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USER’S GUIDE
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INTRODUCTION
Since its early inception, Ebaa House endeavored to cope with the process of
national development both in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Gulf
region. Ebaa House responded to the needs of development with an effective
strategy of supplying materials like ceramic, porcelain, sanitary ware and
kitchen ware. In conducting its business, Ebaa House follows an established
mission that consists of the following components:
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Based on these basic principles, Ebaa House has launched its business
activities and gained the confidence of international suppliers in a record time.
This confidence resulted in establishing agency relationships with a selected
number of major international manufacturers from Italy, Spain, UAE, Turkey
and China.
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CHOICE OF MATERIAL
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• Frost Resistance. At present ebaa house . only manufactures porcelain stones and
therefore all our tiles can be installed outside, including areas subject to extreme
temperatures. It should be taken into account that as the trims have a high water
absorption they should not be installed outside.
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• Wear resistance. A scale called PEI which indicates the areas where a special
model can be installed considering the traffic, has been established for the glazed
products. This scale goes from 1 to 5 being the latter the strongest.
All the glazed porcelain stones manufactured by ebaa house show a 4 minimum
value which enables them to be installed in areas where traffic is intense.
Non-glazed porcelain stones are not included in this scale but they have a very
high resistance because of their great hardness and their full colored body.
Attention should be paid only to polished porcelain stones, avoiding abrasive
environments which may cause loss of shine.
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• Slip Resistance. series are suitable for exterior horizontal surfaces. Polished tiles
are not recommended for wet areas or areas where water may accumulate.
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BEFORE INSTALLATION
• Caliber. Ceramic tiles suffer important contractions during the firing process. As
they are manufactured with natural raw materials such contractions are not
constant and tiles of different sizes are obtained. For this reason material is
divided into groups of established sizes which constitute the different calibers.
You may find in the corresponding Annex the tables indicating the sizes of each
caliber for each format.
If several models are to be combined it is very important to verify all of them
have the same caliber as otherwise problems shall arise during installation.
Rectified products have only one caliper and they are identified on the cartons
with the words “single caliber”, “monocalibre”, “s/c”, “mc”, or"..".
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• Shades. Just like with sizes, tiles also change in pattern, color and movement.
Such variations give rise to the different shades. With each new production run
there appear new shades which are identified on the cartons with two numbers and
two letters (i.e. 27AB). Such shades shall be similar to those obtained in previous
productions but they shall never be equal, therefore it is necessary to buy all the
material to be installed at the same moment and to make provisions for eventual
substitutions to be made in the future (in the event of repairs in piping which may
render floor breaking necessary).
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• Quality. Quality of material is printed on cartons with a “1” or “PRI” for first
choice and a “2” or “SEG” for the second choice. The selection of material is
carried out in a visual way to determine its aesthetic aspect and in an electronic
way to verify its dimensions and flatness. International standards establish as
acceptable a percentage of defects up to 5 % in first choice materials.
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• Marks. During sorting, material is divided into different choices (first, second and
discard) and shades (majority, secondary and third). Such division is carried out
by marking the tiles with crayons or stickers which are then detected by the
packing machine. For this reason it is possible to find first quality materials with
marks because they may have corresponded to a secondary or tertiary shade
(majority shade is not marked). In order to avoid doubts on this subject marks
have been identified as follows:
2° Choice Discard
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• Control of the surface. Be sure that You are pleased with the material to be
installed and that it has no evident or visible defects. If such problems are detected
do not start installing and contact your supplier immediately. No claims shall be
accepted if material has been already installed. If tiles show color shade variation
it is convenient to spread a 3 or 4 s-m surface and to mix tiles of different boxes in
order to make a correct evaluation.
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• Adhesive. All our porcelain stones must be installed using adhesives indicated for
very low absorption materials. Special adhesives, of latex modified type should be
applied in outside installations and in areas subject to sharp temperature changes
(under floor heating) to guarantee material adhesion and to absorb the expansion
differences between the substrate and the ceramic material. In order to have a
better guidance you should contact adhesive manufacturers.
