{"id":1366,"date":"2015-11-15T12:13:22","date_gmt":"2015-11-15T18:13:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/?p=1366"},"modified":"2016-02-18T18:26:13","modified_gmt":"2016-02-19T00:26:13","slug":"cement-tile-in-france-is-cement-tile-durable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/cement-tile-in-france-is-cement-tile-durable\/","title":{"rendered":"Cement tile in France &#8211;Is Cement Tile Durable ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are frequently asked if cement tile are durable. In general terms we always say &#8220;yes&#8221;, and tell clients about the many installations <a href=\"https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/saigon-post-office-tile-floors.html\">over 100 years old and still in service.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Not so long ago Dave and I\u00a0were passing through the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/paris-cdg.worldairportguides.com\/\">PARIS CHARLES DE GAULLE<\/a>\u00a0airport and immediately upon disembarking the airplane, we were walking over colorful cement tiles in the concourse. Now, where in the world is there more foot traffic than a\u00a0big\u00a0international airport ? And these tiles look really good considering all the suitcases and strollers rolling over them daily.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2012-airport-paris-cement-tile-floor-VLT.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1367\" src=\"https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2012-airport-paris-cement-tile-floor-VLT.jpg\" alt=\"2012-airport-paris-cement-tile-floor-VLT\" width=\"1104\" height=\"1505\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2012-airport-paris-cement-tile-floor-VLT.jpg 1104w, https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2012-airport-paris-cement-tile-floor-VLT-220x300.jpg 220w, https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2012-airport-paris-cement-tile-floor-VLT-751x1024.jpg 751w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1104px) 100vw, 1104px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2012-dec-french-cement-tile-airport-VLT.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1368\" src=\"https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2012-dec-french-cement-tile-airport-VLT.jpg\" alt=\"2012-dec-french-cement-tile-airport-VLT\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2012-dec-french-cement-tile-airport-VLT.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2012-dec-french-cement-tile-airport-VLT-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2012-dec-french-cement-tile-airport-VLT-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/charles-degaule-airport-VLT.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1369\" src=\"https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/charles-degaule-airport-VLT.jpg\" alt=\"charles-degaule-airport-VLT\" width=\"1600\" height=\"759\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/charles-degaule-airport-VLT.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/charles-degaule-airport-VLT-300x142.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/charles-degaule-airport-VLT-1024x486.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/ciment-tile-paris-airport-VLT.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1370\" src=\"https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/ciment-tile-paris-airport-VLT.jpg\" alt=\"ciment-tile-paris-airport-VLT\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/ciment-tile-paris-airport-VLT.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/ciment-tile-paris-airport-VLT-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/ciment-tile-paris-airport-VLT-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>These energetic abstract patterns were a delight after a long airplane flight. We think the cement tile installation in Paris&#8217; Charles DeGaulle Airport in Paris are a testament to\u00a0the durability of well made cement tiles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are frequently asked if cement tile are durable. In general terms we always say &#8220;yes&#8221;, and tell clients about the many installations over 100 years old and still in service. Not so long ago Dave and I\u00a0were passing through the\u00a0PARIS CHARLES DE GAULLE\u00a0airport and immediately upon disembarking the airplane, we were walking over colorful &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/cement-tile-in-france-is-cement-tile-durable\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Cement tile in France &#8211;Is Cement Tile Durable ?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1370,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[107,181,120,150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cement-tile-installations","category-commercial","category-design-and-style","category-travel"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Cement tile in France -Is Cement Tile Durable ? - Cement Style<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/cement-tile-in-france-is-cement-tile-durable\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Lundy P. 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