What do you think about functional tiles?

In today's increasingly intelligent home circle, if a product is not stunted, or has some eye-catching features, are a bit embarrassed to say the meaning of exports. As a result, some of the features that sounded very loud were placed on the tiles. Right now, in some building materials markets, functional tiles appear quietly. These seemingly ordinary tiles are claimed to have special functions such as purifying the air, bactericidal and antibacterial, providing health care and releasing negative oxygen ions. The manufacturers said that it is nice to use the ceramic tile that not only has no radiation, but also can decompose formaldehyde, benzene and other harmful substances in the home, or achieve the effect of warmth. But there are also industry insiders that the so-called functional tiles is a kind of publicity gimmick.

Functional tiles, varied

In the traditional impression, the main function of the tile is paving the floor. When buying a tile, people are most concerned about the durability and beauty. However, with the frequent occurrence of various types of environmental events, people have become more and more concerned about the environmental protection of home life, and there are more and more functional ceramic tiles. For example, negative ion tiles are said to eliminate harmful substances in the air. Tiles containing titanium can relieve fatigue. Tiles containing antibacterial agents can eliminate deadly bacteria... Tiles with these special functions seem to have been transformed from The original unfamiliar home improvement industry, "Silk Silk," quickly became one of the "Gao Fu Shuai."

It is worth noting that, when asked about the specific functional principles of this type of tile, the factory sales staff usually can not very clearly introduce, but also failed to produce the relevant qualification certification.

Functional tiles that have been high hopes

In fact, functional tiles have not recently emerged. Functional ceramic tiles were considered a powerful way to break through in the industry when the ceramic industry fell into a downturn a few years ago. Solar tiles, hot-floor tiles and other products are also making the industry look fresh. .

However, as consumers' awareness of functional ceramic tiles continues to increase, the idea of ​​building Ceramics to break through functional ceramic tiles is becoming a beautiful dream. At least in the current market, functional ceramic tiles have not been sought after. It's a pitiful sitting position. Many shop owners have said that in fact, the sales of functional tiles are much lower than those of ordinary tiles, and they are not the flagship products in the store. The well-known ceramic tile brands such as Nobel and Apollo are mostly based on ordinary tiles. There is no such functional tile product. It can be seen that functional ceramic tiles still have a long distance from mainstream products.

The function is a gimmick, what do you think?

Tile functional, is a business or a new generation of products? I am afraid it is still difficult to make a conclusion. After all, there are no relevant standards and standards for such products in the country, and there is no authoritative testing agency to conduct related tests. Yu Bo, director of the decoration supervision center of the Qingdao Interior Decoration Industry Association, pointed out that functional ceramic tiles must be certified by an authoritative department, otherwise false propaganda may easily occur and consumers may be misled. At the same time, relevant industry standards are still to be improved and must be supported by specific standards and specifications, otherwise it is difficult to define the functionality of the tiles.

Yin Hong, deputy secretary-general of the China Building Sanitary Ceramics Association frankly stated that there is currently limited market space for functional ceramic tiles, which is related to the environment of the Chinese market. “Water seepage bricks have been in development for more than a decade, but they have always been marketed. Difficult, there has been no major breakthrough so far, sound-absorbing tiles, bubble light bricks, etc., the market is in demand, but for the time being, the popularity of marketing is very limited.

However, some insiders in the industry stated that most of the functional tiles on the market are merely propaganda gimmicks. The so-called moisture-proof, radiation-proof and other functions are just labels that are affixed by businesses, but they have brought about a price increase. A few dollars of ordinary tiles transformed into a piece of ceramic tile with hundreds of functions such as radiation protection and sterilization.

"For ceramic tiles, the items included in the national standard include hardness, water absorption, and anti-fouling properties, such as the content of negative ions and titanium ions. How do we detect it? There is no corresponding standard in China. In addition, the statement of radiation protection of ceramic tiles It is not scientific, because the tiles themselves do not have the function of blocking and absorbing radiation, and the tiles currently on the market have passed the national radiation standards.” An industry source stated that these listed items should be common when buying ceramic tiles. Concerned performance indicators, other features do not need to be achieved through tiles.