re: Wood plank-looking porcelain tile

Wife wanted this in our new house. I vetoed it. Went with real wood.

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.

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.

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I messed up my hardwood floor with a giant scratch, and tried to redo it myself which turned out to be a disaster.

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I tried to tell your goofy arse this.

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.

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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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.

How would this stuff hold up outside? I need to do something with my patio slab. (Under roof, but not enclosed.)

No, it is a mix of 4"X40" and 8"X40" tiles.

It's on sale for about $5 /sf right now.

I'm assuming they are rectified since they are made to be laid with thin grout lines, but it doesn't say that on the box. Here is their website, you can read about how they make them and why they are superior to the cheaper home depot tile you buy. They actually call them stoneware instead of tile because of how they are made.

I saw some ceramic tile that looked like old barn wood. It even had rusty nail heads painted on. It was pretty darn cool looking.

We just did our master bathroom with wood tile and I don't like it. I think it's a fad too but I lost that argument.