risk you cannot afford, you should be sure to ask for the specs on any mosaic tile sheet product you intend to buy and install in your shower. Because these tiles are composed of small pebbles, they share the same disadvantage of all small mosaic tiles when it comes to installing them on a foam shower base. As I talked about in my shower tiling post, the downward pressure applied from someone walking on larger format tiles is distributed across the entire tile.
On a mosaic tile, this same downward force is focussed on an individual tile or a small group of tiles making the point source pressure extremely high. This can be a problem with foam shower bases because they can be damaged by point source compression. The cement coated foam shower bases being a possible exception to this rule. See my Shower Tile Installation post for more info about mosaic tile installation.
If you have thought about using these quartz tiles in your shower remodel, here are a few things to keep in mind. Installation of these tiles is very similar to any other natural stone tile and their maintenance is quite similar to that of granite tiles.
Quartz tiles are not quite as hard as natural granite but this difference is not really important when it comes to installing them in the shower. Both quartz and granite are very hard and essentially non porous. This makes it super easy to clean. Granite is made from naturally forming quartz crystals, so it has dents and fissures in its surface which can trap dirt and bacteria. There are a lot of them around and I have used about a dozen different brands to seal stone tiles and regular cementitious grout.
As I said earlier, porcelain tiles are significantly more dense than ceramic tiles. It is for this reason that I believe that porcelain tiles are the best choice for your shower base. But there are also a few other things you should consider before choosing your shower base tile. One such consideration is tile size. Depending on your choice of shower bases this could be an important restriction.
The size of the tile you choose depends on the shower base you installed in your shower remodel. They recommend instead that a mortar base shower pan should be installed if you plan to use mosaics for your shower floor tile. This means that the foam base might compress slightly when someone is standing on these tiles because they are too small to adequately distribute the weight. After all, these bases are made out of foam so they are quite easy to damage.
See my shower waterproofing membrane post for more information about compression risk and other important considerations if you plan to install a mosaic tile shower floor on a tile ready foam shower base. The problem with these mosaic tiles is that the matte is sometimes made of paper and a light duty glue, which basically dissolves when exposed to water. This type of mosaic tile sheet is designed for decorative tiling applications like kitchen backsplash tile.
That means that you should absolutely NEVER install these particular mosaic tile matts in any shower or tub surround. If you decide to take a chance and install these in your shower, you will inevitably experience tile delaminations as the tiles disconnects from the paper matte and pop off your shower wall or shower base. You do not need to take this kind of risk because there are plenty of mosaic tile sheets that are designed for showers. These are manufactured with fiber matts and waterproof glue.
The problem is that the slope is not linear towards the drain….. This can cause big tile lippage problems with larger tiles. The 12 x 24 tiles large format are a popular choice because they are often used for the main bathroom floor area and many people are intent on maintaining the continuity between the bathroom floor tile and the shower floor tile. The only way to solve the tile lippage problem in the shower with these large format tiles is to lay them adjacent to each other from the wall towards the drain, tapering the cuts diagonally and smaller as you approach the drain.
This results in eight intersecting flat planes leading to a square drain see image below.
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