wood grain brick is really easy to use or "IQ tax"? The whole house has been in full for two years. Let me tell you my true feelings
Many people will have a problem when decorating: Is it better to lay floor tiles or wooden floors on the floor?
Floor tiles are easy to care for and are not afraid of water. They are relatively environmentally friendly and cheaper; wooden floors have better foot feel and warmer texture, creating a warmer atmosphere, but relatively higher price, and require maintenance.
So the emergence of wood grain tiles seems to neutralize the advantages of floor tiles and wooden floors; it is both floor tiles and wooden floors, so it has become a "Internet celebrity" for a while.
But some people also question whether wood grain bricks are really easy to use or "IQ tax"? My whole house has been covered with wood-grain bricks for two years, and I have been living there for more than a year. Let me tell you how I feel.
Advantages of wood grain bricks:
Choose wood grain bricks at home, and you are naturally attracted by its advantages:
① Clear and natural texture, high appearance, and high appearance. One of the main reasons why I choose wood grain bricks in my home is its high appearance. The fresh and natural wood texture, and the warm and simple wood color are the perfect match for cream style.
②Environmental
Wood grain tiles are ceramic tiles, not wooden products, but products are made of natural soil at high temperatures, so they do not contain formaldehyde , which is more environmentally friendly than wooden floors.
③It is easy to take care of
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④High thermal conductivity
My floor is covered with floor heating. If you lay wooden floors, it will not only emit harmful substances such as formaldehyde, but the thermal conductivity is not good, but ceramic tiles are different. After the floor heating is turned on in winter, the heating rises faster.
Things have two sides. Although wood grain tiles look good, they also have many disadvantages:
① Feet feels hard
Floor tiles have a foot feeling that is not as hard as wooden floors, and the feeling of stepping on the ground is also harder than as warm as wooden floors; if there is a child at home who falls, it will still hurt.
② Need to be beautiful seams and treated
Wood grain bricks themselves are ceramic tiles, so gaps need to be reserved between bricks, and in the later stage, they also need to be beautiful seams and treated like floor tiles. However, the gaps in wood grain bricks are more gaps than ordinary floor tiles, so the cost of beautiful seams will be higher.
③The flatness is not as good as that of wooden floor
Because wood grain bricks need to be left with brick joints when laying, the flatness after the overall laying is slightly worse than the floor. If the tiler's craftsmanship is not good, it is easy to have uneven effects.
④ Laying cost is slightly expensive
When buying wooden floors, the quotation generally includes wooden flooring, auxiliary materials and installation labor costs, but the price of wood grain tiles is only wood grain tiles, and there is also a need to pay cement, sand, seams, and laying labor costs; and depending on the laying method, the labor costs will also vary, and the cost is still slightly higher than wooden floors and conventional floor tiles.
1. What is wood grain brick
If you want to lay wood grain bricks at home, then first you need to know what is wood grain brick.
As the name suggests, wood grain tiles are ceramic tiles with wooden textures; it is precisely because of its characteristics that they can have the effect of wooden floors and the advantages of ceramic tiles.
In fact, the essence of wood grain tiles is still ceramic tiles, so it is not only suitable for laying in ordinary indoor spaces such as bedrooms and living rooms, but also in some humid places such as basements, balcony, terraces and even courtyards.
2. Classification of wood grain tiles
From the surface effect, wood grain tiles can be divided into bright tiles, soft tiles and matte tiles; generally used indoors, soft tiles are better, which has a more texture.
Wood grain bricks can be divided into full-ceramic and semi-ceramics; the embryo of the whole ceramic wood grain brick is cleaner, has a high density, low water absorption, and is strong and durable. It does not need to soak water before laying, and its service life is longer; the hardness and flatness of the semi-ceramic wood bricks are relatively weaker, and the embryo is prone to fragmentation, so it needs to soak water before laying.
3. How to lay wood grain bricks
There are many ways to lay wood grain bricks, and there are five common ones:
① I-shaped paving
②28 paving, Sanqi paving
③369 paving
④ Herringbone paving
⑤ Fish bone paving
In the above five paving methods, the first three are relatively smaller, and the losses of the latter two are greater.
4. How to choose wood grain bricks
① Choose all-ceramic
All-ceramic wood grain bricks are more durable, and the water absorption rate is relatively low, basically within 0.5%. There is no need to soak in water before laying.
② Choose right angle
There are two types of wood grain bricks: right angles and rounded corners. It is best to choose right angles. The gaps laid out are relatively uniform and it is easy to make beautiful seams. If it is rounded wood grain bricks, there will be a larger gap after laying out. If the beautiful seams are not good, the dirt will be hidden.
③Smooth surface
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is written at the end: I personally think that if you like the effect of wooden floors and want to take care of them, wood grain tiles are indeed a good choice, but the premise is that you cannot choose one that is too cheap. Generally, medium wood grain tiles are priced around 200 yuan/㎡, and manual laying and pasting fees must be considered.
If I decorate my house later, I will still choose wood grain bricks. It is a bit expensive, but it is also a perfect match with cream style or log style, and it is easy to take care of. I will not regret it after I shop.
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