Browse Forums Bathrooms and Laundry Re: Slip resistance and bathroom tiles 5Jul 03, 2014 9:17 am Custom downslope build Build thread viewtopic.php?f=31&t=61873 Blog http://www.buildingroyalmanor.blogspot.com.au Re: Slip resistance and bathroom tiles 13Jul 08, 2014 8:18 pm Custom downslope build Build thread viewtopic.php?f=31&t=61873 Blog http://www.buildingroyalmanor.blogspot.com.au Re: Slip resistance and bathroom tiles 17Jul 10, 2014 10:05 am Hi there Yes you can go for a tile with a slip rating to ensure a greater lever of grip but the trade of is the cleaning - or more the ease of cleaning. We always recommend to our clients glazed tiles, not matt vitrified tiles. When i say glaze this does not mean shinny, glazes can also be in a satin finish. They are much easier to clean and secondly and so so importantly can hide a lot more as with glazed tiles we can introduce movement /pattern in the tile. Yes it is important to go for a tile that's easy to clean but just as important go for a tile that you don't have to clean so often.....It doesn't matter if it is a dark or light coloured tile, if it is a plain solid colour it shows everything. Take a good quality glazed porcelain that lets say looks like a travertine/stone. With digital printing the tile has amazing detail and various from tile to tile like the real stone. Unlike the real stone it needs no sealing and maintenance but the big benefit is the movements hides so so much. Yes you need to clean tiles of course, but you don't need to be a slave to the ones that show every little thing. You also have to balance up the look you want to achieve. If you want some thing plain and solid well the trade off is how often you need to clean it. A note on the lapato tiles ...very nice material use it regularly in projects for bathrooms. Cheers Re: Slip resistance and bathroom tiles 18Oct 24, 2014 8:37 am There is an indoor tile that I like, that is whitish and R10. It has some texture that you can feel when you run your hand across it (but small texture, not like an external tile). From this discussion some people argue against higher slip resistance on the grounds of more difficult to clean. How much extra difficult to clean? We don't use old fashioned soap, instead we use shower gel (lotion), and also shampoo. Does that reduce the cleaning problem? Also, we use a cleaning service (as our choice is we'd rather pay for cleaning) so the cleaner, presumably more experienced at cleaning showers, would do the work. My view is that if the shower floor tile doesn't provide grip that gives me confidence that I won't slip even when it is wet, there is shower gel on it, and even if my eyes are closed while shampooing--then I would put a shower mat designed for grip on the shower floor. Under these circumstances, would you recommend against this bathroom tile because it is R10 rated (and would therefore be difficult to clean)? Would someone (even me) be foolish to install R10 bathroom tiles because I will be frustrated later with cleaning difficulties? For our other bathroom, we are looking a lappato finish tile, for which the retailer has no slip resistance rating. In general, I would like all tile intended to be used on shower floors to be slip resistance rated. Why not? Give the consumer the accurate information, rather than we all just speculate. Also, why not a "cleaning difficulty" measure, which, though imperfect, at least gives us an objective comparison. A related issue is our bathroom designer loves a tile that has slate stone look. He says it would give you "more of a hug" when you enter the bathroom, as opposed to the plainer white. I've also heard that neutral, quiet is better for permanent features such as flooring, as we're stuck with that for years, and you can always add pizzazz with changeable stuff like brightly colored towels (just an example!). This argument is that people tire of loud permanent looks, such as loud flooring that can't be changed, so any loud bits should be changeable. While the slate tile seems loud to me, he says it's not really loud but would still be considered neutral. Re: Slip resistance and bathroom tiles 19Oct 25, 2014 10:56 am Okay, I have a sample of an R10 (slip resistance rating) tile, which is textured and relatively high slip resistance. Let's get some science into this! I guess the best way to test it is to just pour some shampoo on it, let the shampoo dry, and try to clean the tile with a wet rag. Then same for shower gel. (Can you think of a better test?) Re: Slip resistance and bathroom tiles 20Oct 27, 2014 10:11 am Glazed R10 tiles should be fine but matt finish may cause some cleaning issues. The most problems we see is people cleaning there tiles with dirty water as all they are doing is spreading the dirt around. In a shower cubicle we see them holding up a lot better but outside the shower is where the problem ******. My suggestion clean with clean water and dry asap this will take away the dirt. If you want to test a sample tile just drop some red cordial on the surface and see if it stains. I recently went through a similar renovation and move scenario when updating our family home. We also swapped some rooms around and tackled a major… 2 10031 Firstly the ableflex that has been installed needs (manufactures specification) a sealant cap over the top, preventing water draining down between the slab and the… 3 7776 Render your bathroom walls, two opinions versus the one, makes you wonder. 3 6057 |