Ceramic versus porcelain flooring: the differences that actually affect your decision

Walk into any tile selection and you’ll hear two words used almost interchangeably: ceramic and porcelain. Most shoppers assume they’re basically the same thing with different price tags. They’re not. The differences are technical, they’re real, and picking the wrong one for a given room leads to cracked tile, cold feet, or money spent where it wasn’t needed. The good news is that you don’t need a materials science degree to choose well. You need to understand a handful of properties and how they map to where the tile will actually live. Let’s break down what separates these two, and … Read more

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