Characterization of a ceramic slab: what to pay attention to when choosing
Moisture resistance, along with the strength of the tile, depends entirely on its moisture absorption. Moreover, the more the tiles absorb moisture, the less it can withstand frost, since when moisture freezes inside the tile, water can simply break it.
Before you go to a ceramic tile store, buy material, you should ask specialists about its qualities. And already in the store itself, having received a positive characteristic, to make sure that you yourself and not be too lazy to look into the manufacturer’s documents or just consider information from the package by looking at the marking, which is standardized by foreign manufacturers.
Here is a brief characteristic of foreign ceramic tiles: according to European standards, the tiles can be divided into 8 groups, and if you look at new ISO standards – at 11 groups.
