Tips for tiling your dream bathroom

Modern tiles come with a wide range of choices. This makes it easy to turn your bathroom into a private wellness oasis. Our expert gives a brief overview of the countless design options, explains the functional benefits and provides valuable installation tips to ensure a healthy home.

Tip 1: : Skillfully stage your bathroom by choosing the right look

Tiles are a crucial element when it comes to creating a beautiful atmosphere in the bathroom. Whether large slabs or small mosaic tiles: they are not only available in classic white, beige, grey or black, but also in stylish colors to reflect current trends. Marine colors such as aquamarine, cool green and deep azure blue are very much in vogue, as they give classic stoneware and cement tiles an extra fresh look. Modern tiles can also be made to imitate the look of wood, concrete or natural stone. If you like it warm and cheerful, choose yellow and orange tones. By contrast, grey tiles create a cool and trendy urban look. Also popular: a black-and-white checkerboard pattern. Additionally, tiles offer a great variety of surfaces – whether polished, matte, glossy or rough. Even wave-like and curved structures as well as reliefs, honeycombs or flowers are available now. Large-format tiles are currently very trendy because they make the bathroom look more spacious. This effect pays off especially in small rooms.

Tip 2: Functionality – a strong argument for tiles

Tiles not only look good, but also offer numerous functional advantages. When expertly installed, wall and floor tiles can withstand the high wear and tear of bathrooms for many decades and are therefore a sustainable choice. They are made of natural raw materials and are easy to keep clean when equipped with a smooth surface. Tiles are extremely hard-wearing: objects that have fallen down will leave no marks or dents. Floor tiles with a rough surface are usually installed in wet rooms to provide the necessary slip resistance. For many people, a warm bathroom floor is of key importance. This is where tiles show another strength: They conduct heat very well, which makes them the perfect partner for underfloor heating.

Tip 3: EMICODE^® products help you enjoy an undisturbed home spa feeling

More and more housebuilders and renovators are attaching great importance to healthy living. When tiling your bathroom, you should therefore opt for primers, mortars, adhesives and grouts that have been certified with the EMICODE^® label. When consulting with the tiler, this point should be given special attention. The EMICODE^® is a vendor-neutral quality seal that is only awarded to building products that feature the lowest possible emissions. Through unannounced spot checks, independent laboratories continuously monitor whether the manufacturers comply with the required limit values. This makes the EMICODE^® label a good indicator of which building materials consumers can put their trust in. The eco-label thus ensures healthy living conditions for your private wellness oasis.

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