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tile. Tile offers many attractive incentives for your home, including its strength, ease of care, and natural, handmade look. It is resistant to dirt and water as well and you can pretty much create any design you want; tile can e cut to make all kinds of patterns and comes in a wide range of colors.

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There are a few important factors to consider as well when you are picking Tile Virginia Beach. It has to e the right te!ture and dura ility for the area you plan to install it. "or e!ample, e!terior doorways need hard, anti a rasion waterproof tile so wet oots, furniture coming through the door and other #life related challenges$ won$t damage it. If you$re going to tile a shower, you will want slip resistant tile so you don$t in%ure yourself. This type of tile is scored y a rough material to raise its &oefficient of "riction '&("), a num er ranging from *-+ where the larger the num er is, the etter it grips. If you can find num ers on the tile, non-slip tile is officially classified as having a &(" of *., to +.*. -lso check to see if the tile you plan to uy is rated for interior, e!terior, or allpurpose use. "loor tiles range in si.e from a out +, square inches to /0, square inches, or 12 ! 12 to 312 ! 31,2 though it can also e found in other shapes like he!agons and octagons. 4all tiles are smaller and thinner etween 52 y 52 and 02 y 02 with 6osaic tiles 32 y 32 or smaller. 6osaic tiles can either e laid individually or ought in sheets with pre-laid patterns. - custom mosaic can e stunningly eautiful, ut if you are going to get one put in individually, it will e a lot of work to do yourself. Tile is y nature a hard material, ut the hardness varies and is rated on a scale y the 7orcelain 8namel Institute. The 78I rating system works as follows9 :roup I ;ight Traffic9 Bathrooms, are feet or socks :roup II 6edium Traffic9 :roup III 6edium-<eavy Traffic9 -ny home interior :roup IV <eavy Traffic9 <ome or medium traffic commercial flooring :roup V 8!tra-<eavy Traffic9 6ulti use, can e installed for any traffic These details are not so important that you should spend sleepless nights de ating :roup II vs. :roup III, ut are useful to take into consideration. 4hat should e given an appropriate amount of consideration is the water a sorption percentage. This is a very important piece of information ecause kitchens, aths, and outdoor tiles need to e immune to moisture. 4ater seeping into e!terior tiles, 'especially here in Virginia Beach where the water can free.e and thaw repeatedly) can crack the tiles over time due to e!panding and

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