Installing tiles in your bathroom and shower is hardly a groundbreaking design decision. However, there’s more sense and style behind the choice than most of us realize. Hardly a drab default, there are many reasons tiles remain a bathroom classic and a must-have for home decorators.
So why are tiles fantastic for bathrooms and showers?
From pretty to practical, tile walls and flooring check the boxes every bathroom needs. For your guest or master bath, rooms notorious for moisture, use, and temperature dips, there isn’t anything keeping rooms clean, fresh, bright, and still modern and stylish quite like tile flooring.
Easy Maintenance
For most of us, cleaning the bathroom is hardly our favorite chore. Naturally non-porous, water residue and soaps are no match for a rock-hard tile surface, making day-to-day cleaning quick and painless. A quick wipe-down removes all spills and shower leakage.
In terms of long-term care, that water resistance also means water won’t seep beneath the materials’ surface. Any wet opening beneath floor or wall material can quickly become a breeding ground for mold and mildew. Other flooring materials like laminate and engineered wood can’t deflect the moisture buildup in bathrooms and are therefore more susceptible to chronic mold and chronic (expensive) replacement.
Not ready to replace your tile? Tile and grout restoration is a great way to bring your floors back to life at the fraction of the cost to replace
Tips & Tricks
To keep bathroom tile sparkling, wash your tile flooring once per week and your shower tiles three times per week. Shower tiles should be tackled with a cleaner specifically designed to remove soap scum. If stains appear on your tile walls or flooring, mix a ½ cup of white vinegar into a bucket of water and scrub the mixture back and forth on the stained tiles.
While stone tiles are great, make sure they’re sealed properly. Because stone is a bit more fragile than other types of tile, harsh cleansers, soaps, and shampoos may damage the stone’s surface and natural beauty.
Feel The Heat
The last thing you want this wintertime is to step out of a hot bath and straight onto a frigid floor. Luckily, ceramic and stone tiles soak up the heat in colder months with radiant heating technology. A much stronger conductor of heat than laminate and wood, tiles can stand up to frequent fluctuations in temperature without bending or breaking. Another reason tile flooring is a long-lasting bathroom investment.
Cost Effective
The upfront cost of tiles may not be your biggest bargain, but because tiles rarely if ever need replacing, you’re investing for the long haul. And if you think installation costs are high, try the cost of uprooting your existing bathroom floors plus the re-installation cost of new material.
A Design for Decades
If you’ve ever poured through photos of homes from the twentieth century, it becomes obvious which rooms feel timeless and which rooms are stuck in 1972. Bathrooms with laminate, wood, and god forbid, carpet flooring, don’t belong anywhere near today’s hot housing market. On the flip side, every vintage styling with simple floor and shower tiling holds up to the modern and stylish standards of 2022.
Tile Options That Stand Out
Aside from practicality, tiles come in all colors, patterns, and styles. Far from sacrificing fashion for function, you’ve got tons of variety to choose from and can still customize your bathroom aesthetic however you see fit. Vinyl tiles are undoubtedly contemporary and come at a lower price point than most. Glass tiles add phenomenal depth to a room while linoleum tiles are easy to install and naturally prevent mold growth.
In Sum
Because of its unique fluctuations in humidity, the materials you select for your home’s bathroom can make or break its functionality. Beyond style, bathroom tiles keep your bathroom usable, comfortable, and, most importantly, mildew-free. So, stay timeless, stay modern, and stay clean with tile flooring for the ages in your kids’, master, and guest bathrooms.
If you love your tile floors and its starting to shows signs of wear and tear, you can easily revive them with stone and tile cleaning and restoration services. Restore-A-Floor in Brighton can bring them back to life in no time with our unique process that removes years of buildup and stains. We provide tile and grout cleaning and do mild repairs so that your floors are transformed in no time.
Our stone floor restoration and tile cleaning services are a popular choice for those who aren’t ready to replace their floors and want to enjoy the ones they still have. Call us for a Free Estimate