Porcelanosa Vs B&Q

[kevg]

I believe Porcelanosa make their own tiles, hence their 'high' prices. I went to them not long ago and chose the Porcelain Polished City tile. £50 sq/m if I remember rightly.

Went to B&Q today.... saw the exact same tile, now B&Q's looked identical to me, felt the same, exact same colour, weight, basically a like for like match. It was £21.35 sq/m.

Do Porcelanosa suppliers supply to B&Q ? Not sure, but I got a bargain from them for what I thought was a quality tile.

 

[White Room]

I would'nt have thought so, they have a reputation to upkeep, Porcelanosa that is.

 

[Scott]

They may look the same but the calibration and quality is a whole new story

 

[kevg]

Ah ok, there's differences that I cant see. I still would have thought that there would be a slight visual colour difference at the very least ? but nothing from sitting my sample tile right next to it.

Will the B&Q tile be bad quality ? Enough to cancel order ?

 

[White Room]

If your happy with the purchace leave it as it.

 

[Scott]

No idea Kev but the saying goes you get what you pay for. I havent fitted a bad porcelonsa tile yet and im sure some of the guys n here who lay far more if it than i do will say the same.

However there is always the odd occurence that is wrong. I recently laid some £75 metre porcelain and it was atrocious stuff.

 

[Stewart]

All the big sheds buy 1000's of metres of end of line, or flawed tiles from all the major manufactures including Porcelanosa then re-box them.

 

[kevg]

Thanks for the replies guys. I'm slowly beginning to appreciate what you pro's actually have to go through on a daily basis. I take my hat off I really do.

 

[kevg]

No idea Kev but the saying goes you get what you pay for. I havent fitted a bad porcelonsa tile yet and im sure some of the guys n here who lay far more if it than i do will say the same.

However there is always the odd occurence that is wrong. I recently laid some £75 metre porcelain and it was atrocious stuff.

I would die if I paid £75 psm and it wasnt good.

All the big sheds buy 1000's of metres of end of line, or flawed tiles from all the major manufactures including Porcelanosa then re-box them.

That's very interesting. These tiles from B&Q are an order tile too, so the company are due to phone me in the next 3 days to arrange a delivery time. I'll find out who their suppliers are when they call. If its Urbatek then I'm onto a winner but I doubt it.

 

[Porcelanosa]

All the big sheds buy 1000's of metres of end of line, or flawed tiles from all the major manufactures including Porcelanosa then re-box them.

Hi all, Just to confirm Porcelanosa do not sell to B&Q or any other shed. We manufacture our tiles and sell through our showrooms and official independent distributors. Many thanks