Hi

Need to choose ceramic floor tiles for kitchen/breakfast room/utility.

I notice the prices seem to very from £5 per M2 up to £12 M2 for
standard type tiles. Wickes have a special offer on a range for £5 M2.

Is there anything I should be aware of going for the cheaper tiles,
they all look the same to me, apart from colour that is.

TIA

Paul

"Curiosity" wrote in message
...
Hi

Need to choose ceramic floor tiles for kitchen/breakfast room/utility.

I notice the prices seem to very from £5 per M2 up to £12 M2 for
standard type tiles. Wickes have a special offer on a range for £5 M2.


I've done quite a bit of floor tiling here (a total of about 35sqM now) and
have used cheapo tiles from homebase which cost 4.50/M2, to "expensive" ones
at £9/M2 from Wickes. can't say that I really noticed much difference. I
was told that the cheaper ones tend to be less square but I can't say I
really noticed that as mine were 'wobbly edged'. The cheap ones have not
chipped any worse than the expensive ones (yes I managed to drop a drill on
the cheapos, and a rad on the expenisve ones!) Go for what you like!

"Curiosity" wrote in message
...
Hi

Need to choose ceramic floor tiles for kitchen/breakfast room/utility.

I notice the prices seem to very from £5 per M2 up to £12 M2 for
standard type tiles. Wickes have a special offer on a range for £5 M2.

Is there anything I should be aware of going for the cheaper tiles,
they all look the same to me, apart from colour that is.

Tiles are normally graded on a scale from 1 to 5. 5 being the hardest. The
grading should be shown on the packet.

Michael Chare

On Mon, 23 Feb 2004 22:16:00 -0000, "Scott Mills"
wrote:


"Curiosity" wrote in message
.. .
Hi

Need to choose ceramic floor tiles for kitchen/breakfast room/utility.

I notice the prices seem to very from £5 per M2 up to £12 M2 for
standard type tiles. Wickes have a special offer on a range for £5 M2.


I've done quite a bit of floor tiling here (a total of about 35sqM now) and
have used cheapo tiles from homebase which cost 4.50/M2, to "expensive" ones
at £9/M2 from Wickes. can't say that I really noticed much difference. I
was told that the cheaper ones tend to be less square but I can't say I
really noticed that as mine were 'wobbly edged'. The cheap ones have not
chipped any worse than the expensive ones (yes I managed to drop a drill on
the cheapos, and a rad on the expenisve ones!) Go for what you like!

Thanks for the info, the box says they are graded for heavy use.

Paul

Scott Mills wrote:

"Curiosity" wrote in message
...

Hi

Need to choose ceramic floor tiles for kitchen/breakfast room/utility.

I notice the prices seem to very from £5 per M2 up to £12 M2 for
standard type tiles. Wickes have a special offer on a range for £5 M2.



I've done quite a bit of floor tiling here (a total of about 35sqM now) and
have used cheapo tiles from homebase which cost 4.50/M2, to "expensive" ones
at £9/M2 from Wickes. can't say that I really noticed much difference. I
was told that the cheaper ones tend to be less square but I can't say I
really noticed that as mine were 'wobbly edged'. The cheap ones have not
chipped any worse than the expensive ones (yes I managed to drop a drill on
the cheapos, and a rad on the expenisve ones!) Go for what you like!





Blimey. My current tiling is at £33 per square meter.

I have to say tho, that they look exactly like riven slabs of limestone!

I have NEVER encountered a tougher tile either. Or more accurate.

You get what you pay for.

On Tue, 24 Feb 2004 00:20:15 +0000 (UTC), "Michael Chare"
wrote:

"Curiosity" wrote in message
.. .
Hi

Need to choose ceramic floor tiles for kitchen/breakfast room/utility.

I notice the prices seem to very from £5 per M2 up to £12 M2 for
standard type tiles. Wickes have a special offer on a range for £5 M2.

Is there anything I should be aware of going for the cheaper tiles,
they all look the same to me, apart from colour that is.

Tiles are normally graded on a scale from 1 to 5. 5 being the hardest. The
grading should be shown on the packet.

Michael Chare

These are marked 4, is that good or bad ?, should they be hard or
softer ?.

TIA

Paul