What Are Tiles?
Tiles are usually thin, square, or rectangular coverings manufactured from hard-wearing material such as ceramic, stone, metal, baked clay, or even glass. They are generally fixed in place in an array to cover roofs, floors, walls, edges, or other objects such as tabletops. Alternatively, tile can sometimes refer to similar units made from lightweight materials such as perlite, wood, and mineral wool, typically used for wall and ceiling applications. In another sense, a tile is a construction tile or similar object, such as rectangular counters used in playing games (see tile-based game). The word is derived from the French word tuile, which is, in turn, from the Latin word tegula, meaning a roof tile composed of fired clay.
Tiles are often used to form wall and floor coverings and can range from simple square tiles to complex mosaics. Tiles are most often made of ceramic, typically glazed for internal uses and unglazed for roofing, but other materials are also commonly used, such as glass, cork, concrete and other composite materials, and stone. Tiling stone is typically marble, onyx, granite, or slate. Thinner tiles can be used on walls than on floors, which require more durable surfaces that will resist impacts.
Cheap Tiles in South Africa?
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Tile store
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- Tile Africa Homexpress Silverton
Flooring Tiles Store
Pretoria, South Africa · +27 12 803 4910
- King Of Tiles
Tile store
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- Tile Africa Woodmead
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- Tile Africa Springfield
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Durban, South Africa · +27 31 263 0209
- Cas Tiles
Tile store
Durban, South Africa · +27 31 579 555
- Union Tiles Tshwane
Tile store
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- Malls Tiles Durban
Tile store
Durban, South Africa · +27 31 207 6451
- Tile Africa Home Express Lenasia
Tile store
Lenasia, South Africa · +27 11 854 2144
- Tile Africa Southgate
· Flooring store
Johannesburg South, South Africa · +27 10 440 0179
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- Johnson Tiles (Pty) Ltd
· Tile store
Olifantsfontein, South Africa · +27 11 206 9700
- Tile Africa Paarden Eiland
· Flooring store
Cape Town, South Africa · +27 21 511 5815
- Union Tiles Cape Town
· Tile store
Cape Town, South Africa · +27 21 510 1740
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· Tile store
Cape Town, South Africa · +27 21 506 3020
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· Flooring store
Centurion, South Africa · +27 12 661 0716
- Tile Africa Clearwater
· Flooring store
Roodepoort, South Africa · +27 11 582 7010
- Tile Africa Randburg
· Flooring store
Randburg, South Africa · +27 11 792 7575
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· Tile store
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What Materials Are Used For Tiles?
The most common natural types of stone used for tiles are slate, granite, and marble. While granite is a fairly water-resistant mineral, the same cannot be said of all forms of natural stone. Marble and slate, for example, will require regular sealing in order to keep them resistant to stains and water absorption.