Paving slabs how to choose

Paving tiles are bought to build yards and tracks. A huge number of diverse forms of tile often leads to the buyer's confusion, so before making a choice, read the properties of the goods.

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Selection of tiles by manufacturing method

Modern tile is made in two ways. Handheld method (vibrating) is designed for the manufacture of products for tracks and other places where there are no large loads. For the manufacture, we need forms and a special mixture. The solution is poured into the mold and compacted on vibrator. Vibrating samples are obtained with glossy surfaces, a variety of shades. The disadvantages include the poor-quality form of the bar, the elements are made of different thicknesses.
Serial production uses the vibropressive method at which the tile is made on the road industrial equipment. Tile - very durable, used for maintenance of roads. However, the appearance is unsightly, color is often dirty gray, geometric shapes are simple - rhombus, rectangles, squares. It is expensive.

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Applying tiles of different thickness

Depending on the thickness of the tile, there are three options for its use:

4 cm thick tile is used in the manufacture of sidewalks and roads with a weak traffic intensity for passenger cars, small minibuses. Not intended for heavy loads.
Tile 6 cm thick will withstand the intensive movement of pedestrians and light cars.
The tile of 8 cm thick is designed for roads by which cars with medium lifting capacity ride. Used on the entrances to refueling, in the territory of enterprises.
10 cm thick tile withstands the weight of any vehicles.
When choosing, you must take a tile with a small margin by strength.
It is also necessary to take into account that the thickness of the tile, the more expensive it is.

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Quality Certificate

Ask the seller to show the quality certificate to the goods. In the absence of such, say goodbye to him. The lack of a certificate means a violation of the coating technology. Ask the seller about the cycle of freezing-thawing tile - it should be at least 150. High quality tiles withstand 200 cycles.

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Tile color

Do not buy a tile with very rich color. A bright shade means that a mixture was added too much coloring substance, which reduces the strength of the product. She will soon begin to crumble. Tile over time fades. The most persistent are black, brown, yellow and red. From the sun tiles of blue and green yellow. Ask the seller to show broken tiles. The thickness of the coating should be at least 1.5 mm, but it is better that the layer is completely painted. Unpainted tile is the cheapest.

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Signs of high-quality tile

There are several simple ways to check the quality of the tile:

Write one tile on another. Quality tile will be called a ring sound. If the sound is deaf - the tile was poorly dried, the strength is low. In this way, it is recommended to check the tiles with a mirror surface. The smooth surface is obtained by adding special ingredients or increasing the amount of water in the solution. The last method reduces the strength that is determined by the deaf sound after impact.
Find out which components were used in the manufacture of tiles. In the summer, when the sun heats the track, there should be no unpleasant odor.
Pay attention to the geometry of the samples. If the samples have great differences among themselves, there will be problems with styling.
Do not buy a cheap tile. Products are made on expensive equipment, they must be expensive. Cheap sell only low-quality products.