You are looking for the ideal flooring for your new apartment or office, but you do not know how to orient yourself? Well, you are exactly in the right place! In fact, today we are here to talk about the wood-effect porcelain stoneware and its peculiarities. At the moment, it is a very coveted choice. Therefore, let’s find out why…

The wood that gives the right atmosphere to the rooms

When you wish an environment with a warm and welcoming atmosphere, you always choose wood, isn’t it? However, currently, we can also count on the wood effect and therefore have a much wider choice of solutions, even not choosing this material.

A valid alternative to the classic parquet is the wood-effect porcelain stoneware, which has been obtaining a great success on the market due to its versatility, strength and practicality. It has been designed to allow everyone to have a flooring which is very similar to the renowned parquet, which costs less and is less delicate.

The differences between porcelain stoneware and parquet

The first substantial difference is clearly related to the composition of the floor: parquet is wood while porcelain stoneware is a mixture of feldspars, ceramic clays and sands. All this also makes routine maintenance clearly different:

• In the case of parquet, it is necessary to use specific oils and waxes very frequently, as well as to provide sanding from time to time.
• Wood-effect porcelain stoneware does not require special cleaning products. If you choose this flooring type, you can just use a neutral detergent (but avoid fluoric acid because it can cause damage to ceramic materials) and rinse with water.

Among the other differences, we definitely find durability: with time, parquet loses some shades (or in any case its colour changes a little), while porcelain stoneware remains unaltered despite the passing of the years. This reduces to almost zero the extraordinary maintenance operations and makes the wood-effect porcelain stoneware resistant and advantageous until the “end”.

Yes, it’s better than parquet!

In practice, from many points of view, wood-effect porcelain stoneware is better than parquet. Moreover, it is more resistant to intense and continuous foot traffic and high humidity rate, as well as to abrasion, scratches, bending, atmospheric and chemical agents. For these reasons, it is perfect not only for the interior, but also for the external environments of a building.

Furthermore, you should know that porcelain stoneware is one of the most water-repellent types of floor (water absorption percentage lower than 0.5%). This property makes it less prone to wear and cracking over time.

Finally, you need to know that wood-effect porcelain stoneware offers a wide choice in terms of sizes, thicknesses and surface finishes. Through specific operations and thanks to the use of particular powders, the industries are able to reproduce in an impeccable way all the characteristics of a real wooden floor, which will however be more resistant and less delicate!

Wood-effect porcelain stoneware tiles faithfully reproduce almost all types of wood present in nature, respecting their colours, details and nuances.

Wood-effect porcelain stoneware tiles faithfully reproduce almost all types of wood present in nature, respecting their colours, details and nuances. Therefore, you will be spoiled for choice!