Outdoor Kitchens and Dining Areas
Featuring Crossville Porcelain Slabs, Porcelain Panels, and exterior-finish porcelain tiles
Patio kitchens allow you to get more use out of your outdoor living area and are becoming a must-have in post-pandemic residential design. Outdoor kitchens range from the basics with a built-in barbecue grill and sink to the extreme with pizza ovens, wine refrigerators and full bars.
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Outdoor Flooring and Walkways
Featuring Crossville exterior-finish porcelain tiles
It’s imperative to choose materials for flooring, paths, and walkways that are slip resistant, durable, and low maintenance. Of course, when those materials also offer the aesthetic style befitting of and complementary to the home’s interior design, it’s a win-win.
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Outdoor Fireplaces and Firepits
Featuring Crossville Porcelain Slabs, Porcelain Panels, and exterior-finish porcelain tiles
A fireplace or firepit is a patio addition that can increase the year-round enjoyment of outdoor spaces while also increasing the resale appeal of a home. From a design perspective, fireplaces can also provide a much-needed focal point to your patio space.
Pool Decks and Waterlines
Featuring Crossville commercial-grade and exterior-finish porcelain tiles
Surfacing materials around and on the waterlines of pools must meet highest standards for slip- and water-resistance, as well as overall technical performance. Crossville offers a range of options, including porcelain tile collections with specially engineered exterior finishes for that offer the safety and style pool areas demand.
Performance Benefits of Crossville’s Exterior-Ready Porcelain Solutions
Slabs & Countertops
With superior technical characteristics, Crossville’s Porcelain Slabs are the right choice for outdoor kitchens, barbecue areas—even outdoor tabletops. Crossville technical services director Noah Chitty shares that the advantages for outdoor use are clear. “Because porcelain is freeze/thaw resistant and U/V stable, our slab products are perfect for outside. We offer a superior solution for exterior use.”
As a matter of fact, porcelain countertops (along with sintered materials, as they are essentially the same thing) are the only surfaces that should be specified for outdoors. The resins of quartz would yellow over time if applied outside, and natural stone’s porosity does not provide freeze/thaw resistance required to perform in exterior countertop applications.
Crossville Porcelain Slabs and Countertops provide an easy-to-clean outdoor surface that is bacteria resistant, stain resistant, and scratch resistant making clean up as easy as removing debris and wiping with water.
Exterior-finish Porcelain Tile Collections
Choosing the right flooring for inside your home is a big decision, and outdoors is no different. For exterior spaces, it’s necessary to specify a material that’s equal parts practical (slip resistant, durable, easy to maintain, and weather resistant) but also aesthetically pleasing. In considering flooring options, check out these advantages to Crossville’s Owen Stone and Portugal collections that offer exterior finishes that are ideal for use anywhere outside the home.
- Exterior Finish – Both Owen Stone and Portugal are available in exterior finishes that offer the slip resistance necessary to keep outdoor applications safe for foot traffic and frequent use even when exposed to the elements.
- Durable – Porcelain is a lasting and durable material. For the same reasons porcelain is installed in interior high traffic areas, porcelain tile is an excellent choice to accommodate frequent patio foot traffic.
- Easy Maintenance – You don’t have to worry about putting too much energy into maintaining your porcelain tile patio. For most spills, cleaning is easy with just water.
- All Types of Weather – Since porcelain tiles don’t absorb much water, sealing is not required. Additionally, porcelain doesn’t absorb much water; so, you don’t have to worry about it cracking due to freezing and thawing.
- Mold resistant – With no water retained inside the tile, there’s less of a chance that you’ll experience problems with mold or mildew.
