Every homeowner or renter who’s moving into a new place should examine floor tiles for traces of asbestos. The heat-resistant, fibrous, and silicate material was popular in construction projects ...

A cracked tile can be repaired using two-part epoxy applied with a toothpick or popsicle stick. Once the crack is fixed, the tile can be painted to match surrounding tiles. If the crack is large ...

A concrete tile roof is a lower-cost alternative to traditional clay tiling. It’s made from mixing sand, cement, water, and iron oxide, then shaping and heating the materials to form tiles.

It can seem daunting to gather the necessary information before you start your first tile job. There’s a lot of good information out there, some not so good information, and a tremendous amount ...

Ceramic tiles are durable and hard wearing, making them suitable for covering surfaces such as roofs, floors, walls, table tops, bathroom showers, and other objects. Most ceramic tiles are categorized ...

Drilling holes in tile—to install towel rods in a bathroom renovation, say—can be tricky. There’s always a risk the tile will crack, especially if you use the wrong drill bit. What’s more ...

But I prefer the Arabic version because it really describes the current state of Google Home’s new home screen widget on Android and its Wear OS shortcuts tile. The two features were announced ...

The underground metro gleams with intricate tile work. The Arasan baths are the apotheosis of bathing pleasures: massages atop marble slabs, cold plunges, unbearably hot saunas. Walk the leafy streets ...

the Romanesque-style building opened in 1881 and is easily recognisable thanks to the extensive use of terracotta tiles, made to resist the sooty atmosphere of Victorian London. Felix Lipov ...

Designed by civil engineer Captain Francis Fowke with revisions by Alfred Waterhouse, the Romanesque-style building opened in 1881 and is easily recognisable thanks to the extensive use of terracotta ...