PRODUCTS

Our extensive selection of products includes manufacturers like Ascot, Dal-Tile/American Olean, Imolagres, Gambarelli, Laufen, Porcelanosa, Refin, Revigres, Saicis and Valverde just to name a few.

Forget the depot centers which offer limited selection and pretend to give you low prices. Come to the real discount center where everyone from the do-it-yourselfer to the professional tile-setter will find what they need for their projects.
Ceramic Tile
Versatile and infinitely varied in color, shape, texture and size. Available with a matte or gloss surface and priced to meet every budget. It's fired at high temperatures to produce a tough, heatproof, reliable, and long-lasting surface.

Maintenance: It generally requires little maintenance other than regular wiping or mopping to keep it looking at its best for many years. For best results, use warm water with a non-abrasive household cleaner. Bleach is not recommended to remove tough stains as it may pull the color out of colored grouts. Try hydrogen peroxide, nail polish remover or a very weak solution of ammonia instead.
   
Porcelain Tile
Made from refined clays and fired at extremely high temperatures, porcelain is particularly tough. Due to the extremely dense nature of the product, it offers one of the highest breaking strength of all materials available. It is essentially non-porous making it almost impossible to stain. Available as a "through-porcelain" with the same color throughout or as "glazed porcelain tiles." Suited for both indoor and outdoor applications on walls, floors or counters.

Maintenance: Regular sweeping and damp-mopping with warm water is generally sufficient to keep it looking great. Do not apply any type of top finish or wax as they will change the appearance of the tile, make the surface shinier, decrease slip resistance, and increase maintenance requirements.
   

Granite

Travertine - Versailles pattern

Slate - available gauged and ungauged
Natural Stone
Quarried from blocks of granite, marble, limestone, state, or other rocks. Available polished (the smoothest stone finish, highly reflective and able to reflect light) and honed (which has been ground flat creating a smooth finish but not as shiny as polished). Everywhere it is found, natural stone expresses solidity, permanence, the power of nature and a sense of nobility ---a combination possessed by no other organic building material.

GRANITE is the hardest and least porous of all the stones. It is heat and waterproof and nearly impossible to scratch making it ideal for kitchen countertops. It is the best known of the igneous rocks, formed when the Earth's molten crust cooled, over 500 million years ago.

MARBLE is still the favorite of all the natural stones characterized by delicate veining and refined nature. Marble is metamorphosed, re-crystallized limestone. To be able to be classified as a marble, a stone must be able to take a polish. Pressure and intense heat through millions of years give it hardness and durability for long wear.

TRAVERTINE is marble that is distinguished by a layered structure with pores, cavities, sand holes, voids, veins and lines of separation giving an open texture when left unfilled. These characteristics are not to be considered defects but rather appreciated as part of this natural stone that is frequently quarried near natural springs.

LIMESTONE is a sedimentary rock composed mainly of calcium carbonate and having an organic appearance and subtle coloration. Like sandstone, limestone is formed by the compression of layers of mud and fossils in old sea and riverbeds, thus it can often be found containing remains of shells and fossils.

SANDSTONE has a high silica content, which gives it its sparkle. Like limestone, it is a sedimentary rock and considered a "soft" stone in relation to granite and marble.

SLATE splits into layers, which work well for slip-resistance. Under pressure for millions of years, clay rich rocks metamorphose to form slate.

Maintenance: all natural stone must be sealed in order to protect it. The "soft" stones -- limestone, slate, soapstone and sandstone -- tend to stain easier and thus require frequent resealing. An impregnator sealer, which allows the stone to breathe, works best. Acids, alcohol and harsh chemicals will leave a stain or etch the surface on all natural stones except granite, so care should be taken when handling these. The best way to keep natural stone looking its best is to sweep it regularly and mop it as needed with warm water and a mild, non-abrasive stone cleaner.

 
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