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RAK Ceramics
Surfaces Book 2020

Surfaces Book 2020

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Overview: RAK Ceramics is a prominent global brand in the ceramics industry, specializing in ceramic and gres porcelain tiles and sanitaryware. Established in 1989, the company operates advanced production facilities in the UAE, India, and Bangladesh, serving over 150 countries and listed on the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange.

Product Offerings: RAK Ceramics provides a diverse range of products including floor, wall, and countertop tiles. Their collections, such as Metal, Uni, Ceramic Tiles, Porcelain Tiles, Woods, Stone, and Marble, offer various styles and finishes to meet different design requirements.

Maximus Mega Slab: This line features large format tiles with minimal grout lines, available in different thicknesses and finishes. These slabs are heat resistant, recyclable, lightweight, durable, and easy to clean, suitable for walls, facades, floors, furniture, and countertops.

Concrete Collection: Designed for minimalist aesthetics, these concrete-look tiles are versatile for contemporary settings, available in various sizes and finishes for both domestic and heavy commercial use.

Lava Concrete: This collection includes high-performance porcelain tiles with Antislip Barefoot+ technology, offering excellent non-slip performance for indoor and outdoor applications.

Surface 2.0: Offers a variety of colors and finishes, including Matt, Lappato, and Rustic, with decorative options like mosaics, suitable for both internal and external applications.

Technical Specifications: Detailed specifications for each product line are provided, including sizes, finishes, and color options, aiding architects and designers in making informed decisions.

Tile Collections:

Mosaics: Available in sizes like 2.5x2.5 cm and 3x6 cm, with a standard size of 30x30 cm, offered in various finishes including matt and decor options.
Surface 2.0 Outdoor: Features tiles in colors such as Ash, Night, Copper, and Cool Grey, with a thickness of 20mm and sizes like 60x60 cm, suitable for outdoor flooring.
Basic Concrete: Offers sizes from 30x60 cm to 135x307 cm, in colors like Beige, Dark Beige, and Dark Grey, suitable for walls, floors, and countertops.
Design Concrete: Available in sizes like 60x120 cm and 75x75 cm, with colors including Grey, Ivory, and Nut, designed for both indoor and outdoor use.
Revive Concrete: Features large format tiles up to 135x305 cm, in colors like Active White and Summer Sand, suitable for walls, floors, and countertops.
Wood Effect Tiles: Includes collections like Sigurt Wood and Select Wood, offering sizes like 19.5x120 cm in colors such as African Ash and Scandinavian Oak.
Stone Look Tiles: Collections like Valley Stone and City Stone offer various sizes and colors, with antislip technology for enhanced safety.

Ordering Information: To order tiles, replace 'XXX' in the product code with the specific color code. For example, to order a 60x60 Ash tile, use the code 'A06GZSUR-AS0.M0T5R'.

Applications: Suitable for domestic, light commercial, and heavy commercial environments, these tiles can be used for walls, floors, and countertops, both internally and externally.

Key Features: The tiles offer finishes such as matt and lappato, with options for mosaics and large formats, designed to be durable, versatile, and aesthetically pleasing for modern environments.

Specifications: White and Red Body Ceramic tiles are manufactured using hydraulic presses and fired in roller kilns at approximately 1100 °C. The vitrified product is sintered at around 1030 °C, with a bending strength higher than 15/mrre and water absorption above 10%, classified under BIII (GL) group according to UNI EN 14411 standard.

Advice on Laying: Tiles can be laid using adhesives or cement mortar. Avoid wetting tiles before laying with certain adhesives. For large tiles, use the two-layer spreading method and ensure expansion joints are not more than 4-5 meters apart.

Important Points for Laying: Allow wet concrete or plaster to dry for at least one week per centimeter of thickness. Use appropriate adhesive thickness for different surfaces and ensure expansion joints to prevent stress on tiles.

Technical Features: Various sizes and packaging details are provided for porcelain and ceramic tiles, including thickness, tile coverage per box, and weight specifications.

Laying Maximus Slabs: Requires specific conditions and tools, including cement-based powder adhesive, suction cups, and a levelling system. Proper handling and cutting techniques are outlined to prevent damage.

Bonding to Wall and Floor: Ensure surfaces are solid and clean. Use specified adhesives and tools for spreading and bonding. Follow procedures for tapping and levelling to ensure proper adhesion.

Grout Filling: Use high-quality grouting products, mix properly, and apply within 20-25 minutes. Clean excess grout with a damp sponge.

Cleaning and Maintenance: Maximus products are non-porous and easy to clean with a damp cloth, maintaining their aesthetic features.

Warranties: RAK Ceramics offers a 10-year warranty on tiles, ensuring high manufacturing standards.

Applications and Finishes: Tiles are suitable for various applications, including residential, commercial, and industrial areas. Different finishes and surface looks are available, with varying degrees of gloss and slip resistance.

Catalog excerpts

Focused on ceramics' expertise RAK Ceramics is one of the largest ceramics' brands in the world. Specialising in ceramic and gres porcelain wall and floor tiles and sanitaryware, the company has the capacity to produce 123 million square metres of tiles and 5 million pieces of sanitaryware per year at its state-of-the-art plants across the United Arab Emirates, India and Bangladesh. Founded in 1989 and headquartered in the United Arab Emirates, RAK Ceramics serves clients in more than 150 countries through our network of operational hubs in Europe, Middle East and North Africa, Asia, North and...

