Granite vs Vitrified Glazed tiles

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malhotraraul said:
Tiles are very time consuming to maintain every fortnight, whereas granite can be left even for more than a year & its still in same condition.
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Granite has natural pores which are filled up with an epoxy. Also, it has an artificial layer of protection on its polished side, without which it can easily be spoiled. Natural stones need more care than the vitrified/glazed tiles.

Comparison of tiles with granite/marble (natural stone) is akin to comparing artificial wood (plywood etc) with natural wood.
 
Unless whatever surface you use can withstand a diluted acid solution don't bother with it.

Marble cannot. Some vitrifed tiles can. That is how you maintain them to an almost original state. A painter suggested this on a balcony and there was no damage and the tiles came back as good as new. I think the name was Spartax.
 
gauravH said:
Granite has natural pores which are filled up with an epoxy. Also, it has an artificial layer of protection on its polished side, without which it can easily be spoiled. Natural stones need more care than the vitrified/glazed tiles.

Comparison of tiles with granite/marble (natural stone) is akin to comparing artificial wood (plywood etc) with natural wood.
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Epoxy are used in Joints.

There are different types of granites & there is a natural process for the formation of the same, the un processed ones needs treating.

Its made with the compression of the earths mass hence the fully naturally processed does not need any filling, the dense once dont need any filling, depends on the porosity, else one can go for artificial korean stones.

& yes the polishing is required to finish the rough epoxy joints.
 
malhotraraul said:
Did I say anything about polishing ?
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""& a personal question .......... are you polishing it yourself ? ""

What does it mean ?:angelic:[DOUBLEPOST=1373616111][/DOUBLEPOST]Just got back from Kajaria Showroom, their sales rep picked me and also dropped me back to my home :D

I find rates of them to be ok, i had chosen the following tiles, the white one for room, second square one for balcony and that pattern for bathroom :)

The white one cost 135 sq.ft, and for balcony one is 125 sq.ft, i forgot the rates of bathrom :(

They had asked me to make the installation with spacer, and then fill the spacer with color grout.

Any comments :D ?

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^^ These are jointless tiles... supposed to be installed without spacer. Some people like a grouted line in-between tiles while some people do it for hiding manufacturing defects. That guy is asking you to pay extra for jointless tiles and then use it like normal tiles? Either you don't have a good installer in your area or the tiles are not from a good batch (broken edges/corners, color mismatch etc). If you can't find a skilled installer then only go for a spacer.

Jointless tiles give you the illusion of a wallpaper... seamless design. Didn't you check the sample pictures in Kajaria catalogs? And why would someone use a spacer in digital tiles?
 
gauravH said:
^^ These are jointless tiles... supposed to be installed without spacer. Some people like a grouted line in-between tiles while some people do it for hiding manufacturing defects. That guy is asking you to pay extra for jointless tiles and then use it like normal tiles? Either you don't have a good installer in your area or the tiles are not from a good batch (broken edges/corners, color mismatch etc). If you can't find a skilled installer then only go for a spacer.

Jointless tiles give you the illusion of a wallpaper... seamless design. Didn't you check the sample pictures in Kajaria catalogs? And why would someone use a spacer in digital tiles?
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Interesting, given he has no choice the shop he went to can charge what they want for whatever they sell.
 
gauravH said:
^^ These are jointless tiles... supposed to be installed without spacer. Some people like a grouted line in-between tiles while some people do it for hiding manufacturing defects. That guy is asking you to pay extra for jointless tiles and then use it like normal tiles? Either you don't have a good installer in your area or the tiles are not from a good batch (broken edges/corners, color mismatch etc). If you can't find a skilled installer then only go for a spacer.

Jointless tiles give you the illusion of a wallpaper... seamless design. Didn't you check the sample pictures in Kajaria catalogs? And why would someone use a spacer in digital tiles?
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Bro i had chosen the following tile, http://www.kajariaceramics.com/index.php?option=com_catalog&view=product&Itemid=12&id=14007

In laying instruction,It also recommend using 2-5mm spacer, also without using spacer the joint between two tiles turns to be black due to dust deposit. Even their demo pictures shows grout :D, i am planning to go for contrasting grout, something like gray color one :).

