Hi Everyone,

Was in B&Q Warehouse recently, and noticed they stock extremely large
(66cm x 33cm) white ceramic wall tiles. These appeal to me because
they'd require very little grouting for a given area of wall.

However, the catch is that they were selling them at about £50 per box
of 8 - more than £6 a tile!

In my experience B&Q put a quite obscene markup on a lot of their
stuff, so I wondered if someone else has come across these tiles from
a cheaper source?

Cheers,

Dave

David Campbell wrote:
Hi Everyone,

Was in B&Q Warehouse recently, and noticed they stock extremely large
(66cm x 33cm) white ceramic wall tiles. These appeal to me because
they'd require very little grouting for a given area of wall.

However, the catch is that they were selling them at about £50 per box
of 8 - more than £6 a tile!

In my experience B&Q put a quite obscene markup on a lot of their
stuff, so I wondered if someone else has come across these tiles from
a cheaper source?

Just a word of caution. In my experience, the larger the wall tile the more
difficult it can be to fix them if the wall is anything less than perfect.

Was in B&Q Warehouse recently, and noticed they stock extremely large
(66cm x 33cm) white ceramic wall tiles. These appeal to me because
they'd require very little grouting for a given area of wall.


Do be aware that not many tile cutters can cut a tile 66 cm long. Although
the diamond wet saw type can technically cut an infinite length. B&Q, Wickes
etc £39.95. A manual score and snap type will be expensive

You will need something like a Rubi TS-60 which can be seen on my web site
here www.tradetiler.com


This might put you off such a large tile


David

David Campbell wrote:

Hi Everyone,

Was in B&Q Warehouse recently, and noticed they stock extremely large
(66cm x 33cm) white ceramic wall tiles. These appeal to me because
they'd require very little grouting for a given area of wall.

However, the catch is that they were selling them at about £50 per box
of 8 - more than £6 a tile!

In my experience B&Q put a quite obscene markup on a lot of their
stuff, so I wondered if someone else has come across these tiles from
a cheaper source?

Cheers,

Dave


good tiles come in at between £15 and £100 a square meter and you would
get 4 1/2 of those to a square meter, which sounds like 27 squid a
square meter.

Nothing special in that price. I've seen far more expenisve than that.