Ceramic or porcelain tiles for kitchen?

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One breaks more easily than the other - I can't remember which! Does anyone know the pros and cons?

Bumping for you.

Thanks puzzle

Ceramic is usually floors I think. It's the thickness that's important

Thanks Almeida. Sorry, i should've said floor is what I want them for.

I'm sure I've been told one is more likely to break when I drop a jamjar out of the fridge than the other ...

just to confuse things - I think the porcelain ones are better

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by the way - I am pretty sure ours are porcelain and it is definitely the jar that breaks and not the tile. And the glass flies all over the room and hides under things for months (or maybe that is just in my house !)

That's a useful thread throckenholt, thanks. Sounds like it is porcelain I need then.

We have porcelain - I think they have the colour all the way through the tile so oif they do chip (which they haven't done 18 months in) the colour remains the same so it is less obvious. ceramic just tend to have the colour on the surface I think.

That fits in with the info on the link throckenholt gave. Thanks crumpet

You're both happy with yours then? Where did you get them from?

ours have been brilliant - virtually bomb proof. 3 kids, 2 dogs, and an ongoing extension project which often involves grit being tracked in. We laid the tiles before a lot of the internal work was done on the walls and ceiling - and they have stood up to it perfectly.

They weren't cheap - but in our case worth it.

Can't for the life of me remember what exactly they are though. Something Italian.

meant to say - we got ours from here - would recommend if you live in the Norfolk/Suffolk area.

I remember my brain frying we looked at so many tiles.

DH tells me we have Edimax oxida tiles. He thought they were ceramic - but googling suggests they are porcelain - which is what I thought they were.

Whatever they are - they are very good

Many thanks throckenholt - I'll look into those. What style did you get (just out of nosiness?!)

[[http://www.lodaceramiche.it/scheda.php?idprod=491&usg=__V-Pb3rLSam9UzBvuafxfr874Mz8= here] and here

they are not glossy - more of a silk finish - and the colour is great for us - it is in the kitchen/dining room with lots of kids and dogs walking in from outside - and it is very forgiving

by the way - we went for the big ones - 45x75cm - I don't think I have ever seen floor tiles that big - but it works well - look almost like paving rather than tiles.

Thanks for the links throckenholt. Big tiles definitely appeal.