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RAK Ceramics helps architects and interior designers create icons and build marvels. It provides sustainable materials that inspire ideas, shapes and hues designed to freely express any style. Unique and inspiring products that realistically resemble natural materials, with unlimited choice. RAK Ceramics gives porcelain perfection and limitless imagination. Its passion and expertise combined with a careful attention to detail enables it to provide designers and end users with a wide range of integrated ceramics solutions, allowing them freedom to be creative and plenty of room for imagination....

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INSPIRATION BROCHURE AVAILABLE NOW

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THE DESIGN POSSIBILITIES ARE ENDLESS. Imagine a tiled space with virtually no grout lines. Imagine limitless possibilities for your sufaces and unparalleled flexibility for any kind of applications. Maximus is available in 3 thicknesses and a wide range of finishes and sizes. Heat resistant, recyclable, light weight, durable and easy to clean. Maximus is the best answer to the most challenging architectural and interior design needs.

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Versatile and simply beautiful, the Maximus slab revolutionises the design and architecture world by opening up new perspectives in tile application that were previously unimaginable. All the continuous surfaces are designed for any type of application: floor and walls, cladding, furnishing and countertops and provide creative flexibility and high technical and aesthetic performances. COUNTERTOP SURFACES

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MARBLE LOUNGE LAVA CONCRETE SURFACE XL SURFACE 2.0 BASIC CONCRETE DESIGN CONCRETE REVIVE CONCRETE SIGURT WOOD SELECT WOOD LINE WOOD CURTON MAREMMA VALLEY STONE CITY STONE FASHION STONE FUSION STONE SHINE STONE CEPPO DI GRE' STONE MACAUBAS GLAM MARBLE VERSILIA MARBLE CALACATTA AFRICA CALACATTA GOLD PANDA MARBLE MEDICEA BAHIA LUCE AMANI MARBLE BLU DEL BELGIO CLASSIC WOODS METAL EVOQUE METAL DETROIT METAL ICON METAL

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014 | PORCELAIN TILES | RAKCERAMICS.COM RAKCERAMICS.COM | PORCELAIN TILES | 015

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CONCRETE The ultimate expression of minimalism. RAK Ceramics concrete collection makes a powerful statement with its sheer simplicity. No fuss, no frills, just pure perfection. With its neutral colour and natural texture, the concrete-look tiles are the ideal choice in creating a minimalist look and feel. It is a versatile collection that suits well with any setting, with either a contemporary or minimalist mood, or in residential contexts or contract industry.

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Wall: Lava Concrete Mix Grey 60x120cm Floor: Lava Concrete Mix Grey 60x60cm

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*120x180 only available in Grey, Anthracite, Black, Light Grey and Beige. ** 100x100 only available in Grey, Anthracite, Black, Light Grey, Beige and Ivory. Floor: Lounge Anthracite 100x100cm FINISHES 022 | LOUNGE | RAKCERAMICS.COM

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COLOURS Ivory Light Grey Beige Brown Light Black Black *120x180 only available in Grey, Anthracite, Black, Light Grey and Beige. **100x100 only available in Grey, Anthracite, Black, Light Grey, Beige and Ivory. GREY UNPOLISHED

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IVORY UNPOLISHED MOSAICS UNPOLISHED POLISHED

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AVAILABLE FROM JUNE 2020 LAVA CONCRETE FULL BODY PORCELAIN WALL | FLOOR INTERNAL | EXTERNAL MATT DOMESTIC | HEAVY COMMERCIAL Wall: Lava Concrete Beige 75x75cm, Lava Concrete Beige Mosaic 30x60cm

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LAVA CONCRETE The Antislip Barefoot + technology gives porcelain tiles excellent non-slip performance and a pleasant feel, with a special roughness imperceptible to the touch. Available for dry indoor areas, indoor areas subject to moisture and outdoor applications. FULL BODY PORCELAIN FLOOR TILES This collection is one of the most modern high-performing variety of porcelain tiles with unique characteristics and limitless applications. Natural, structured and polished materials of great aesthetic value to provide architects and interior designers the perfect solution for their contemporary design...

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60x60cm 29.8x60cm MOSAICS Rhomboid Mosaic 25.5x29.5cm 3D Mosaic 28.8x28.8cm Wall: Lava Concrete Mix Grey 60x120cm Floor: Lava Concrete Mix Grey 60x60cm WHITE MATT White (WHE) Beige (BEE) 032 | LAVA CONCRETE | RAKCERAMICS.COM RAKCERAMICS.COM | LAVA CONCRETE | 033

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034 | LAVA CONCRETE | RAKCERAMICS.COM RAKCERAMICS.COM | LAVA CONCRETE | 035

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COLOURS 038 | SURFACE XL | RAKCERAMICS.COM

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Wall: Surface 2.0 Off White 30x60cm, Surface 2.0 Off White Mosaic 30x30cm, Surface 2.0 Off White 10x60cm Surface 2.0 Off White 15x60cm, Floor: Surface 2.0 Off White 60x60cm, Surface 2.0 Off White Mosaic 30x30cm FINISHES Matt

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COPPER MATT DECORS Size

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SIZES COLOURS Ash Cool Grey HOW TO ORDERReplace "XXX" in the product code with the colour code to identify the colour required. For Example: To order a 60x60 Ash please use "A06GZSUR-AS0.M0T5R" MATT Floor: Suface 2.0 Outdoor Mid Grey 60x60cm 046 | SURFACE 2.0 OUTDOOR | RAKCERAMICS.COM RAKCERAMICS.COM | SURFACE 2.0 OUTDOOR | 047

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Surfaces Book 2020

Surfaces Book 2020

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