Special materials for floor and wall coverings

Today we will talk to you about special materials for floor and wall coverings: technological innovation now offers us the possibility to use materials for our interior coverings characterized by great quality and new features.

In this article we will discover the characteristics and peculiarities of the best materials suitable for the floor and wall covering of your spaces.

Floor covering materials and ideas for wall covering

New technologies have created extremely elegant materials from an aesthetic point of view, with which to cover floors and walls. These materials are able to preserve themselves for a long time and do not require particularly complex maintenance.

Below is our special selection of the best covering materials.

Sintered stone

Sintered stone is a material made with the aid of mineral powders, brought to particularly high temperatures (about 1,250° degrees). At these temperatures the minerals are able to bind indivisibly, thus forming extremely compact slabs that are extremely resistant to abrasion and impact.

Sintered stone is a non-porous material that does not stain and is optimally resistant to bacteria and the formation of mould. This material is also acid-proof and can be cleaned very easily. Thanks to its important qualities, sintered stone is a trendy roofing material today.

The finish of this material is iridescent or extra large format. This new high quality surface is the ideal solution to cover the kitchen top, which is subject to continuous wear and tear. The large format sintered stone is very useful in the bathroom space, to realize the covering with the help of maxi slabs, with surfaces up to 5 square meters (Lapitek).

Sintered stone working processes

Sintered stone slabs are now unique products of their kind, characterised by very high performance. This type of slab is commonly used for the construction of kitchen tops and fronts.

Below are the main working processes of sintered stone.

Dekton

Dekton is an extremely compact material, made with the exclusive TSP (Particle Sintering Technology): it is a particular process of acceleration of metamorphic mutations to which natural stone is subjected. The mutations occur over thousands of years.

Dekton surfaces tend to be characterised by a large format (slabs up to 320 cm X 144, with thicknesses of 0.8 cm, 1.2 cm and 2 cm). With dekton it is possible to recreate many types of materials with high quality. The technical properties of Dekton are as follows: high resistance to scratches and stains, as well as UV and thermal shock. This material also has extremely low water absorption.

Dekton surfaces do not require any special maintenance and are characterised by an extremely long service life, thanks to the material's ability to preserve itself for a long time. Dekton is a material that can be used for interior and exterior cladding, including floors and facades.

Lapitec

Lapitec is a material derived from the processing of sintered stone, full mass: the material is produced starting from totally natural raw materials, to which no resin or petroleum products are added. Also in this case the processing techniques make it possible to obtain large slabs (1500 X 3365 mm, with thicknesses ranging from 12 to 30 mm respectively). Lapitec slabs are characterised by excellent mechanical properties.

The market offers a wide range of finishes: from the smoothest to the most structured, giving rise to 7 collections (Fossil, Vesuvius, Satin, Lux, Dune, Lithos and Arena).

Lapitec, because of its characteristics, is an extremely versatile and easy to work material: for this reason it can be used for the most varied processing and applications:

• Cladding for internal and external walls
• Floor cladding
• Kitchen tops cladding
• Construction of ventilated facades

This material is particularly suitable for the realization of worktops and kitchen fronts: for this reason Lapitec is a material used by the most famous and renowned national and international brands, operating in the interior furnishing sector.

A particular characteristic of Lapitec slabs is their waterproofness and extreme ease with which it is possible to carry out cleaning operations. Lapitec is also resistant to all types of scratches and high temperatures. Finally, the exclusive processing technology gives life to an antibacterial and self-cleaning material.

Laminam

Laminam is a porcelain stoneware slab, part of the ceramics family. This material is obtained thanks to a specific industrial processing and is mainly used for the cladding of vertical or flat surfaces. Today Laminam is one of the best materials used to cover interior walls, as well as tables, kitchen tops and bathroom elements.

It is one of the best cladding materials of the latest generation, particularly appreciated by architects and operators in the interior furnishing sector. The great commercial success of Laminam is the result of its important chemical-physical properties, which make this material particularly resistant to high temperatures, as well as to cold, scratches and the action of corrosive products.

Laminam surfaces are also able to faithfully reproduce many types of materials, such as marble and travertine, as well as iron and oxidised plutonium.

Having said this, Laminam proves to be a particularly suitable material for the cladding of doors, walls or floors.

Neolith

Neolith is a material created to meet special architectural requirements: it is a totally natural material, based mainly on three groups of specific elements:

• Minerals deriving from granite
• Quartz and feldspar (extremely hard and resistant elements).
• Natural oxides (from which the chromatic properties of this material derive)

Neolith is not, however, a material that we can classify as a derivative of ceramic or porcelain stoneware processing, but which in some ways represents a completely new product. This material is also available in slabs produced in two standard sizes respectively:

• from 3200 X 1500 mm
• from 3600 X 1200 mm

In addition to these formats, the material is also available in tile format. Finally, Neolith can be cut in special sizes: the available thicknesses are 3, 6 and 12 mm respectively.

Vinyl spc

We could define spc vinyl as a sort of upgrade and improvement of LVT vinyl tiles. This material is excellent for floor covering, since it is characterized by extreme stability: its performance is very high and the material is totally waterproof.

Cork

Cork is a high quality covering material: its main characteristics are its elasticity and healthiness for the joints. Cork is also a warm and extremely hygienic material. With the help of this material, natural oak cork floors are now made.

Clay and recycled glass

Clay and recycled and pigmented glass are materials used for the creation of sophisticated mosaic tesserae, used for the realization of different types of coverings.