mrspete, I appreciate the concern, but if someone really wanted in our house bad enough they can just walk around back and take their pick of sliding glass doors. We live out in the country and there isn't much opportunity for someone to slip up to the front door and knock a window out. If someone's picked your house specifically, yes, they're going to find a way; however, all the statistics say that most burglars enter through the front door, and those stationary pier glass windows break much more easily than a sliding glass door, which is made of double pane tempered glass. A more secure front door won't stop a determined burglar, but it will likely make him walk on down the road to an easier target. Your strongest point is that you live in the country. Home burglaries tend to occur more often in residential neighborhoods -- partly because home burglars tend to be young men who don't venture far afield to commit their crimes.

Good luck emailing them. Every manufacturer that I have emailed out of the US never replies. Depending upon the age of the tile, the product may or may not still be available. Most tiles stay on the open market for around 5 years. Some 3 yrs others up to 8-10 depending upon their national sales totals. You could try a company named CrossVille. They bought out another company in the past named Master Tile. Master Tile used to sell tiles with Ballesmar, gres monococcion on their boxes. Good luck.

Any quality tile store should be OK. Having said that, do you want an EXACT match of something to compliment it? Home Depot has some similar tile you might consider.

I want to buy a Lutowka cherry tree, but the only source I found was in Canada. I live in the United States, and they do not ship to the United States. Does anyone know where I could find one?