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Neolith Tile

For floors, walls and showers. Request the Tile Program brochure or talk sizes with our team.

Neolith tile brings the performance of sintered stone to formats suited to tiled applications — flooring, wall cladding, backsplashes, and shower surrounds where a full slab is impractical. The material is identical to Neolith slab: clays, feldspar, and mineral oxides sintered under heat and pressure, producing very low porosity, high scratch and heat resistance, and full UV stability. The difference is format, not composition.

Technical specifications

Source from the Neolith Tile Program brochure and Neolith's technical dossier. The data already exists in the brochure. Moving it onto the page is the point of this rework.

Property

Value

Available sizes

Confirm from Tile Program brochure

Thicknesses

Confirm from Tile Program brochure

Water absorption

Confirm per Neolith technical data

Mohs hardness

Confirm per Neolith technical data

Slip rating

Confirm — critical for floor and shower specification

Fire classification

Confirm per Neolith technical data

Frost resistance

Confirm per Neolith technical data

UV stability

Colorfast, rated for exterior

Finishes

Confirm which finishes are in the Tile Program

Colors available

Confirm current Tile Program range

The slip rating matters more here than anywhere else in the set. This page recommends the material for shower surrounds and flooring, and a specifier will not proceed without it. If it is not published, they will go elsewhere to find it.

Specified for

Interior flooring, residential and commercial

Wall cladding and feature walls

Shower surrounds and wet areas

Backsplashes

Hospitality, retail, and office interiors

Exterior wall applications

Large continuous surfaces where slab format is impractical

Consider alternatives

Countertops and horizontal work surfaces — specify slab instead

Applications needing the variation of natural stone

Heavy-impact industrial flooring

Curved or complex geometry without appropriate fabrication

Tile or slab?

This is the decision most people arrive at this page needing to make, and the current page does not answer it.

Neolith Tile

Neolith Slab

Format

Tile sizes

Large format slabs

Best for

Floors, walls, showers, backsplashes

Countertops, islands, facades

Seams

More, by design

Minimal

Installation

Standard tile setting

Slab fabrication and templating

Cost to install

Lower

Higher

Waste on cuts

Lower

Higher

Choose tile for floors, walls, and wet areas, where tile setting is the appropriate installation method and seams are expected.

Choose slab for countertops and any surface where minimizing seams is part of the design intent.

The material performs identically. The choice is about format, installation method, and cost rather than about performance.

Choosing your Tile

Confirm the slip rating against the application. Floors and showers have different requirements, and finish affects the rating. This is a specification decision, not an aesthetic one.

Plan the layout around the format. Large-format tile changes how a room reads, with fewer grout lines and a more continuous surface. It also demands a flatter substrate than standard tile, since large formats are unforgiving of subfloor deviation.

Match tile and slab if you are using both. If a project uses Neolith slab on the countertop and Neolith tile on the floor or backsplash, confirm that the color and finish are available in both programs before specifying.

Use an installer experienced with large format. Handling, substrate preparation, and setting technique all differ from standard tile work.

Care and maintenance

Clean with standard household cleaners and a soft cloth or mop. Neolith's low porosity means it does not absorb liquids, so staining is not a normal concern.

Sealing is not required. The density is inherent to the material rather than applied as a coating.

For textured finishes, a soft brush works better than a flat mop in surface relief.

FAQs

Confirm the current range from the Neolith Tile Program. Sizes should be listed on this page rather than only in the downloadable brochure.

Yes, it is specified for shower surrounds and wet areas. Confirm the slip rating for the specific finish before using it on a shower floor.

Yes. Same composition and same sintering process. The difference is format and installation method.

Yes, in both residential and commercial settings. Confirm the slip rating for the finish and application.

The tile does not — its low porosity is inherent. Grout is a separate material and should be specified and maintained according to its own manufacturer's guidance.

It is UV stable and colorfast. Confirm frost resistance for freeze-thaw climates and slip rating for exterior walking surfaces.

It requires a flatter substrate, different handling, and setting technique suited to the format. Use an installer experienced with large-format material.

Often yes, but confirm the specific color and finish is offered in both the slab range and the Tile Program before specifying.

Tile or slab?

The same Neolith color shown as both, in a kitchen setting, explaining where each belongs and why.

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