Currently, most toilets are made of the same materials as baths and washbasins. They can be steel, polymer or ceramic. The last option is considered traditional for household purpose.
The main varieties of plumbing ceramics are faience and porcelain, which are made on the basis of the same raw materials. The difference lies only in relation to the different components of the raw materials and in the processing process, which as a result leads to various physical properties of the material obtained.
In this article, we give a comparative characteristic of these materials.
If we talk about quality, then porcelain toilets are made of high -quality clay, which provides them with greater mechanical strength and chemical resistance compared to faience products.
Consider such a parameter as porosity. Porcelain is less porous, so it has a low level of absorption of water and extraneous smell.
If we compare the process of cleaning toilets, then porcelain structures are easier to clean, and they practically do not absorb the smell.
In addition, porcelain is considered a more durable material than faience.
Porcelain products with careful handling will last you about fifty years, and earthenware – about thirty earthy.
Obviously, the earthenware toilets are inferior to porcelain, but they are still popular.
In conclusion, it should be noted that it is extremely difficult for non -specialists simply “by eye” to distinguish the faience product from the porcelain version, so in both cases they are covered with a layer of high -quality glaze.
