Who has tiles where tiles aren't commonly used???

[mattle40]

Just debating weather or not to tile my living room floor which obviously isn't common in the uk, but if I wasn't a tiler then this wouldn't have even entered my mind
Just wondering if any of you guy have done this or anything similar just because you can pretty much lol

 

[Gazzer]

With the upturn of underfloor heating, Tiled living spaces are becoming more common in the UK.

 

[Ian]

I've recently tiled a house that had the living room floor tiled, and 2 bedroom floors in 1200x200mm planks, looked mega and was lovely to walk on with the UFH.

 

[John Benton]

Did a bedroom (feature) wall in 1000x330 Porcelanosa tiles. Rest of walls were painted. Looked really good as well. Never really fancied it on the living room floor, I have solid wood down.

 

[White Room]

Done a living room a few years ago for a French guy as it seems normal in his country...

 

[Ajax123]

Seen hundreds of tiled living rooms in the last few years. Mainly thanks to underfloor heating

 

[the diving tile]

Have the ground floor of my house tiled, I worked in Germany a long time ago and they tiled all the rooms

 

[Dan]

Had mine tiled with porcelain in about 2002 with underfloor heating. I bet its still down now but I don't live there now.

 

[mattle40]

So shall I take this as a massive "yes we all do it" lol
I am very tempted to tile the entire ground floor in a matching tile but I'm only a young un at 24 (although I feel haggered) and its my first house and would love carpet between my toes too as iv never lived in a house with carpets
Haha just realised how deprived that seems
Plus what do you reckon it does to the resale value?, I'd hardly call it a selling point to the majority of people

 

[Dan]

I love this layout on large floors.

Should only add value if anything but not much. People can always not bother using the heating and put carpet down if they wish to travel back to the 80's. lol

 

[Andy Allen]

starting one on friday, bungalow, tiling all the floors apart from the bedrooms with porcelain tiles..

 

[MARBLE_TONY]

Should add a wow factor to the house with the correct tile throughout the house but as been said UFH is a must.

Spent bit of my youth in Germany (around 16years ago) and most had tiled floor with UFH. I have to say there is nothing better than putting your bare feet on a heated floor in the morning beats carpet feel all day long. Was a bit of a shock to me when we moved back and smelly carpet in bathrooms etc the old man soon had it ripped out and imported the tiles and the bathroom from Germany and nothing like it was available in the UK I remember him asking the tiler what he wanted doing wih at the time to tiler was "new" what now is kind of the "norm" put the tiles from floor to sealing then the bath panel tiled etc

 

[ruairi mac]

I've done whole ground floors in 600x600 polished porcelain, living rooms, bedroom floors, and even upstairs landings! same size tiles but different patterns/colours etc. have to say it looks great. In older houses though it can be a bit of work to level all floors and dealing with different substrates.

 

[Muse2k8]

I like those wood effect tiles in a bedroom or living room. Definitely becoming more common though.

 

[AliGage]

I've tiled living room floors in the past. Yes they can look aweome. It's a good way of adding a bit of wow to the room. Especially with UFH and the types of tile formats and materials you can get these days. But......


IMO i wouldn't. Not in my own home anyway. I would opt for a solid wood flooring. Although i have a real passion for tiling and tiles. You cannot beat the luxary and warm feeling of a solid oak floor underfoot. Better insulating properties obviously, and it's a bit more child friendly.

 

[detiling]

Done a living room floor last week with 600 x 600 polished porcelain, marble effect, looked really nice but no ufh. Suggested it to the customer but budget didnt allow for it. Personally wouldnt be me, too cold under foot during the scottish winters lol.

 

[Pebbs]

I got a job running at the moment where everything is stone floors even in the bedrooms, I was a bit shocked at first but its looking good. Photos to follow when its complete.

Lynn

 

[dave l and l]

i have one to do below the rough cast of a house.. dont know why they want to tile it

 

[mattle40]

I have my tv sunk into my chimney breast, it's the centre of the room and I'm thinking of tiling this too, but again I don't know If it's just because I can or not :-/

 

[Plumbing Tiler]

As everyone seems to agree it is quite common in lounges nowadays (but def only with UFH) so don't think it would be a problem with re-sale, but I would say though if you have kids its a very hard surface when they are throwing themselves around!, carpet is a lot more forgiving lol!

 

[Muse2k8]

I guess everything has its pros and cons. At mine the living room and kitchen are open plan into each other and breaks from a tiled kitchen to a hardwood floor. Even after one day you get big clumps of cat fur floating about the place grrr!