Should floor tile match wall tile?
faith73
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Tile grout color: subway tile with hex floor grout matching
Comments (6)Should the grout be the same color? Not necessarily. Will it look weird to use a darker gray on the floor and a lighter gray in the shower? Not at all. Any recommended colors for the shower and floor tiles along these lines? I've been getting stuff at Lowe's and they carry MAPEI Warm gray for the subway tile, and silver for the hex, if you lke a darker grey for the hex. Silver is actually a medium grey, but it'll appear alot darker with the white tile. Our bathroom isn't perfectly square. I think a colored grout seam that is uneven will be really obvious(that's my understanding where you would do any flubbing). Can you grout just the seam white? Can you skip grout and caulk it? Any suggestions here? Grout everything on the floor the same color. it'll actually show up more if you try doing what you suggested. It'll literally draw attention to it. What you want to dpo is make sure that you're square to the most obvious walls from the door. Especially with the hex, it won't be quite as obvious as you think, unless it's WAY out, and then nothing you can do will hide it, even using a blending color grout. One other thing-- that joint where the floor hits the walls should be caulked, but still caulk it with a caulking that matches the grout, both color AND texture. Does anyone know what the measure is for hex tile and subway? For subway, use unsanded, and for the hex, use sanded....See MoreTraditional/country tile floors to match subway tile? Help!
Comments (8)BKO-- No need to apologise, that's for SURE!! Everyone has their own tastes, and if that's not something that trips your trigger, you don't owe anyone any apologies! :-) There IS one other floor that I like as a traditional looking floor (even though it really isn't) that went well with a subway tile bathroom I did a couple of years ago. It even has some blue pearl in it! :-) Or here's another variation of the same thing, but instead of honed carrera in the center, it's all polished, and blue pearl dots have been added inside the border stripe:...See MoreDo you need to match wall tile grout to floor tile grout?
Comments (7)I just last Friday had both my walls and floors (I have the same large format tile on the walls as well as the floor) grouted with Mapei Warm Gray. It's gorgeous, I love it on the walls, but somehow I'm finding it a little to light for the floors, even though I like and wanted a uniform look. Don't get me wrong, I'm very happy with how the bathroom is turning out, but I think I'd have gone a little darker on the floors if I had it to do over....See MoreMatch shower step tile to floor or wall?
Comments (13)I'm far from an expert but I am currently remodeling and I believe there needs to be waterproofing of some kind between the cement board and the tiles since tiles are not waterproof and cement board absorbs water. In my remodel, there was red guard applied on top of the cement board and then the tile applied over the red guard....See Moreenduring
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