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Pre-Sealing Cement Tile: An Important Step

Tile Talk

How to Apply a Grout Release - Cement Tile Install Tips. When you see a finished cement tile installation (or any tile installation), it''s hard to visualize just how bad it looked when grout was first applied. The only way to get grout into the joints is by spreading it with a tile trowel. Stay tuned!

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March Featured Tiles: Pharaoh Stone & Sidewalk Cement Effect Tiles

The London Tile Co.

If there was ever a month that highlighted how up-and-down English weather can be, February 2019 was definitely it. It looks like cement is a trend that’s here to stay, but if tearing up your floors to lay a new slab doesn’t sound too appealing cement effect tiles could be the perfect solution.

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Nuts and Bolts: Some Cement Tile Installation Tips

Granada Tile

How do you get your cement tile floor to look its best? A while back, we shared Granada Tile ‘s brand new tile installation video with you, featuring Guy Vidal, of Design Vidal , taking us through the steps involved in installing cement tile in a bathroom. Never lay your cement tiles directly on to fresh, uncured concrete.

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A Guide to Purchasing Cement Tile

Granada Tile

Cement tiles are the latest must-haves in home and commercial décor and are influencing a design shift that embraces color and pattern versus solid neutrals (think plain subway tile). While still trending from 2016, cement tiles are traditional building materials that have been popular for centuries. Keep reading!

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Granada Tile’s Fez Cement Tile Makes A Bathroom Pop

Granada Tile

In this Kalorama row house in Washington DC, seen on Houzz , Granada Tile Company’s Fez cement tile in black and white is stunning, modern and quite dramatic used floor to ceiling for the bathroom floor tile, the bathroom wall tile and the shower stall tile. Can you say Fez-tastic?

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The Great Outdoors: Tile for Outside Applications

Architectural Ceramics

Another thing to consider is the size of your tile and, by extension, how many grout joints you have. Grout joints add a rough texture and also allow for water to drain from the tops of floor tiles. You can get around the slipperiness of some tiles by using smaller pieces with more grout.

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Did you know that all grouts are NOT created equal?

Making Tile Modern

Seriously…All grouts are not created equal. More often than not, grout becomes an overlooked element within the tile installation process (why is that btw?). Grout is what seals everything together – literally. It’s kinda like the perfect marriage of tile and grout.

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