Spanish bathroom tiles: Aparici, Venis, Absolut, Azahar, Grespania

When making repairs in the bathroom, many choose ceramic tiles as finishing. And this is no wonder, because it absorbs moisture, perfectly copes with temperature fluctuations and withstands heavy loads. In addition, tile manufacturers offer a huge range of colors, sizes and shapes. The category of high quality is Spanish tile, which in many ways can surpass its competitors from other countries. This high quality is achieved through the use of special technologies, established production traditions and the use of unique clay as raw material, which makes it possible to obtain a strong tile resistant to external influences.

Tiles in Spain are made by different manufacturers, between which there is a fierce competition. However, our consumer does not suffer from this, because competition helps to improve production technologies and quality.

Consider the most famous Spanish manufacturers that have gained popularity all over the world.

This brand produces ceramic tiles that have a classic European style. Most often it has an average size, and its design is reminiscent of the sophistication of the Victorian era with a light country flavor. Such a tile will add comfort and aesthetics to the bathroom.

Manufacturer is ready to offer more than two thousand different types of tiles that can satisfy any taste. The brand is good in that it allows you to choose a tile, completely different in style and design. At the same time, Aparici uses only natural materials in the production process, creating a highly environmentally friendly product.

This brand is well known to fans of elite tiles. At the heart of the proposed collections lie noble features with the addition of aristocratic notes.

The brand has long won world fame. Including, and in our country. Aranda constantly replenishes the range of its collections, delighting consumers with a variety of styles of tiles.

The main "highlight" of the manufacturer lies in the fact that the most modern technologies are involved in the process of tile making, which are constantly being improved.

This manufacturer recently entered the world market, but already gained momentum and was able to interest the consumer. Just like Aranda, Azahar constantly introduces innovative technologies into the production process, achieving high quality ceramic tiles. And the manufacturer has gained popularity because the edges of the tiles have unique processing and smoothness, due to which it becomes much easier to lay it and the final coating looks much better.

In fact, this brand dictates fashion trends in the ceramic tile industry. Consumers respect and love Grespania for unique unique design, which is not unique to every manufacturer.

Do not always want to lay in the room tiles of standard sizes. In addition, if the area of ​​the bathroom, allows you to choose a tile of non-standard sizes. It is Venis that will help to translate this desire into reality, as this manufacturer takes into account all the requirements of consumers and produces tiles with non-standard sizes. At the same time, the design of finished products is always striking in its unusualness.

Designer ideas of Spanish manufacturers meet the most refined tastes, combining aesthetics and aristocratism. Thanks to constantly developing ideas, it became possible to create pictures and panels from tiles.

But the Spanish color can still be traced in many collections. This gives the tile a certain "zest", which may not be in other manufacturers. This is manifested in the use of bright and juicy colors, as well as festive decoration. Popular green, purple, pink tones, but with various manufacturers returning to the classic - sand and beige shades.

In the collections of many well-known brands there are patterns on the theme of vegetation, but monograms and rosettes enjoy great love. Increasingly, manufacturers began to make glass inclusions or imitate relief textures.

It would seem that choosing a tile is not so difficult, but in fact it turns out that we are faced with a number of different difficulties.

When selecting, use the following rules:

• Determine the size of the tiles. The standard size of products from 15 cm or more. But this applies to square tiles. You may like its non-standard version in the form of a rectangle. In the bathroom, Spanish tiles with a length of 50 cm and a width of 20 cm look rather original and fresh. Generally, when choosing the size one should take into account one serious factor: the more tiles, the faster it is laid. True, there is one nuance: at the junctions tile, most likely, will have to be cut.
• Choose the type of tile.
• Think about what material to prefer.

The choice has its own nuances, because the tile is of two types:

1. With glazed( enamel) coating: such a tile is produced in a rich set of colors and styles, while it is both glossy and matte;
2. With no coating: this tile has a matte surface. This kind of ceramics is often very porous and this feature must be taken into account when buying and installing.

Spanish tile manufacturers provide a rich assortment of materials that each have distinct differences:

• Majolica is a tile with a glazed coating, the color base of which has a porous surface. Most often, majolica tiles are laid on the walls.
• Faience - this tile also has a porous base, but only it has a white color, but the glaze covering the surface can be of different colors.
• Cotto - this unglazed tile is laid mainly on the floor due to its high resistance to external influences. The base is also porous.
• Clinker - is also stacked more often on the floor, but unlike the cotto, this tile is also unglazed.
• Ceramic granite is another representative of tiles for floor and sometimes wall coverings. When it is made, a special kind of clay is used, due to which the porcelain gres possesses increased hardness and strength.

So, why is it best for a bathroom to use tiles made by Spanish manufacturers? And the whole point is that local raw materials are used for making tiles. And it so happened that it is in the local deposits of clay that the lowest content of various organic impurities is, therefore, Spanish ceramics have such a high quality.

But it also has other distinguishing features:

• increased resistance to environmental influences, and these include mechanical and chemical effects;
• hardness and resistance to the appearance of chips and cracks;
• is not subject to temperature changes, and this is a very big plus when using Spanish tiles in the bathroom.

It is unambiguous to call the price difficult, because manufacturers are guided by the needs of different segments of the population. It is clear that elite tiles, produced almost in piece copies, will cost significantly more than the tiles of conveyor production.

If you compare with Russian or Polish manufacturers, the Spanish tiles will be significantly more expensive, but again you have to take into account that the quality of it is an order of magnitude higher.

Some are confused, how can tiles produced using the latest technology and environmentally friendly materials cost not so high? But this is already the tricks of the Spanish brands, which practically do not invest in advertising, because they already know that the tiles in their country have the best quality.

Spanish ceramics have long historical roots. Initially, the use of tiles for decoration was attested in ancient Persia, and only then Spanish artisans adopted the secret of making ceramics.

The very first material used for finishing was glazed brick. But he was considered rather expensive pleasure, therefore only the wealthy people or the church decreed their houses.

In the Middle Ages, some monks were able to make ceramics, living in solitary monasteries far from cities. The secret of production was carefully guarded, and the monks passed it from generation to generation, not using any records. It was believed that the secret can be stolen, so all the valuable information the master kept in mind.

The basis of modern quality lay laid down in the Middle Ages traditions, thanks to which tiles made in Spain, is considered one of the best in the world. Even the very phrase "Spanish tiles" is associated with an elite cover. And it's not just about its quality, but also about the design that will satisfy any refined taste.