Why Tile

Why Tile® is an industry-wide education and inspiration initiative built to showcase the health, safety, beauty, durability, craftsmanship, and intrinsic value of choosing ceramic tile for your next project. Follow #WhyTile on Social Media: Facebook: @WhyTile Twitter: @WhyTile Instagram: @WhyTile Pinterest: WhyTileIdeas Ceramic tile offers an infinite variety of colors, shapes, sizes, textures, finishes and configurations that can be customized to match any design vision. Ceramic tile bridges historic durability with contemporary living as the one construction material that is made of all naturally occurring materials, reflecting the same craftsmanship used centuries ago. Each tile piece is laid by hand, allowing for maximum versatility that can be customized for any setting, from the luxurious resort by the beach to the trendy new bar down the street. The long-lasting benefits of tile deliver it all: beauty, safety, strength, low maintenance, scratch-water-frost-and heat-resistant, free of exposure to toxic chemicals, and cost-efficient designs. Produced (fired) at extremely high temperatures, ceramic tile is an “inorganic” material that is inhospitable to bacteria, fungi, mold, and other irritants, won’t absorb dust mites, and releases no exposure to volatile organic compounds or toxic chemicals. These qualities make North American ceramic tile one of the best indoor air quality flooring options available. Ceramic tile’s extended lifetime limits the need to create new flooring materials and contributes to North American ceramic tile having the lowest flooring carbon footprint of flooring options. It is important to note that ceramic tile typically meets the requirements for clean fill and any future need to dispose of ceramic tile will not contribute to the growing landfill problem associated with plastics.