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how easily does tile chip?

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Ceramic tile will chip easily when a direct hit is administered. Most flooring now a days is gonna be Porcelain. Porcelain is gonna be the best choice for flooring.
It depends on how well it was installed and what you hit it with. I've seen them crack from someone dropping a glass.
Tile does not chip easy. I have a friend that has tile all over her house and believe me,it does not chip easy.
Ceramic tiles comes in several grades of toughness. It's not too fragile, but use caution not to drop heavy objects. Do you have extra pieces of tile that match? Always buy 10% overage for replacement.
Any tile can chip and or crack if an object is dropped on it . But this depends mostly on the quality of the tile and what the tile body and glazing is made of. Some true porcelains are very hard and if they do chip the color goes all the way through the tile body so the chip is barely noticeable. Some older red bodied tile can chip the same way but is very noticeable because the red body shows through. Most average tiles made today are of the white bodied or a porcelain body. Must harder and chip resistant than the old red bodied tiles. To help judge a tiles hardness they are rated in a scale of 1/10. Called a MOHS scale. Any object such as a pc or silverware or a can edge when dropped can top chip a tile. A poor installation or under supported tile the whole tile can crack. High glaze or some times called a bright glaze can chip very easily because these glazes are not usually the best. Any questions you can e mail me through my avatar and check my qualifications there. GL

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