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jetset2000

Which wood look floor tiles to install?

jetset2000
hace 5 años
última modificación:hace 5 años

looking to install wood look floor tiles. first off, anyone heard of emser or atlas concorde. I borrowed samples from those tile companies at the local tile shop. i’m just not sure how reliable or reputable they are. i did some search on the forum, and nothing turned up.

the emser tiles i was looking at ix 6x24”, and atlas concorde is 7.5x40”. Is there a difference between the two sizes, is smaller better or is bigger better?

I plan to get white cabinets painted in the kitchen, bathroom, laundry and hallway. the house itself is not very well lit. it doesn’t have much natural lights. so i’m trying to decide which color wood look tiles to go with. I plan to repaint the walls base on the tile color I get.


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  • Bri Bosh
    hace 5 años
    Bigger will look more realistic with less grout lines but will also be more difficult to install and the substrate will need to be very level.

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    • jetset2000
      Autor original
      hace 5 años

      one of the local flooring shop that also does installations (came highly rated base on online reviews) came in to measure the square footage. i told him i'm thinking of doing all floor tiles all over the house. he said, if i do go with floor tiles, there's always the chance that once the tile settles, in the future, there's a chance the tiles will crack.


      i asked him what the chances of that are, he said he's seen it happen a lot, as much as 75%. i asked him about subfloor preparation to prevent that from happening, and he said even with proper preparation, there's always the potential.

      that's a shockingly high number. I don't know anything about flooring, so i came here to ask. i know he is giving me a worst case scenario.

      i also asked him the difference between 6x24 vs lets say a 7.5 x 40" tiles. he said the larger tiles tends to have a lot of bowing/deformities out of the box as compared to 6x24


      but anyways, i'm gonna have 2 licensed tile contractors come in next week to get an estimate and i'll ask them what they think. i'll probably get hardwood floor contractors to come in also.


      i'm now considering engineered hardwood. but it will depend on cost of materials + installation, that will be the deciding factor.



    • PRO
      Avanti Tile & Stone / Stonetech
      hace 5 años

      The bigger the tile, the more chance that it has a bowing issue. I would use a smaller tile and no more than a 1/3 stagger to avoid lippage. As to cracking...I don't see it. If the slab is good, the tiles are good and the installer knows what he's doing, it shouldn't be an issue.

      jetset2000 agradeció a Avanti Tile & Stone / Stonetech
    • SJ McCarthy
      hace 5 años

      As Avanti Tile states, a concrete slab install (ie. the thing under the carpet is concrete slab) shouldn't have an issue with cracking of tiles. We say "shouldn't" because we assume the tile setter will be contracted, and paid, to do a TREMENDOUS amount of subfloor preparation. I always make the statement that carpet hides the WORST subfloors in the world. Because of this, it is normal to budget "worst case scenario" for this which is $3-$4/sf simply for concrete subfloor preparation.

      The thing that causes tile floors to crack - wooden subfloors that are do not have the right deflection rating for tile. This is a completely different animal and it is what causes such HIGH rates of problems with tile. Again, this is WOODEN SUBFLOORS sitting over wood joists. This is where the high rate of concern comes in.

      But a HIGH END flooring professional who knows how to assess subfloor deflection ratings will have the ability to FIX the subfloor deflection rating. It isn't cheap. It takes a bit of skill. New plywood/Avantech has to be added. Floor heights are going to change. Doors probably have to be taken down and trimmed....but this is all possible. If the company offers HIGH END installations.

      So....back to reality. First things first: which subfloor do you have? Concrete or wood? Is this a house, a condo, a townhouse?

      jetset2000 agradeció a SJ McCarthy
    • PRO
      Creative Tile Eastern CT
      hace 5 años

      https://www.ceramictilefoundation.org/homeowners-guide-to-hiring-qualified-tile-installer

      jetset2000 agradeció a Creative Tile Eastern CT
    • PRO
      Hamilton Tile, LLC - Woodstock, GA
      hace 5 años

      I second everything he's saying.

      jetset2000 agradeció a Hamilton Tile, LLC - Woodstock, GA
    • jetset2000
      Autor original
      hace 5 años

      Thanks so much for the advice. It’s a 1 story house, built in 1992. Currently the living room, dining room 3 bedrooms, the 1 guest bathroom has carpet flooring, the kitchen and laundry room has linoleum, and the main entry and master bathroom has small square white tile flooring. the The subfloor itself is concrete.



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