Low maintenance, extremally weather resistant, outdoor porcelain tile is a stunning elevation to outdoor driveways, walkways and pathways.
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The world of porcelain has changed dramatically in the last ten years. No longer are porcelain tiles strictly limited to indoor materials. With advances in technology, porcelain is now a option to include in your hardscaping outdoor projects, from driveways and walkways, to patios, terraces and outdoor dining and cooking spaces.
Thanks to modern design and technology, today’s outdoor porcelain slabs and tiles are some of the best materials for walkways, driveways, gardens, patios, and other landscaped spaces.
Not only is it slip-resistant, durable, beautiful, and easy to maintain, but it is also a beautiful option for heavy traffic areas like driveways.
Read on to discover all the ways porcelain can be used to enhance your outdoor living spaces.
Outdoor porcelain tiles, slabs and pavers can elevate an outdoor living space by adding a sleek modern look to driveways, patios, pool decks and cooking areas. With a diverse choice of colours and virtually maintenance-free upkeep, outdoor porcelain tiles, slabs and pavers can integrate seamlessly into any hardscape design.
Ideal for driveways, walkways, patios, pool areas, roof tops, and even wall cladding, outdoor porcelain tiles, pavers and slabs can be laid on a sand base, mortared onto a concrete base, or mounted on a raised pedestal systems for decks, patios, and rooftops. Lightweight, stain resistant and tempered to withstand any weather conditions our Canadian seasons can conjure up, outdoor porcelain tiles, slabs and pavers do not require sealing, are non slip, and scratch resistant.
The wide range of colours and finishes makes outdoor porcelain tiles and slabs the perfect hardscaping material for modern gardens. The latest trend toward minimalism, clean lines and earthy, grey tones being incorporated into landscape design is complemented by the smooth clean lines and minimal joints of porcelain tile and slabs.
Since coming onto the scene just a few short years ago, outdoor porcelain pavers are quickly becoming the hottest new hardscape material to incorporate into an outdoor living design. They offer an excellent medium for creating sleek monochromatic looks. With endless finishes, some that mimic stone and wood, and a manufacturing technology that makes them durable and long-lasting, you can also create an outdoor design that doesn’t come with the fading, chipping or splintering of other materials.
Homeowners are falling in love with the contemporary style, durability, and stain-resistant nature of outdoor porcelain tiles and slabs. This material’s ability to mirror indoor design trends has made it the perfect partner to a seamless indoor-outdoor flow. Used on their own, or as part of a mixed materials outdoor design, porcelain pavers and slabs are quickly taking over the outdoor living scene.
Whether you call it creating curb envy or curb appeal, an elegant entry way into your home can set your property apart in the neighborhood.
The seemingly endless choice of colours and finishes of outdoor porcelain tiles and slabs has proven the perfect hardscape material to elevate the often overlook rear entrance or porch. Outdoor porcelain has also proven to be a game-changer in creating seamless indoor/outdoor transitions. The use of this hardscaping material, which so closely aligns to interior porcelain tiles, colours and textures, allows you to create a throughline of your aesthetic design into your outdoor living space.
Porcelain pavers mirror indoor flooring design trends and often have coordinating indoor tiles and porcelain wall veneers to create a flawlessly coordinated look.
Transitioning from one outdoor space to the next can create some challenges for landscape design. With myriad choices of hardscaping materials available to you, it can be difficult to decide what to use.
When considering the type of landscaping materials for walkways and pathways around your home and between outdoor living areas, the sleek and easy maintenance of outdoor porcelain should be at the top of your ist.
Porcelain pavers are excellent for creating steps that accentuate a cohesive outdoor living design. You can also use them to create unique walkways, either alone or to add contrasting visual interest to a concrete paver design.
Outdoor kitchens are the meeting place and entertaining center of your backyard living space. Not surprisingly, this is where outdoor porcelain hardscape materials really shine. With so many pluses of this outdoor construction material - stain resistant, weather resistant, fade-proof, shock-proof, and long-wearing - it’s no wonder outdoor porcelain has become the darling of the outdoor kitchen and dining area.
Due to its composition and finish, porcelain pavers do not stain. Whether it is mud, oil, pizza sauce or even red wine, simply wipe it off and gone! Porcelain pavers also coordinate quite nicely with other building materials.
No matter if your backyard landscape design incorporates a spectacular fire feature at the center of 20 person patio furniture suite, or massive dining table of wrought iron and 4” thick redwood, outdoor porcelain tiles can handle anything you can dream up.
