I want handmade subway tile for my backsplash. Like, cheap.
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Comments (8)Sas95 - thanks, I will check out the WZ tiles, for some reason I was not thinking of WZ and field tile. a2gemini - can you give me more info on how you feel the style/look of the Heath and Fireclay field tiles differ? It's hard for me to get a good sense of the differences looking at on line photos. I am excited to get my hands on some samples - wish I could fly out to CA and see them all! ayerg73 - just found the photos of your gorgeous kitchen and that stunning backsplash tile! That is what I hope to achieve with tile. I am having the hardest time deciding between a matte or glossy finish. I am hoping for more glaze slippage with a glossy finish, and I like the way glossy would look in some of my backsplash areas but not all of them. I need to get samples in as some glossy glazes are less shiny than others. oldbat2be - I didn't realize that lovely tile of yours was from Fireclay. Your tile choices are inspiring!!...See MoreI'd like a light-veined, non-busy marble subway tile (?)
Comments (6)pbear - Do you have pictures of your counter top? I was so unsure of going with the lighter granite, but thought that everyone, my sister, sister-in-law and friends all have the darker granite. We wanted to be different and thought to go light, so my DH chose the bianco romano. I loved it! I bought the samples of backsplash from glasstilestore.com. They come in 6x6 sample sizes, which is nice so you can get a better idea. I think I bought 10 samples, because I'm so unsure of what style I'm trying to go for, definitely modern. Theresse - are you talking about the plain white subway tile pictured with the red glass and granite. I love that as well... love it more because its .29 cents a tile!!! but thought maybe it was too plain, which is why I started looking at other choices, but everyone is telling me to go simple with the plain subway tile. I wanted some color and considered the red mosaic as a border somewhere in the middle, or thinking of just going over the range similar to this posting... oh and check out the border right above the granite. I love it. http://www.starpoohonline.com/photos/stiles2.jpg I added my link I added the design of our new kitchen. I'm looking for a gray slate tile for the floor, but haven't found what I'm looking for. I'm looking to have different size tiles that flow right into the sun room. If you look at the old kitchen and see where my fridge is there aren't any cabinets.... if you look at the new design I added a wall of cabinets surrounding the fridge. I'm so excited to have so many cabinets and the new countertop that extends into the sunroom. What do you think of my design? http://s919.photobucket.com/albums/ad40/rufinorox/Kitchen%20Before%20Pictures/ Here is a link that might be useful: kitchen design...See MoreHandmade tile backsplash installation tomorrow, Any tips?
Comments (10)Hi stephanielynn-- If the tiles are handmade, the installer may choose the size of the grout line for you. The more irregular the tile, the wider the grout line needs to be. Our handmade tiles needed a much wider grout line than I had envisioned. Because the caulk color is very close to the tile color, it looks fine. Make sure they lay out the pattern before doing anything else. You are probably using a running-bond pattern. Planning the location of both vertical and horizontal cuts is important. You don't want dinky little bits of tile (and lots of grout) at visible edges or corners. Sometimes guys will let the pattern slide in a certain area so they don't have to cut as many tiles. It doesn't look right when they do that. Keep 'em honest. Expect that the grout line between the backsplash and countertop will crack. Then in a few months, after everything has settled, they can come back, take out the grout, and put in color-matched caulking. Some here advocate caulking right from the start; that's an option too, but my GC swears that the caulk will crack anyway and it is harder to remove than grout. Hope this helps....See MoreMaking American Olean subway tile look handmade
Comments (6)"It looks a lot like this (the photo with the tile grouted)." Um, no it doesn't. Not to anyone who knows tile. Ditto what holly said. You liked the previous install so I'm sorry to criticize, but with handmade tile you have irregular rectangles with an attempt at regular spacing. Your previous install was regular rectangles with an attempt at random irregular spacing. In the image you link to, there is lippage, a cupping of the tiles that occurs during firing. You can't mimic that. Even an untrained eye will spot machine manufactured sameness of the tiles, no matter how odd the installation. If you're installing perfect tile, do it right. If you want handmade tile, install a few pieces as a feature in your bs....See More- 9 years ago
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