Helping a Friend out re do bathroom he picked out some 12”x24”polished porcelain but I thought it might be to slippery being is going to be used by an elderly couple? Thoughts?

I’m doing my first bathroom renovation. I plan to use large format (24x48) polished porcelain tile on the floor and walls. I’d planned to use that same tile on the shower floor but now I’m thinking it will be very slippery when soap and water hit it. Might switch to smaller and/or rougher tiles for the shower floor. Am I overthinking or do I need a safer alternative?

It’s a walk-in shower with no ledge.

Considering installing large format polished porcelain tile in my kitchen and dining room. Concerned about water sports after mopping… maybe there are other cons I’m I’m not thinking of… any advice is welcome!! Photo of one I’m considering

Anyone have experience or have a suggestion what to put down to make the polished porcelain tiles not slippery when wet? This is for 24x48 polished porcelain tiles I want to put in my bathroom, including my shower floor.

I’ve seen things from slip doctors as well as miracle 511. Thoughts or suggestions? Don’t want to use a shower mat or stickies if I can avoid it.

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I‘ve heard mixed reviews of polished tiles getting slippery when wet, whereas others say it doesn’t matter. So not too sure.

We had a lovely patio built this spring which we had finished in an outdoor white porcelain tile. It’s turning out to be lethal when wet unless meticulously clean (which is a bit of an issue in a British garden) - is there anything that can be applied to them to improve this or do we just have to accept it?

This comes up as a suggested product but interested to hear if anyone had used it - https://www.slipdoctors.co.uk/products/stone-grip-non-slip-treatment?variant=19608558010461&currency=GBP&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIxp36v6iN5AIVyOFRCh2X1AF3EAQYAiABEgIL3PD_BwE

For some reason I missed the fact that my leading choice of zellige-look tile is ceramic and not porcelain. I thought it was porcelain. So now I’m back to square one of trying to choose a tile! 😩 it’s been the bane of my existance! I’m reading that ceramic isn’t ideal in showers bc it needs to be sealed and can absorb water right? Any tile experts here?

Would a large format semi-gloss (lappato) porciline tile be too slippery for a shower/bathroom floor? I get that the very polished glossy tiles wouldn't work.

Hey everyone -

So my family is putting in a pool in our backyard, and we have an existing back patio that is made of typical outdoor porcelain tiles. The problem is that these tiles become super slippery whenever they get wet, and pools have a bad habit of making things wet.

We brought in a contractor, thinking we could have Stone Grip or something similar applied, but they reached out to a bunch of places and couldn't find anything that works for porcelain tiles. Any ideas on what we could do here? I can just see our kids running out of the pool and cracking their heads on this tile :(

Any help is really appreciated, thanks!

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1. I'm looking around Floor & Decor and noticed that Porcelain tiles are all waterproof but say interior only. The ceramic tiles are not waterproof but say exterior / interior. Shouldn't the waterproof ones be exterior also? I don't plan tiling anything outside, just curious, about shower walls and bathroom floors

2. Is glossy/polished porcelain tile safe for bathroom floors? Or will it be slippery when wet?

3. Some tiles are different thickness. How is that difference made up when used in adjacent rooms? Thicker thin-set?

Thanks

I've been dealing with this annoying issue lately: slippery tiles in the bathroom. Like seriously, it's like walking on ice sometimes! So, I'm reaching out to y'all for some advice.

I've tried a few things like those stick-on grippy things and even a fancy non-slip mat, but nothing seems to really do the trick. Do any of you have magic solutions to this problem? I'm all ears!

Also, if you've got any horror stories about slipping and sliding in the bathroom, feel free to share. Let's commiserate together, haha!

Thanks in advance for any tips or tricks you can throw my way.

I installed 12x24 polished porcelain tiles in my bathroom. I'm realizing quickly they're entirely too slippery to walk on even in socks let alone when the floor gets wet. It's only been a day since I insalled them and I haven't grouted yet but they're firmly set. I can't live with these.

What are my best options? I really don't want to go through the destruction to rip them out. I'm considering tiling right over them with a ceramic matte tile but not sure this will work. Any advice is appreciated?