With extremely high compressive strength and an ultra-low water absorption rate, porcelain has a highly impenetrable surface that won’t shatter, crack or chip no matter what you throw at it. The added bonus of being mold and mildew resistant, makes outdoor porcelain tiles and slabs an excellent medium for creative water features.
Outdoor porcelain can also take the heat. An inground fire pit is not an issue for porcelain.
Maintenance free and slip resistant, a outdoor porcelain pavers and slabs is a modern take on this child-friendly backyard addition.
Outdoor porcelain pavers can be used to create sleek ultra-contemporary looks or combined with other hardscape materials for eye-catching inlaid designs.
Porcelain is also an excellent medium for creating a stepping stone pool deck, which is a growing trend in pool deck and patio design.
With advances in manufacturing techniques, a new frontier in paver technology has emerged that brings an ultra-modern look to your home. In addition to its technical and aesthetic properties, outdoor porcelain pavers meet a number of important safety requirements for exterior driveways. By combining an anti-slip surface with extreme wear & weather resistance, outdoor porcelain pavers are now a viable alternative to asphalt or stone.
A unique combination of specialized clay, high temperatures and pressure has resulted in a paving tile of unique strength and hardness, extremely resistant to external abrasion and scratch resistant.
Here are just a few reasons to consider porcelain tiles for next outdoor landscaping project:
1. Porcelain pavers can carry the weight.
Patios and driveways are called upon to withstand the weight of massive pieces of furniture, heavy foot traffic and weighty vehicles. The technology behind outdoor porcelain tiles and slabs can handle any furniture or vehicle weight beautifully, without cracking or chipping. Even in the most extreme temperatures.
2. Outdoor porcelain tiles and slabs boast engineered edges that resist chipping and cracking.
Porcelain tiles and slabs are engineered with rectified bevels that can help reduce the risks of chipping along the sharp edges. A rectified bevel is simply the edging process porcelain tiles have undergone at manufacture to ensure precise tolerance, with a near perfect straight squared edge.
This precise engineering and cutting process allows for consistent, uniform sizes that can be installed with narrow grout joints, to create a sleek, seamless, and contemporary look.
3. Outdoor porcelain tiles and slabs are anti-slip.
Outdoor porcelain tiles have an anti-slip surface built in. This means that they’re the perfect material for your steps, patio, terrace, balcony, and even around your pool area.
4. Outdoor porcelain tiles and slabs have low water absorbance.
Porcelain tile is under the impervious category, meaning the rate of its water absorption is less than 0.5 percent. Additionally, modern outdoor porcelain goes through a process where it is fired in a kiln. As a result, it has a glaze that helps stop water from penetrating the surface of the tile.
5. Porcelain pavers are low maintenance and stain resistant.
Most porcelain tile surfaces do not require any particular treatment or upkeep. They don’t need to be sealed to protect them from the element, and require little to no maintenance in cleaning. They are stain resistant because of their non-porous nature. They require only a bit of hosing down and regular sweeping.
6. Outdoor porcelain pavers are chemical resistant.
Amazingly, porcelain tiles are resistant to acids, bases, and salts. Which makes them perfect for Canadian winters. They’re also resistant to any pool additives and chemicals, as well as household detergents.
7. Porcelain tiles and slabs are abrasion resistant.
Outdoor porcelain tile is very hard and can withstand scratches much better than other landscaping materials available today, especially concrete pavers.
8. Outdoor porcelain tiles and slabs are shock and weather resistant.
Porcelain tiles and slabs are designed to withstand extreme weather conditions and sudden shifts in temperature ranging from +50 degrees Celsius to -60 degrees Celsius. The technology has been perfected over 10+ years in the UK, Norway, Sweden, and Russia.
Porcelain pavers have virtually no water absorption, which means that outdoor porcelain can withstand years of thaw and freeze cycles.
9. Outdoor porcelain tiles maintain their colour.
Outdoor porcelain tile pavers are fade resistant, maintaining their colour year over year even when exposed to direct sunlight for long periods.
10. Outdoor porcelain tiles are fireproof.
Often over looked as an outdoor landscaping material is it’s fire resistant quality. During production, porcelain tiles and slabs are exposed to temperatures of 1200 degrees Celsius for more than 60 minutes. This tempering process makes them virtually fireproof.