Dura Ceramic flooring

I understand that the DuraCeramic tile product has been improved over the past couple of years. I'm considering this for our foyer. Anyone have any pros/cons to share about this product? Thanks much!

I think the product of late has improved.

The truth is, in most cases you can install real ceramic tile for about the same cost.

DuraCeramic is the absolute best product! I paid to have someone install it in my bathroom. Well, I watched them install it and realized I could do the installation. I persoanlly installed the product in my kitchen and dining areas and have had no problems at all! It's been down in the kitchen for over a year and only experienced a mild chip in the surface where I dropped a heavy platter dish. Ooops! But I'll live with the chip, had it been real ceramic, it would have shattered the tile and my replacement cost would have been huge. I would recommend you buy it! You probably could install it yourself. If my clumsy self could, anybody can.

I have to agree with Pickles. We had DuraCeramic installed in our home two years ago. We had real ceramic that started cracking as the house settled and aged. So we were told DuraCeramic would not do that and it hasn't! Truth be told, the DuraCeramic feels so much warmer when we walk on it too. You'll love the product.

I've been installing ceramic floors for over 30 years. When DuraCeramic came out, I thought it would never work. Saw one of the install classes, did a job, and now I would say 90% of my installs are DuraCeramic. Good product.

You want to know what makes DuraCeramic a good product? All the competitive products that are popping up to compete with it. Go with the original.

We had DuraCeramic in our kitchen and we had some problems with grout and general appearance. A rep came out and said it was put in wrong. The store replaced it with more DuraCeramic, much to my reluctance, and the new floor has proven to do real good. We like it and very happy with it.

Can duraceramic be installed over a heated floor? We're building a house and want to put in-floor heating throughout, using a gypcrete pour over the hot water lines. I've heard that the glue is a heat release product and can't be used, but I was wondering if there were other products available for installing the tile.

I doubt it. Those products rely on a contact adhesive for them to work properly and stay down. Contact adhesive would be sensitive to that type of heating process I think.

For the same cost you can have real ceramic tile. Why would want an imitation? Especially if you are going to heat the floor anyway.

People, just because the product is called DuraCeramic, does not mean it is ceramic. It's not. It is a vinyl composite tile with a fancy name and an exhorbitant price tag. As Bud and others have stated, you can get the real thing for less money. And of a much higher quality too.