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If you’re looking for a new floor for your kitchen or bathroom, porcelain is one of the best options you can choose. Porcelain offers many practical advantages over other options in flooring, but the best advantage of all is how its striking beauty can elevate a room beyond any other in your home.

The only challenge is to consider how to choose the right porcelain floors for your space. The following is a further look into porcelain floors, and what to consider when purchasing it for your home.

What is Porcelain?

Essentially, porcelain has been around for thousands of years and is created from natural clay. Porcelain has been made in China for ages. It is mostly made of a clay known as China clay, which contains a significant amount of the mineral kaolinite.

Porcelain also contains feldspar, silica, and other mineral oxides, which give the substance strength and durability. In a kiln, the clay is heated to an incredibly high temperature for firing. The ultimate product is a substance that is so dense that it is almost immune to water, UV rays, scratches, chips, and cracks. To produce various colours and patterns on the porcelain slab, pigmented glazes are added throughout the production process.

Both glazed or unglazed porcelain exists. In order for the glaze to fuse and adhere, a matte or high-gloss glaze is applied (this glaze may occasionally incorporate a design). This glaze produces a glossy appearance, boosts durability, and reduces porosity.

Benefits of Porcelain Floors

While most types of flooring have a few pros and a few cons, there are practically no setbacks when it comes to choosing porcelain. There may not be another type of flooring you can add to your home that offers as many benefits as porcelain. Besides its reputation for looking attractive in any type of room, porcelain offers the following features:

  • High Durability
  • Low Maintenance
  • Resistance to UV Light
  • Versatility
  • Stain Resistant

With all of these benefits, it should come as no surprise that the cost of a new porcelain floor is high than some of the other options in flooring that do not offer such great features. That said, the cost of a porcelain floor turns into a benefit when you consider how the investment will increase the resale value of your home.

In this sense, you stand to gain back the money you invent in a porcelain floor, while also gaining the benefit of adding a feature to your home that will help it sell more quickly.

Consider your Instillation Options

Just as with most flooring options, when it comes to large format porcelain flooring, you have numerous possibilities to satisfy your style and design needs. Porcelain slabs are available in a variety of hues, depending on the maker, and are all made from natural pigments. You can also select from a variety of designs and appearances, such as marble or metallic, rusted steel, wood grain, or several stone species.

You can also select from a variety of finishes, as smooth or textured finishes can be easily achieved during manufacture. The most prevalent finishes are high-gloss, matte, or honed. While not as many finish options as natural stone, the most common varieties are offered.