National Tile Day is February 23, 2024 and Daltile, a designer and manufacturer of tile in North America, kicks-off the celebration by highlighting the myriad of attributes that make tile an outstanding component of residential and commercial design, construction, and remodeling. Tile excels in many categories: beauty, performance in wet areas, cleanliness, sustainability, durability, and value.

Beauty

“Tile enables the creation of unique, personalized, beautiful spaces,” said Laura Grill, director of product design, Dal-Tile LLC. “The level of cutting-edge technology we employ means that if our designers can envision it, we can almost always create it in tile. This ability keeps our tile at the forefront of interior fashion with no lag time, providing the sizes, shapes, designs, colors, and textures that bring the ultimate in style to any residential or commercial space. Today’s technology also allows for high levels of realism in those tile designs emulating wood, marble, stone, and other materials. Tile is no longer simply a utilitarian building material; it is now a true design element in a space.”

“THE” Solution For Wet Areas

Tile has been, is, and always will be the preeminent flooring product for wet areas. Tile is in fact the Original Waterproof Flooring. Because of its waterproof performance, bacteria resistance, low maintenance, versatile design options, and cost effectiveness, tile is by far the best flooring product for wet areas such as bathrooms, kitchens, laundry rooms, mudrooms, entry ways, commercial public spaces, patios, pools, and other outdoor areas as well as for surfaces such as walls, showers, countertops, backsplashes, and tub surrounds. While liquid spills can ruin other materials, the surface of tile is unchanged by most liquids, water, or moisture.

Cleanliness

Unlike other surfaces, tile is hard and impervious, so it’s innately resistant to the growth of bacteria, mold, and mildew. Thus, Daltile's tile is a hypoallergenic surface and harbors no odor. In addition, the tile is made from natural materials: water, clay, sand, feldspar, and other natural minerals. Being made of natural ingredients, the tile surfaces are free from toxic chemicals and harmful contaminants found in other types of flooring (no VOCs, no PVCs, no formaldehyde, no allergens). It is also easy to clean. Regular, basic cleaning with warm water and mild soap is sufficient to keep Daltile porcelain tile looking like new. Additionally, the tile will not damage from professional cleaning services, for those customers wanting a deeper clean.

Sustainability

“At Daltile, we are passionate about creating beautiful tile responsibly, 365 days a year,” said Paij Thorn-Brooks, vice president of marketing, Dal-Tile LLC.

Daltile's sustainability attributes include:

• Over 99% of Daltile's tile collections contain recycled or reclaimed materials.
• On average, the North American facilities recover and reuse over 300 million pounds of recycled and/or reclaimed material per year.
• 2018 to present, Daltile has reduced its carbon footprint by 17%.
• Datile recovers and reuses 84% of all process wastewater generated in manufacturing plants to make tile products.
• Its measures have prevented over 125 million gallons of wastewater from entering local municipal water treatment facilities.
• They have reduced energy consumption by 11% at all of company-owned Sales Service Centers and distribution facilities.
• Daltile's tiles are made from only natural materials: water, clay, sand, feldspar, and other minerals. The tiles contain zero VOCs, zero PVCs, zero allergens, and zero formaldehyde.

Durability & Value

Tile offers outstanding durability and performance. It has an innate strength to resist decades of heavy traffic, and tile is also stainproof, scratchproof, and fire resistant. Tile is also an aspirational product that will add value to a home.