Which is the comparative advantage of stone and tile?

In recent years, with the continuous development of China's stone industry, stone has gone from the original high-end building decoration materials to millions of households, becoming a choice of more and more users, and replacing tiles in certain fields has become the most popular in the field of architectural decoration. product.

Since the cut natural stone and tile are similar in appearance, price, and function, many people think that there is not much difference between the two. In fact, no matter the nature of the product or the decorative effect, there are essential differences between the two. Today, we will take a look at the comparative advantages of stone and ceramic tiles in architectural decoration.

First, the nature of the product

Stone is more of a natural material. After cutting and grinding, only the shape or shape has changed, and the material itself has not changed. Tiles are fire-resistant metal oxides and semi-metal oxides, through the process of grinding, mixing, pressing, glazing, and sintering, to form a kind of acid or alkali resistant porcelain or stone material. Its raw materials are mostly made of clay, quartz sand, etc. It is a man-made stone produced after chemical changes. It is a new substance formed after chemical reaction of sand, stone and mud.

Second, price comparison

After buying the tiles, workers can be found at home, but the natural stone needs to be processed before it can be laid on the ground. Therefore, many customers think that artificial stone is more expensive than ceramic tiles. In fact, taking a beige-colored natural stone from Africa as an example, the price is about 700 yuan per square meter after processing, and the price of a domestic tile with a similar color texture is about 620 yuan per square meter. Therefore, the prices of the two are not much different.

Third, practical comparison

Stone has superior durability and durability. It has been the most important building and decoration material since ancient times. The world's best preserved ancient buildings are mostly stone buildings. Tiles have weak impact resistance and are easily broken: In the process of production, transportation, installation and use, tiles are very easy to break and have large losses. This is determined by the nature of their own materials and cannot be changed.

In addition, the tiles are also easy to wear, usually after the laying of tiles, the use of the home side seam wear occurs in about 6 months, 8-12 months, the tile surface will basically have different degrees of wear phenomenon; public use The seam wear will generally occur in 2-3 months, and the tiles will wear differently within 6 months. In terms of wear resistance, stone products are also far superior to ceramic tiles.