From: "Travis Jordan" 
Newsgroups: misc.consumers.house alt.home.repair
Subject: Re: Need advice re: selecting ceramic floor tiles
Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2005 19:49:17 GMT

Ron M. wrote:
> Advice/tips would be greatly appreciated, before we make the swan dive
> blindfolded into the abyss.... (-;

Non-porous tiles make good kitchen floor coverings, but there are a few
downsides that come to mind:

1) They can be hard on your feet if you stand on them for hours at a
time.

2) If you drop anything on them usually either the tile or the dropped
object will break, chip, or crack, depending on the hardness of the
dropped object compared to the hardness of the tile.  Especially true if
glass jars fall out of the refrigerator or pans are dropped from a
cabinet.

3) If the existing substrate isn't rigid and in excellent condition you
risk flexing and cracking of the tiles.  Consider installing a rubber
membrane between the concrete slab and the tile to mitigate this.

4) As you have noted tiles are slippery when wet.