1. patterns using ceramic tile

2. ceramic tile walls, and floors, consist of several interdependent components: substrate: gypsum board, plywood, cementitious backer board tile mortar grout: cement based, epoxy based, silicone rubber the success of a tile installation depends on the appropriate selection of each of these.

3. there are five basic types of ceramic tile: wall tiles: typically glazed ceramic mosaic: usually 1/4" to 3/8" quarry tiles: made of natural clay or crushed shale paver tiles: usually unglazed porcelain or natural clay special purpose tiles

4. there are two basic steps in tile installation: setting: fixes tile to the substrate using mortar or adhesive grouting: fills in the spaces between tiles binding them into a continuous surface

6. glass tiles

8. Bisazza Glass Tiles FOUNDED IN 1956, BISAZZA LEAD THE WORLD IN CREATING THE MOST INNOVATIVE GLASS MOSAIC PRODUCTS. FROM ITS BEGINNINGS AS A LOCAL BUSINESS CARRYING ON THE TRADITION OF THE FIRST ITALIAN ARTS-AND-CRAFTS INDUSTRIES

9. OVER THE YEARS, THE COMPANY HAS ALWAYS PURSUED A DUAL OBJECTIVE: THE PRESERVATION AND REDISCOVERY OF THE PROCESSES AND TECHNIQUES TYPIFYING THE VENETIAN MOSAIC TRADITION, AND CONSTANT TECHNOLOGICAL RENEWAL.

10. BISAZZA IS HEADQUARTERED AT ALTE, IN THE NORTHERN ITALIAN PROVINCE OF VICENZA THE COMPANY HAS THREE OTHER PRODUCTION FACILITIES AND EIGHT BRANCHES IN AUSTRALIA, FRANCE, HONG KONG, INDIA, THE PHILIPPINES, SPAIN, THE UK AND THE USA.

11. one of the largest tile companies today is daltile their web site is: www.daltile.com/