On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 03:56:07 GMT, "workinprogress" wrote:


"Robert Allison" wrote in message
news:9deQd.31178$uc.18128@trnddc03...
workinprogress wrote:

I'm trying to replace a few broken shower wall tiles which measure out
to 4
3/8" square. The tiles I found at Home Depot are 4 1/4".
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Not that it's constructive to think about this but I still can't help but
wonder why in the world there would be an industry wide change in these
plain vanilla bathroom tiles to go from 4 3/8" to 4 1/4".

6" - 8" or 12" tiles I can understand, it's an asthetic difference in size
but to go down 1/8" seems pointless. Unless it's a conspiracy to force
people buying hundreds more tiles then they otherwise would have.

If it's just a few, buy some 6" tiles and cut them down to size...

DJ