Are you planning to renew bathroom? Have you chosen the flooring for the renovation? When it comes to changing bathroom floor tiles come up as the first option.

Market offers huge variety of tiles for both floors and walls. Here are a few options for bathroom tiling and why and how they should be selected and as house owners it is advised to follow the tips and make their choice.

When you are entrusted with the task of choosing bathroom tiles you can consider the following and select bathroom tiles accordingly.

What is the role of bathroom tiles?

Water proof

Bathroom is a wet room where family members spend lot of time in cleaning themselves. It would also mean usage of copious amount of water that will constantly attack the floors and walls of the bathroom.

So, the bathroom tile you choose should be one hundred percent waterproof. Bathroom tiles come in a variety of color, texture, design, pattern, and styles so these should be considered while picking up the replacement tiles.

Calculate Quantity

First calculate the number of tiles you will need to relay your bathroom floor. You should separate bathroom floor tiles and bathroom wall tiles.

You should also determine the accent tiles if you are planning to create a feature using those tiles. Accent tiles are used to bring the entire bathroom tile layout to one point or central focal point and costs of the accent tiles are definitely higher than regular tiles. Accent tiles are also used to form the borders of the floor so it is important that you consider this aspect too.

Decide the budget

Budget is foremost when you are planning to renovate your bathroom. Knowing the approximate price and total of the tiles you can decide on which tiles you will prefer.

There are different types of tiles available and you can divide them in to two main categories namely natural stone tiles and engineered tiles.

Natural tiles are costly, hard to maintain but immensely durable. Regular tiles are abundantly available hence are cheaper. The type of tiles you want to buy for renewal should be chosen by keeping the above advice in mind.

Decide the Material

You have many choices when it comes to Floor and wall tiling and they are marble, granite, ceramic, porcelain, engineered tiles, natural wood tiles, laminate, carpet, mosaic, glass, cork, vinyl and linoleum tiles or sheets. In synthetic tiles like vinyl you can have a riot of colors to choose from.  Natural tiles have limited number of color choices.

Choose quality

Quality tiles are important because inferior quality floors can easily erode and wither away. Good quality tiles may not require costly maintenance. Quality tiles do not break or erode so quickly. By choosing quality you also avoid injuries by slipping on the floor.