Hello All

Just wanted to get some advise on tiles. I will be renovating my kitchen soon. I need to know if the tiles from China or Malaysia are off better quality. I have one contractor telling me China and the other Malaysia. As such I am abit confused. Please help.

Thanks in advance

If you are going to renovate your kitchen, i'll take this for an example.

1. size of tiles: You need to see if your kitchen is longish or squarish type of kitchen. Newer estate like sengkang, punggol etc. Their kitchen is normally

squarish so when come to choosing of tiling, most commonly they would go for squarish tiling for wall and floor. But for resale flat like

amk,their kitchen is longish, so advisable to use rectangular type of tiles. If u have time over the weekend, explore hafary to see their

tiles for better idea.

2. Type of tiles: Ceramic Tiles, Homogenous Tiles..etc. The texture of tiles is different, some anti-slip some is not.

3. Design of tiles: Color Matching for wall and floor is very important. In most common cases, the wall tiles color is lighter than the floor tiles. So as to

create a contrast effect. Design wise is up to individual liking. Mostly ppl goes for glossy effect, so cleaning it won't be a hassle.

4. Price & Quality of tiles: There are not just this 2 country producing tiles. Depending on price that your contractor quote u in the quotation. If your

contractor limit you to choose tiles at $2.50psf and below, what other choice do u have, unless you are willing to pay more?

If u are going for brands, whitehorse tiles is also not bad of a choice. If not, ask them to bring you defu lane to see the tiles,

ask them abt the price range of the tile that were quote to you. So u won't burn your pocket after that.

If you are going to renovate your kitchen, i'll take this for an example.

1. size of tiles: You need to see if your kitchen is longish or squarish type of kitchen. Newer estate like sengkang, punggol etc. Their kitchen is normally

squarish so when come to choosing of tiling, most commonly they would go for squarish tiling for wall and floor. But for resale flat like

amk,their kitchen is longish, so advisable to use rectangular type of tiles. If u have time over the weekend, explore hafary to see their

tiles for better idea.

2. Type of tiles: Ceramic Tiles, Homogenous Tiles..etc. The texture of tiles is different, some anti-slip some is not.

3. Design of tiles: Color Matching for wall and floor is very important. In most common cases, the wall tiles color is lighter than the floor tiles. So as to

create a contrast effect. Design wise is up to individual liking. Mostly ppl goes for glossy effect, so cleaning it won't be a hassle.

4. Price & Quality of tiles: There are not just this 2 country producing tiles. Depending on price that your contractor quote u in the quotation. If your

contractor limit you to choose tiles at $2.50psf and below, what other choice do u have, unless you are willing to pay more?

If u are going for brands, whitehorse tiles is also not bad of a choice. If not, ask them to bring you defu lane to see the tiles,

ask them abt the price range of the tile that were quote to you. So u won't burn your pocket after that.

Thanks for the information. Will be of great help as I need to decide by latest next week on the contractor that im using. Need to start my reno in the first week of May.

White Horse Tiles also come from China.....esp Homo Tiles (60x60cm) if comparable to China...not able to compete in the market....However if you want the lastest designs, more selection and modern looks ...most proberly only China tiles able to fulfill this kind of requirements...certain tiles shop like Soon Bee Huat,Hafary ...u can consider to dropby there to have a view, u can select tiles from there by viewing their showflat.For Homogeneous Tiles select for Living Area, is advisable to select matt finishing type rather than glossy surface...for long term consideration ..as normal glossy homo tiles from China easily absorb the stains. but if insist on glossy type,can choose the anti-stain homo tiles (however only can last for several years no idea as this is a new tech applied ) and market in the local in year 2008. Nowadays 90 % of tiles in SIngapore is using China-made.