I am currently renovating my Utility room which is approximately 10m2 at about 4m x 2.5m. I am going to buy the same tiles for the kitchen so that I have them ready for when I renovate that room as well in about 12 months time. That is about 6m x 7m so I need about 55m2 (ish) of tiles in total.
I have removed the existing quarry tiles which I was going to reuse but I broke so many of them that I now don't have enough.
The wife would like a natural stone look but knowing at least a bit about these things and the problems I could have laying them and maintaining them I think I would be better going for a ceramic tile with a natural stone look. I have seen some tiles at Homebase which would just about fit the bill and they are 300mm x 300mm and 12mm thick. They are ceramic but look like travertine. They are priced at £6.99 per m2 so I think they are a reasonable price. They are not quite right though. I have not bought new floor tiles for a long time and have looked around the likes of B&Q, Topps, Homebase, Tile Giant and several small independent locals.
Any suggestions from the team on whether this is a good price or whether I should be able to get better tiles for a similar price and indeed where to look. I am running out of cash on this project as I had to lay more levelling compound than I was expecting to bring the old floor to something like level. I have also had a problem with the levelling compound (or rather my ability to measure water in a bucket) and that it has delaminated in one area so I have to dig that out and re lay it so even more compound required. I want to keep the tile costs as low as possible. Has anyone used any of the "end of line" type discount tile warehouses.
Second question - I am using BAL PTB adhesive which I already have. When they say pourable - how pourable do they mean????
Cheers
I have removed the existing quarry tiles which I was going to reuse but I broke so many of them that I now don't have enough.
The wife would like a natural stone look but knowing at least a bit about these things and the problems I could have laying them and maintaining them I think I would be better going for a ceramic tile with a natural stone look. I have seen some tiles at Homebase which would just about fit the bill and they are 300mm x 300mm and 12mm thick. They are ceramic but look like travertine. They are priced at £6.99 per m2 so I think they are a reasonable price. They are not quite right though. I have not bought new floor tiles for a long time and have looked around the likes of B&Q, Topps, Homebase, Tile Giant and several small independent locals.
Any suggestions from the team on whether this is a good price or whether I should be able to get better tiles for a similar price and indeed where to look. I am running out of cash on this project as I had to lay more levelling compound than I was expecting to bring the old floor to something like level. I have also had a problem with the levelling compound (or rather my ability to measure water in a bucket) and that it has delaminated in one area so I have to dig that out and re lay it so even more compound required. I want to keep the tile costs as low as possible. Has anyone used any of the "end of line" type discount tile warehouses.
Second question - I am using BAL PTB adhesive which I already have. When they say pourable - how pourable do they mean????
Cheers
