Grespania's Coverlam stole the show
I saw a ton of new and interesting stuff at Coverings ultimate week but greater than whatever, a tile collection from Spanish producer Grespania rose to the top and showed what I say became the best element shown in Las Vegas. In latest years, advances in ceramics generation have allowed tile producers to make large and thinner tile.
Grespania's Coverlam is a series of massive and massively thin tiles that wouldn't have been possible a couple of years ago. Here's my shot of their Oxido display from last week.
Coverlam comes in in four sizes: 500mm x 500mm, 500mm x 1000mm, 1000mm x 1000mm and astoundingly, 3000mm x 1000mm. As impressive as the sizes are, what blew me away is that those tiles are three.5mm thick. How thick is 3.5mm? Look.
Unbelievable. By making tile this thin and this big, grout lines are quite minimized, glaringly. But there are some other things occurring which might be a piece much less obvious. There's a extreme reduction within the resources needed to make this tile while as compared to more historically sized tile. The 2d massive financial savings comes from their reduced weight.
That decreased weight has a cascading impact. Coverlam charges much less to transport and it provides less weight to the weight a structure has to bear. Load bearing is an issue in wood-framed houses, particularly on their top floors.
Coverlam can be used on flooring, on partitions, as building sheathing and intriguingly, kitchen and bath counters. Did I point out that you can cut it with a pitcher cutter? Here are some exposure stills that display the product in use.
You can learn more about Coverlam on Grespania's website . Here's the direct link to the Coverlam catalog . Coverlam is available worldwide and it represents something entirely new. Consider using it in a future project.