Keystone Premium Floor Tile:
Keystone Premium Floor Coverings have American Made tile flooring options that will enhance the look of any home. Ceramic tile, porcelain tile or natural stone tile all have different benefits and characteristics. Our expert staff will make it easy for you to choose a tile with the strength and appeal to fit your needs. Come see hundreds of samples in our showroom in Delmont, PA (just minutes away from Murrysville and Greensburg).
We have residential and commercial tile flooring available from the following manufactures:
Different Types Of Tile Floors:
Ceramic Tile
Ceramic tile is a mixture of clays and other natural materials. The special clays are mined from the earth, shaped, colored and than fired in kilns. Traditional ceramic tile can be naturally colored and left unglazed like terra cotta, or they can feature colored or highly designed surfaces which can be glazed (finished with a glass surface) either in a high gloss or matte finish. Most ceramic tile has either a white or red body coloration underneath the glazed, colored top layer.
Porcelain Tile
Porcelain tile is a newer form of ceramic tile and extremly popular among homeowners. Porcelain tiles are composed of fine porcelain clays and fired at much higher temperatures than ceramic tiles. This process makes porcelain tile more dense, less porous, much harder and less prone to moisture and stain absorption than ceramic tiles. For these reasons, most porcelain tiles are suitable for both indoor and outdoor installations. Porcelain tiles are also harder to cut due to their density and hardness (some porcelain tile can be up to 30% harder than granite).
Natural Stone Tile
Natural stone (includes granite and marble) tiles can be beautiful but as a natural product they are less uniform in color and pattern, and require more planning for use and installation. Mass produced stone tiles are uniform in width and length. Granite or marble tiles are sawn on both sides and then polished or finished on the facing up side, so that they have a uniform thickness. Other natural stone tiles such as slate are typically "riven" (split) on the facing up side so that the thickness of the tile varies slightly from one spot on the tile to another and from one tile to another. Variations in tile thickness can be handled by adjusting the amount of mortar under each part of the tile, by using wide grout lines that "ramp" between different thicknesses, or by using a cold chisel to knock off high spots.
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