Stauffer W. AG (Thun)

Your specialist for ceramics in construction. **Welcome! The choice of ceramic wall and floor coverings is wide. What are your needs? We advise you expertly and deliver on time.

**Visit our exhibition. We are looking forward to your visit.

One for all.** Our main activity is the supply and installation of ceramic wall and floor coverings, as well as natural and artificial stone slabs. More than a dozen well-trained tilers take care of large and small projects. From us you get everything from a single source: we advise you on the choice of materials, design and installation options and maintenance. In most cases, we obtain the desired material directly without intermediaries. We lay it on time and professionally according to your wishes.

Materials to touch. Before you decide on a particular product, you should visit our spacious exhibition. We will show you hundreds of different ceramic tiles as well as various design options with decorative fillings and wall claddings - to look at and touch. Here you can also view differently laid coverings on a larger area. Visit our exhibition without obligation or register so that we can advise you.
There are sufficient parking spaces available.

Our offer. Who has the choice, has the agony - and hopefully a competent advice. After all, this helps to narrow down the large number of options in a sensible way. Which optics? Which format? Which installation method? We'll show you what's possible, practical and consistent. Hardly any other material combines as many advantages as ceramics - from hygienic to building biology properties. Ceramic tiles are not only extremely hard-wearing and durable, they are also easy to clean, color- and light-fast, and highly resistant to scratches and scratches.

Living and patio. The variety of ceramics today is almost unlimited. No other material is so varied and multifaceted in its nature. Thanks to the variety of formats, colors and surfaces, ceramics match a wide range of building and living styles. Thanks to their optimal heat storage and conductivity, ceramics are ideal for use in combination with underfloor heating in living and sleeping areas. You are also at the right address for outdoor coverings: We analyze the structural requirements and propose suitable solutions.

Bathroom. We know everything about tile coverings and decorative wall fillings as a complement to ceramic tiles for the individual design of your bathroom. And we'll be happy to advise you. Wall and floor coverings must be coordinated with the bathroom furnishings, samples of bathroom furnishings are beneficial for tile selection in our showroom.

Swimming pools and wellness. When building swimming pools and wellness facilities, it is advisable to involve the tile layer at the planning stage. We will give you competent advice on the realization of floor and wall coverings in the interior and exterior. In our showroom you can see a variety of design options and materials in the flesh.

Kitchen. We recommend you to choose the kitchen furniture before the tiling. We will help you to match the overall look: from experience we know which solutions are suitable for certain requirements and which are less. Visit our showroom: you will be amazed how large the selection of great Plättli is!

Materials. Wall and floor tiles come in different types and qualities. Basically, we distinguish between glazed and unglazed tiles. Stoneware is fired at high temperatures (up to 1200 C°). These slabs have high strength and are suitable for wall cladding and flooring. Fine stoneware refers to tiles sintered by firing to be completely dense. These tiles are frost resistant and can also be used outdoors. Stoneware is not frost or acid resistant. As a floor covering, it can only be used for light traffic. Because of its porosity, stoneware is always glazed. The glaze forms a hard and closed layer. It is largely chemical resistant to common household cleaning agents, soaps and weak acids. Small-sized tiles (smaller than 10/10 cm) are called mosaic. Natural stones are divided according to their formation into solidified stones such as granite, sedimentary stones such as limestone and metamorphic stones such as marble. Natural stones are extracted in quarries and further processed into slabs in factories. As a result of the manufacturing process, natural stone is more expensive than ceramic.