Also can anyone please go to his local kajari shop, and ask the price of the same tiles, after bargaining little over the phone, he told me that it will cost Rs. 130 per sq.ft :D

Also with white floor, i think dark color wall paint with metallic finish will look good :D, any comment on it ?

Demo as per catalogue

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^^ actually, the tiles in that picture will look good only with some grouting, why? because it's not a seamless design.

I am sure that these tiles will be costlier at my place... almost everything is costly here in Gurgaon.

White floor with dark walls? Are you planning to have any focus wall in your room? What's the layout of your room? Location of entrance, windows and the major stuff (TV etc)?
 
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^^ actually, the tiles in that picture will look good only with some grouting, why? because it's not a seamless design.

I am sure that these tiles will be costlier at my place... almost everything is costly here in Gurgaon.

White floor with dark walls? Are you planning to have any focus wall in your room? What's the layout of your room? Location of entrance, windows and the major stuff (TV etc)?
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This is my room plan , also what do mean by focus wall , i do have poor knowledge about all these things:(

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So, you don't have any partition or wall between the bed and that row of seating? Is it your entertainment room + personal bedroom?

Focus wall or feature can be any wall in the room which meets any of the following criteria:
1) the wall that you see/face while entering the room
2) the wall that you decorate with your trophies, pictures, etc., usually around the TV...
3) any wall that has something to attract visitors' eyes... it could be your huge TV set or a bookshelf.

I don't remember if these rules are set by me or I just improvised the existing ones for my own use ;)

Usually, people paint this feature wall in dark color; so that it gets "highlighted". Ideally, you shouldn't have a door or window on this wall as that would destroy the completeness of the wall (it'll not be a perfect rectangle). You can clearly see which one is the focus wall in your drawing, and you can paint it dark. If your room has more minimalistic design elements then you can paint all four walls in dark shade; if not then it would make your room look smaller or overpowering the stuff it contains. Basically, dark walls will take away the focus from your projector/LED TV :p

In a bedroom, two opposing walls can be painted in dark shades. Again, these walls should be complete rectangles without any cutouts. If you don't have any complete wall in the bedroom, use same shade on all the walls. Rule of facing wall upon entrance etc doesn't apply to a personal bedroom it's not meant for visitors :D
 
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^ yeah its my entertainment room + bedroom :D + working room (you can see chairs facing the road :P) . I had just got two wall (the two longest wall you can see), front wall gets glass setup till 9 feet, and back wall gets a big glass window.

So i m left with only 2 wall, i think i should focus on the long wall :)
 
long wall directly opposite the entrance?

I liked that working area... wanted to have that setup in my house as every family member is a computer user these days.
 
Vitrified tiles come in both glazed and matte finish. It is difficult to get glased vitrified tiles without any lippage (uneven edges at tile joints) across the entire floor if you fixing without any spacer and pretty much impossible in case of matte finish tiles. Neither IS 15622 or ISO 13008 specify a finish completely free of lippage and the standards also allow for spacers of various sizes depending on the size of the time.
Consequently, all manufacturers (Johnson, Kajaria, Nitco etc) recommend providing spacer even for their "premium" quality tiles (2mm spacer for 600 x 600 mm is a good bet). So, I don't know if there is anything like truly seamless jointfree vitrified tiles - at least I've never seen any yet.
In general light colour vitrified tiles look pretty good with dark colour grout in the spacers. Putting light colour grout will give more of a seamless appearance but will lead to dull/dirty appearance in the joints after a while do to gradual accumulation of dust.

As far as granite vs vitrified tiles, I would recommend
- darker shade granite for stairs/passages with thin strip of contrasting colour granite on both sides
- light colour glazed vitrified tiles in the rooms

Also I think you could consider including a mid-size cupboard in the room.
 
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just paid for kajaria tiles, will be coming on monday :D :D , releived now :X:X

Thx all for your suggestions and recommendations :):)

and yeah, there will be a cupboard on right side of the bed :P
 
Being smart, sorry for pushing up.

I am in with vitrified tiles from kajaria. Not yet chosen design.
Granites for staircases and common areas are already in place.

Guys, how about chettinaad tiles. Any idea. Looks good and also clay. Kindly let me know the pros and cons.
 
Interestingly, met some one in Mumbai who does digital printing of a photo quality on tiles now! Wood and glass as well, some of their work was mind blowing.
 
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