Dear forum,
Our quote includes tiles in the above size at 30 euros per square meter (approximately $30 per square yard) including installation. Our general contractor has also openly mentioned that many homeowners choose a larger format. This would be significantly more expensive due to the need for a second worker, more difficult installation, and increased material usage. I find myself wavering daily between "there's no need to follow every trend" and "maybe I'll regret the smaller formats for the next 40 years."
My parents-in-law recently installed a bathroom with this size of tile, which we like very much. We have planned to use the tiles for the hallways, entrance area, kitchen, and bathrooms. Using different tiles is not an option for us.
Could you please share your experiences and feedback?
Our quote includes tiles in the above size at 30 euros per square meter (approximately $30 per square yard) including installation. Our general contractor has also openly mentioned that many homeowners choose a larger format. This would be significantly more expensive due to the need for a second worker, more difficult installation, and increased material usage. I find myself wavering daily between "there's no need to follow every trend" and "maybe I'll regret the smaller formats for the next 40 years."
My parents-in-law recently installed a bathroom with this size of tile, which we like very much. We have planned to use the tiles for the hallways, entrance area, kitchen, and bathrooms. Using different tiles is not an option for us.
Could you please share your experiences and feedback?
majuhenema schrieb:
Tiles in different sizes are fired differently and therefore would not match. I would generally assume that different sizes are not produced at the same time. If different sizes sell differently, they are likely reproduced separately, and the batches ("doughs") may vary accordingly (potential color difference No. 2). But even differences in firing, such as variations in temperature and/or firing time in the kiln (color difference No. 1), can be enough to cause visibly non-identical shades. In this regard, I agree with the consultant. However, even perfectly matching colors can appear slightly different when size and/or installation pattern changes. Therefore, I would mix different sizes more confidently than different batches of the same size. Moreover, I still recommend: feel free to vary the laying direction and/or (clearly intentional) also the tone—but never change several parameters simultaneously at a joint!
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Myrna_Loy14 Jan 2022 09:36That is theoretically correct, but with different sizes and varying room lighting conditions, these differences are hardly noticeable. This might be an issue with completely uniform colors – for example, matte white. The man is trying to push the larger sizes on you.
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majuhenema14 Jan 2022 21:59Thank you all for the feedback!
It confirmed my gut feeling. The idea was and still is to find a tile available in our preferred size of 120 x 60cm (47 x 24 inches), but also in other (and more affordable) sizes.
I hope that the selection will not take place with the seller from yesterday until the sample selection.
It confirmed my gut feeling. The idea was and still is to find a tile available in our preferred size of 120 x 60cm (47 x 24 inches), but also in other (and more affordable) sizes.
I hope that the selection will not take place with the seller from yesterday until the sample selection.
majuhenema schrieb:
How did you handle it? One tile size for the whole house or mixed? In the “highlight” rooms, like the bathroom and guest toilet, we chose what we liked and the tile size we wanted.
In the utility room and HVAC room, we selected similar tiles but in the standard size, so there were no extra costs there. Our tile consultant also told us that most homeowners do it this way as long as the rooms are not connected. In our case, no tiled rooms are adjacent or have a transition between them.
We did have to pay an extra charge for the large format tiles, but this was balanced out since only part of the bathroom was tiled, not the entire space as originally estimated by the general contractor. The saved material costs and the surcharge could even have resulted in a credit for us.
Only the finishing strips cost a bit more, so in the end, our total additional expense was 530€ for everything. And everything is exactly how we imagined it.
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