Indoor Flooring requires aims for high aesthetics while ensuring the technical demands of different spaces are met. This makes ceramic an ideal choice for interior floor and wall applications as its high-resistance, and aesthetic variety achieved by digital printing offers a solution for all areas of the indoors. The following is a short guide to selecting interior floor materials from Gres Aragón.
Check Requirements and Characteristics
Indoor flooring includes certain basic requirements, which makes it important to check what is needed for the application and compare that to the characteristics offered by different flooring solutions.
- Durability and Resistance
The high durability ensures a long-lasting tile that is suited for spaces such as kitchens and bathrooms. The ceramic manufacturing process results in high-quality flooring with high resistance to extreme temperatures, moisture, and scratching.
- Health and Safety
Research into the health and safety of different materials has grown over the year, considering elements such as toxic substances within materials, how it behaves in a fire, and how hygienic the material is. Stoneware has no toxic substances, is fireproof, and emits no smoke in the event of a fire. It is easy to clean and can be specified with an antibacterial coating for 99% antibacterial properties. Due to its excellent thermal conductivity, it’s also the ideal material for radiant floors and walls.
Find the Desired Tile Aesthetic
Gres Aragón offers a large range of finishes for interior tiles in finishes of wood, marble, stone, and concrete. The finishes, created by digital printing technology do not affect the technological features of the tiles. One can choose from a variety of finishes to best suit the desired interior aesthetic, as well as choose tiles to match the exterior for a continuous harmonious look.
Selecting the Right Type of Indoor Flooring
Different types of outdoor flooring include terrace flooring, patio flooring, and porcelain for facades, all areas where the choice of material is important. Extruded stoneware offers a solution that covers the requirements for all these applications with hits high-resistance and durability, remaining unchanged with time.
Choosing Cost-Effective Tiles
- What to Consider
Cost-effective prices don't always mean choosing the cheapest tile for a project but can look at costs in the long run, this includes weighing up the longevity of a finish, as well as the need for maintenance and cleaning, as these characteristics can affect the cost of running the living building. Extrusion manufacturing and the ceramic tiles offered by Gres Aragón offer a long plastic product that is both easy to clean and easy to maintain, offering a cost-efficient solution in the long run.
- Assistance from Gres Aragon's Technical Team
Depending on the functional and aesthetic requirements of a specific project, different characteristics might need to be specified for flooring. The technical team at Gres Aragón assists in answering questions related to features of different tiles within their catalog and offers personalized advice on the designs, properties, and prices of different collections.
Considerations for Specific Applications
General indoor flooring trends is the use of neutral tones like whites, grays, and beige, as they offer a timeless design that can suit any interior aesthetic. The wide variety of Gres Aragón collections can meet all types of technical and aesthetic needs in any room.
| Kitchen Flooring | Bathroom Flooring |
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- It is important to consider ease of maintenance and cleaning within a kitchen, as water and other foodstuffs can easily fall on the floor.
- The 0% porosity of certain ceramic tiles from Gres Aragon offers stain-resistant, and durable tiles needed.
| - The most important technical requirement includes a non-slip surface that is moisture resistant, to be a safe place for relaxation, and withstand the moisture effects from steam and water.
- The antibacterial tiles from Gres Aragon will also ensure hygiene, preventing the build-up of mildew and mold on tile surfaces.
- It is important to pair the tile with a suitable grout for optimum antibacterial performance.
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| Living Room Flooring | Hallway Flooring |
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- Usually, the desired flooring for living rooms is based on aesthetics before technical performances.
- Gres Aragon's ceramic tiles offer a variety of finishes, surface designs, tones, and colors from warm to cooler grey colors.
| - Hallway flooring is constantly exposed to more aggressive situations than other rooms in a home.
- Shoes that have been worn outdoors, bags, strollers, and other heavy objects... All these things eventually deteriorate the appearance which is why having a high-traffic resistant floor tile like ceramic is important.
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| Office Flooring | Garage Flooring |
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- The choice of floor and wall tiling in offices and companies is a decision that must be carefully considered.
- The resistance and non-alterability of the material as is offered by ceramic or porcelain tile specifically should be a priority.
- Cozy styles with wood, more modern and minimalist, or elegant styles with marble will make your office the perfect place to work.
| - Garages have become an important element of a home to the point where the aesthetic is also considered.
- Ceramic flooring offers a solution where the floor still offers high resistance and technical performance while allowing for design freedom.
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| Wine Cellar Flooring | Bedroom Flooring |
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- Zero absorption of moisture and dirt is guaranteed due to its low porosity.
- The non-slip properties and stain resistance make ceramic the perfect material for areas requiring a certain degree of moisture like wine cellars.
| - Bedrooms are the most intimate and personal rooms in a home as the place dedicated to rest, well-being, and relaxation. That’s why it’s also important that these areas be designed in line with the other household areas all while respecting each user’s style and tastes.
- Bedrooms in beige, gray, or brown tones are just a few trends.
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