Our unique grid pattern on the back of our tiles ensures dimensional stability. The ridge pattern on Ecotile floor tiles ensures that the tile will remain flat for the life of the tile.
The Purpose of grid pattern on the back of our tiles – both the open and hidden joint tiles have been designed to ensure absolute dimensional stability so that they fit perfectly without gaps between the joints or in the corners. It is our unique grid pattern that ensures dimensional stability – if you put 4 of our competitor’s tiles together you’ll see that where the 4 corners meet there is a small gap – this is because of how PVC behaves when you injection mould it into a solid piece.
Plastic will tend to want to curl over time, and a flat-backed tile will, after time, start to curl at each corner. The ridge pattern on Ecotile floor tiles ensures that the tile will remain flat for the life of the tile. A proven fact based on the physical and chemical properties of plastics.
The pockets of air create a cushion that prevents the Ecotile from rattling, which a flat-backed tile will do.
The little pockets of air also create a mini vacuum that stops the tile from slipping on the floor, especially if there is any oil, water or grease in the substrate. This is very important for small areas of tiles or where an island of tiles is being installed that is not butting up against retaining walls.
The grid pattern allows our tile to cope better with imperfections in the substrate.
The grid pattern allows the floor to breathe – very important if installing over concrete that hasn’t cured yet or if there is damp in the floor.
The tile design in the hidden joint is almost 100% waterproof.
Four of our tiles cover a square metre not 0.96m² as per many of our competitors.