Have been looking for a particular mosaic tile. Pretty common, I thought.
Various shades of the same colour and white in a random mix. See them
everywhere. But not in green. Blue, yes. Beige, of course. Red, even. Can
get near what I want in faux mosaic from B&Q, but would rather have the
real thing.
Went to one posh showroom in Fulham. Had exactly what I wanted in their
kitchen area - help yourself to a coffee. Not available anymore but we can
do something similar. In glass. Made to order. 300 quid a square metre
plus VAT. Faux suddenly becomes less of an issue...

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Dave Plowman London SW
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Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
Have been looking for a particular mosaic tile. Pretty common, I thought.
Various shades of the same colour and white in a random mix. See them
everywhere. But not in green. Blue, yes. Beige, of course. Red, even. Can
get near what I want in faux mosaic from B&Q, but would rather have the
real thing.
Went to one posh showroom in Fulham. Had exactly what I wanted in their
kitchen area - help yourself to a coffee. Not available anymore but we can
do something similar. In glass. Made to order. 300 quid a square metre
plus VAT. Faux suddenly becomes less of an issue...


Serves you right for crossing the river

On 2008-03-11 08:25:13 +0000, "Dave Plowman (News)"
said:

Have been looking for a particular mosaic tile. Pretty common, I thought.
Various shades of the same colour and white in a random mix. See them
everywhere. But not in green. Blue, yes. Beige, of course. Red, even. Can
get near what I want in faux mosaic from B&Q, but would rather have the
real thing.
Went to one posh showroom in Fulham. Had exactly what I wanted in their
kitchen area - help yourself to a coffee. Not available anymore but we can
do something similar. In glass. Made to order. 300 quid a square metre
plus VAT. Faux suddenly becomes less of an issue...

Tile prices sem to be quite regional in SW London. Chiswick may be a
little lower, Chelsea somewhat higher.

Glass if transparent is probably not a good idea. You have to have a
perfectbed of adhesive with no marks, blemishes or bubbles. Otherwise
the substrate shows straight through.

In article 47d6d912@qaanaaq,
Andy Hall wrote:
Glass if transparent is probably not a good idea. You have to have a
perfectbed of adhesive with no marks, blemishes or bubbles. Otherwise
the substrate shows straight through.

These had a sort of textured surface so probably not a problem. I didn't
much like them anyway.

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Dave Plowman London SW
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On Tue, 11 Mar 2008 23:41:47 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:

In article 47d6d912@qaanaaq,
Andy Hall wrote:
Glass if transparent is probably not a good idea. You have to have a
perfectbed of adhesive with no marks, blemishes or bubbles. Otherwise
the substrate shows straight through.

These had a sort of textured surface so probably not a problem. I didn't
much like them anyway.

They were probably woodchip.

HI All

On Tue, 11 Mar 2008 19:10:10 +0000, Andy Hall
wrote:

On 2008-03-11 08:25:13 +0000, "Dave Plowman (News)"
said:

Have been looking for a particular mosaic tile. Pretty common, I thought.
Various shades of the same colour and white in a random mix. See them
everywhere. But not in green. Blue, yes. Beige, of course. Red, even. Can
get near what I want in faux mosaic from B&Q, but would rather have the
real thing.
Went to one posh showroom in Fulham. Had exactly what I wanted in their
kitchen area - help yourself to a coffee. Not available anymore but we can
do something similar. In glass. Made to order. 300 quid a square metre
plus VAT. Faux suddenly becomes less of an issue...

Tile prices sem to be quite regional in SW London. Chiswick may be a
little lower, Chelsea somewhat higher.

Glass if transparent is probably not a good idea. You have to have a
perfectbed of adhesive with no marks, blemishes or bubbles. Otherwise
the substrate shows straight through.


Easy enough to make them with an opaque background
(two layers of glass fused together, transparent on the top and opaque
at the back).

For that sort of price per m/squared I'd set aside my artistic
considerations and make you some myself - how many square metres dis
Sir require ? g

All joking apart, there's a fellow in the USA who I've dealt with - he
makes glass tiles with beautiful dichroic glass - very special....
but not cheap g - you'd probably want to use them as an 'accent'
rather thando an enitre shower-room in them.

Effect similar to the little fused dishes at the top of my homepage
(www.inspired-glass.com)

Adrian