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Wood plank-looking porcelain tile
Posted on 5/4/16 at 10:35 am
Posted on 5/4/16 at 10:35 am
Anybody have it installed?
I'm thinking about redoing my entire house in such, but I'm afraid that it will lay like ordinary tile, where the installation has to be precise or there will be low points and ridges and the possibility of being somewhat uncomfortable to bare feet.
Do you like it, and who was your supplier and manufacturer?
I'm thinking about redoing my entire house in such, but I'm afraid that it will lay like ordinary tile, where the installation has to be precise or there will be low points and ridges and the possibility of being somewhat uncomfortable to bare feet.
Do you like it, and who was your supplier and manufacturer?
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Posted on 5/4/16 at 10:35 am to Rex
I like the look of it... will be looking into it more when my place need new flooring.
Posted on 5/4/16 at 10:41 am to Rex
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Do you like it, and who was your supplier and manufacturer?
We put these in our bathroom, and it looks and feels great. Our contractor turned out to be pretty shitty and lazy, so there are definitely some low points/ridges; however, I have never once thought that it was uncomfortable to stand on.
We got ours from prosource, but don't have a clue about the actual manufacturer.
Posted on 5/4/16 at 10:49 am to Rex
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thinking about redoing my entire house in such
Easy. It's great looking stuff, but I wouldn't go all out.
We have tile in the kitchen, living and dining rooms and wood in the halls and bedrooms. No carpet. All of one type of flooring throughout would be weird...
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Rex
Ohhhh....
Posted on 5/4/16 at 10:50 am to Rex
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Wood plank-looking porcelain tile
I think it is great that they can do this now that we are all out of trees.
Posted on 5/4/16 at 10:54 am to Rex
I've seen it in a few houses and really like the look of it..
Posted on 5/4/16 at 11:00 am to Rex
Just make sure you use the proper grout and the thinnest gap as possible....or it will look like rectangle tile not wood floors. If done right it looks pretty good.
Posted on 5/4/16 at 11:04 am to Rex
I did a bathroom with it. It turned out really well and matched my hardwood in my house very well. I'll upload a picture later on.
ETA: I don't remember the name of the tile company, it was stuff that was readily available at Home Depot.
ETA: I don't remember the name of the tile company, it was stuff that was readily available at Home Depot.
This post was edited on 5/4/16 at 11:05 am
Posted on 5/4/16 at 11:07 am to Rex
Much more time consuming than typical tile, due to narrower width. The overall difficulty isn't much greater though.
Posted on 5/4/16 at 11:31 am to Rex
The key with a proper installation is your contractor's skill and level of give a shite. Proper subfloor preparation is key too. Get mutliple bids. Address your concerns fully prior to picking the installer. Ask to look at their previous work. My builders used a lot of Dal Tile but there are numerous manufacture. Do your homework.
Posted on 5/4/16 at 11:48 am to Rex
"Never use a material that is supposed to look like the material it is supposed to replace".
It never really does.
It never really does.
Posted on 5/4/16 at 11:59 am to Rex
Great if you have a cheaper house that you are not planning on keeping for a long time. If you are planning on staying in the house I would maybe go with pre finish since it looks a little better imo. My neighbor has the tile fwiw.
Posted on 5/4/16 at 12:00 pm to Rex
I have it installed in my office and laundry room. Looks great and durable .
Posted on 5/4/16 at 12:06 pm to Rex
Wife wanted this in our new house. I vetoed it. Went with real wood.
Posted on 5/4/16 at 12:09 pm to Rex
Not uncomfortable, but if the floor isn't level, the planks can crack in no time. Especially the long planks, by long I mean 4 ft or more. Fwiw.
Posted on 5/4/16 at 12:43 pm to Rex
It looks pretty damn good, but I had tile in my older house and went with wood this time around. A good tile layer should be able to prevent those low points.
Posted on 5/4/16 at 12:47 pm to Rex
Have it in our kitchen. Gets a lot of oohs and aaahs.
Posted on 5/4/16 at 1:03 pm to Rex
I think it depends on the knowledge level of installer. We had it installed about six months ago and I love the look of it. But since The installer turned out to be crappy, he laid it very uneven. Which wouldn't be a problem except for now the grout is cracking and crumbling. According to what I've read there isn't really an easy fix other than to rip it all out and start over.
Posted on 5/4/16 at 1:03 pm to Rex
I have it throughout my entire first floor and love it. Everyone thinks it is expensive wood floors until I tell them it's tile. It's a little dusty in the pic because I still have contractors in here working on things, but it has a matte finish that makes it not look like tile, it looks much better in person than in the pic.
If you want it to look right you have to get a good tile, lay it with as thin a line as possible, and have a professional do it.
I paid about $9/sf to have the tile below installed, but it cost $5.50/sf just to buy from the distributor. This one is laid using different size tiles, so it really creates the look of a wood floor. I drug some heavy furniture across it and not even a scratch though.
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If you want it to look right you have to get a good tile, lay it with as thin a line as possible, and have a professional do it.
I paid about $9/sf to have the tile below installed, but it cost $5.50/sf just to buy from the distributor. This one is laid using different size tiles, so it really creates the look of a wood floor. I drug some heavy furniture across it and not even a scratch though.
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Posted on 5/4/16 at 2:07 pm to Rex
We put it in our master bathroom and like it a lot. One thing to watch out for: make sure your installer uses the smallest possible grout spacers.
And ours had a few slightly uneven tiles, but it's not uncomfortable to bare feet.
All that said, I think it's a fad and wouldn't do it again today.
And ours had a few slightly uneven tiles, but it's not uncomfortable to bare feet.
All that said, I think it's a fad and wouldn't do it again today.
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