Floor Tile Wear Ratings

Use tiles that provide good traction cof greater than or equal to 0 60.

Floor tile wear ratings.

A rating of 1 means the tile can be used on very light wear areas and should only be installed in rooms where people use soft footwear such as sneakers or slipper. Home depot recommends the following set of ratings as a guideline for selecting floor tiles. The tiles are rated from a soft 1 or talc to 10. Wear ratings help you determine what tiles are a good match with different levels of foot traffic.

It s a scale of 0 5 that indicates how a floor tile will wear due to the amount of foot traffic and therefore suggest what floor applications if any that the tile is appropriate for. In addition to or instead of the pei rating tiles can be designated as floor or wall tiles based on other criteria. Tiles with a wear rating of 0 are not recommended for use on floors and are therefore rated w0. Tile designated for installation on a wall receives no foot traffic and in fact almost no wear of any kind.

Use grade 1 or 2 tiles for floors. Glazed and unglazed tiles are rated for scratch resistance and hardness via the mohs scratch test. In the middle is a slice of vinyl plank flooring from the home decorators collection in noble oak. The following ratings have been developed to indicate the level of wear resistance you can expect from your chosen porcelain tiles.

Use floor tiles with a pei wear rating of iii iv or iv. But installing porcelain tiles can be challenging so for most applications it might be best to hire. Most of them have a wear rating of 5 but the one we like has a rating of p1. It s slightly thicker at 4mm with an 8mil wear layer while the bottom sample is shaw matrix at 3 2mm thick with a 6mil wear.

Please note that. Darker tiles may wear more easily than lighter ones. The rating system guides appropriate application based on how glaze may wear over time. Grade 3 tiles are suitable only for walls.

How does a p1 rate against the pei wear rating. Often this is referred to on technical specifications as abrasion resistance durability classification or pei rating. October 24 2016 at 12 33. The wear rating explains how easily abrasions may show on glazed tile.

This rating is for glazed tiles designated for use on walls only. A pei rating of 1 is for very light traffic areas where. A classic flooring material tile tends to resist wear moisture scratches dents and stains. The chart below explains the wear rating system.

In the photo below the top sample carries the trafficmaster allure branding and is 3 8mm thick with a 4mil wear layer. We are looking at different wood look porcelain tiles. Builddirect product expert team reply. As such this tile can be thinner and smoother since safety is not a concern.