• Grouts. It is advisable to use flexible materials which should be able to absorb the
expansion differences between your porcelain stone and the substrate. Due to the
micro porosity all materials have, it is possible that some grout materials,
especially the strongly colored ones, present cleaning problems which get worse
when there is a great contrast between the tiles and the grout. In order to avoid
these eventual stain ability problems we recommend to carry out tests by applying
the grout on a piece of the material and using colors which are similar to those of
the tiles. Before applying grout it is advisable to spread a thin wax coat over the
surface of the tiles in order to make their cleaning easier. Wax should not be
spread on porcelain stone’s edges as it may render the adhesion of grout difficult.
As with adhesives it is convenient to consult grout manufacturers.
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• Back side glaze. Tiles have a white refractory glaze at the back side which is used
to avoid the adhesion of the tiles to kiln’s rollers during firing. Such glaze does
not represent any problem for installation.
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DURING INSTALLATION
• Mixing Effect. It is advisable to work at the same time with at least five cartons of
porcelain stone in order to reproduce the aesthetic effect which was aimed for
when the product was designed.
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• Cuts. Wet saws are generally used when cutting tiles. It should be taken into
account that when materials with beveled edges are cut the new edges shall not
have bevel. Eye protection should always be worn when cutting or drilling
porcelain tiles.
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• Drills. A diamond tip drill bit is used when drilling, one that is specifically
designed for cutting through ceramic tile, marble, granite, stone or other dense
materials using a drill with low speed. It is necessary to keep the tile and the drill
permanently lubricated.
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• Proper care during installation. In order to protect the surface of the tiles after
installation, we recommend to put a protective cover (paper, cartons) over the tiles
until the construction job is finished.
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AFTER INSTALLATION
• Initial Cleaning. All grout and construction dirt should be removed from the
surface of the tiles. In most cases, our tiles can be cleaned successfully by
scrubbing the installation with hot water and a neutral detergent. If the grout
material remains hydrochloric acid diluted at 10% or other products recommended
by the grout manufacturers may be used, but work should be done carefully as, in
general, this kind of products also affect grouts and marbles. Eye protection is
recommended.
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MAINTENANCE
• Cleaning. Cleaning of all ehaa house floors and tiles, glazed, polished or natural,
must be carried out by using water and floor detergents combined with
disinfectants or perfumes if desired. To make cleaning easier, all spills should be
cleaned as soon as possible. Allow the detergent to act on the soil load for a few
minutes before cleaning. After removing all the detergent, rinse thoroughly with
clean water.
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• Waxes. Waxes or top finishes are not recommended as they form a coating that
deteriorates the floor aspect and entraps dirt making it more difficult to clean. If
You wish to apply such products it is advisable to remove them from time to time
with the products marketed by the same companies.
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• Stain ability problems. All materials, of every and any nature (natural stone,
marble, granite, wood, metal, rubber, plastic, glazed and non-glazed ceramics)
present a superficial micro porosity. In ebaa house products such micro porosity
is practically null, however polished porcelain stone is treated with a hydro
repellent sealer to minimize eventual stain ability problems. Customer may repeat
the procedure or apply the product over non-polished tiles mainly when the tiles
are used in areas that are prone to excusive spills, such as printer’s installations, or
when light in color tiles are installed with dark colored grout or vice versa.
A proper penetrating sealer which fills the pores making the tiles impervious to
surface staining should be used .Consult our technical department before carrying out
such application.
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Resistance to chemical attack. Our tiles are resistant to strong acid and alkaline
products except for the hydrofluoric acid which attacks all kind of glass or glaze.
We specially recommend to avoid application of this acid or its salts and
derivatives.
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resemble natural stones and in many cases they have succeeded as it is difficult to
So, it stands to reason that the more that ceramic tile looks like stone, the more it
acquires natural stone characteristics, such as color, texture and shade variations.
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The situation given, it was necessary to inform customer about the grade of color
shade variation he could expect from the product he was buying and then the
American Ceramic Tile Distributor’s Association (CTDA) published the Color Shade
Variation Guide which includes a grading of materials for floors within the following
categories:
V4 = RANDOM VARIATION: Random color differences from tile to tile, so that one
tile may have totally different colors from that on the other tiles. Thus, the final
installation will be unique.
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