Granite Flooring Design :advantages And Disadvantages

With the development and innovation of home design, as well as the ever-expanding creativity and style, the idea of tile flooring has now surpassed the kitchen and bathroom. In more traditional days, tiles are used in rooms that are inconvenient, damp, and messy. There are so many different textures, colors and designs of tiles, and the idea of tile flooring has endless possibilities.

Granite is a dense natural stone, the oldest material available, very reliable and durable. It can be installed anywhere in the home or office, such as kitchens, porches, receptions and other places that are easily scratched and stained due to daily use. Granite can be ideally installed in kitchens and bathrooms because its surface can be coated with non-slip grit to avoid sliding and falling. It has an attractive black and gold or white crystal surface.

Granite Flooring Advantages

Does granite flooring adds resale value to the house? Like hardwood, granite flooring is highly valued by home buyers and, naturally, adds value to buildings.

Durability: properly sealed, high-grade granite is a long lasting choice; porcelain can last for as long a good quality granite.

Damage from pets and children: good quality granite is not prone to scratches or scuffs.

Use in kitchens, bathrooms: granite has excellent water resistance, contrary to hardwood and engineered hardwood flooring. Porcelain (or water resistant ceramic tile) can also be an excellent and much cheaper choice for kitchens and bathrooms.

Granite flooring manufacturers and brands: the biggest flooring manufacturers aren't selling granite; they have vinyl and other flooring products mimicking granite patterns, but not true granite flooring.

Granite Flooring Disadvantages

Granite flooring needs to be installed with great care and professionally to give it an astounding visual appeal.

Maintaining granite flooring can be time consuming and a very tough task as it is very delicate and sensitive to stains, spills and chemicals.

Granite vs Porcelain Tile
Granite  tile flooring and porcelain are made essentially the same way. Porcelain claims all of the features of ceramic, but in addition porcelain is harder and more durable.... almost as good as stone.
Like Granite , porcelain provides a wide range of colors and styles, shapes and edges and is easy to maintain and clean.
The big advantage of porcelain is that the color is consistent throughout the tile (like stone) Porcelain is more expensive though.
As you can see, Granite makes an excellent floor tile that's long-lasting, easy to maintain and easy  to install.
You can install Granite tiles on high traffic areas and they can withstand lot of pressure. You can use a single colour for simplistic look and mismatch with different colours to offer a contemporary look. You can even lay them for the moist areas. They suit both the interior and exterior decoration.