Essence Porcelain Tiles

Essence Slate Look Porcelain

Slate is a stone that flakes. It is split rather than sawn, so the face has a shallow cleft texture, and over time in a busy room that surface sheds thin layers and the colour lightens where it does. Essence keeps the texture and drops the flaking: a porcelain body with a slate face pressed into it, in black, grey, white and a warm gold.

The texture is not just visual. A cleft face gives grip underfoot, which is why slate ends up in entries, mudrooms and around pools in the first place, and the slip resistant version of this series takes that further for wet floors.

Sizes and pieces

• Field tiles at 12x24 and 24x48
• Mosaics at 12x12 for shower floors
• Bullnose trim at 3x12 and 3x24
• Matte and slip resistant surfaces

Living with a dark floor

Black slate shows dust the way any dark matte floor does, which is worth knowing before it goes into a hallway. The grey and gold colourways are more forgiving and keep the same texture. If the room is dark to begin with, the white version gives the cleft face without closing the space in.

Compare with Trek, the other slate face in the range, and see slate look tile for everything we carry.