patterns using ceramic tile

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patterns using ceramic tile
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• 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.

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• 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

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• 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
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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

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• one of the largest tile companies today is
  daltile
• their web site is
• www.daltile.com/

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