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amother
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Post Yesterday at 5:50 pm
Decorators: Would you buy floor tiles in Home Depot fot a large kitchen that the labor alone (demolition and installation) will cost over $5,000?

Im so bored of the large Marble look porcelain tiles that I see in almost every house and tile store in 10 different but very similar versions. Its the same old same old look all over. Almost every tile sold now is a marble look.

Im looking for a snow white porcelain floor tile, with a parquet look that comes in square tiles or that I can do in chevron design with rectangular tiles.

I havent found this in any Lakewood stores, like Step n Style, not in Floor and Decor. But I see Home Depot has close to what I want (Id prefer this look with more of a snow white background, with very subtle black or gray grain lines, thats similar to either of the below looks, and it seems Home Depot has them. WWYD?

Decorators: Would you buy floor tiles in Home Depot for a large kitchen that the labor alone (demolition and installation) will cost over $5,000?


tia

This look is first choice.



or



Im in love with this kitchen floor, but I need white.

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amother
Lightpink


 

Post Yesterday at 5:58 pm
Why are you so anti- home Depot? It's not like the tiles are labeled with where they're from so everyone will see. Tiles are tiles. If they have the ones you liek, but them.
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lucky14  




 
 
    
 

Post Yesterday at 6:01 pm
Are you worried about quality or that they may not be in style?

No clue on quality but they look just fine to me. I like the second one you showed best.
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  lucky14




 
 
    
 

Post Yesterday at 6:02 pm
And btw it’s YOUR kitchen you should get what you love. You are the one who will be seeing it every day!
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amother
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Post Yesterday at 6:04 pm
When I redid my living room floor I brought my tiles at Lowes.
They still look great after 5 years.
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amother
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Post Yesterday at 6:04 pm
lucky14 wrote:
Are you worried about quality or that they may not be in style?

No clue on quality but they look just fine to me. I like the second one you showed best.


Im worried about the quality of Home Depot tiles. It will be a very expensive job.
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amother
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Post Yesterday at 6:07 pm
amother OP wrote:
Im worried about the quality of Home Depot tiles. It will be a very expensive job.

Look at the mil-how thick the tile will be
9 mil is junk, most tile stores will sell you 12 mil-see what Home Depot has
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amother
Cantaloupe


 

Post Yesterday at 6:08 pm
amother OP wrote:
Im worried about the quality of Home Depot tiles. It will be a very expensive job.


read the reviews
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amother
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Post Yesterday at 6:10 pm
amother Cerise wrote:
Look at the mil-how thick the tile will be
9 mil is junk, most tile stores will sell you 12 mil-see what Home Depot has


https://www.homedepot.com/p/Iv....._vfpd

24 in. width x 24 in. length x 11mm thick
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amother
Antiquewhite


 

Post Yesterday at 6:14 pm
Shop around for better quality
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amother
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Post Yesterday at 6:20 pm
You need a really really good take setter to do the herringbone pattern you want as it is hard to execute well and a medicare tile setter will have an abominable result.

Herringbone is beautiful pattern. I love it done in wood as well.

There are lots of looks beyond fake marble - FWIW.

Terrazzo tile is making a comeback and I used terrazzo tile as part of the design of my balcony.

You might think about whether you want a stark white floor as it is completely unforgiving in terms of the least bit of schmootz.
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amother
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Post Yesterday at 6:28 pm
amother PlumPink wrote:
You need a really really good take setter to do the herringbone pattern you want as it is hard to execute well and a medicare tile setter will have an abominable result.

Herringbone is beautiful pattern. I love it done in wood as well. .

I researched tile installers well.

amother PlumPink wrote:
You might think about whether you want a stark white floor as it is completely unforgiving in terms of the least bit of schmootz.


Yes I've seen very dirty white tiles in very fancy kitchens. Thats why I love parquet pattern. It has a grain. It has more pattern in it than the marble look that you see in every kitchen and in every store these days.
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amother
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Post Yesterday at 6:41 pm
the labor for any design other than straight/staggered is much more time consuming and requires more cutting of the tiles.
check how much more it will cost you before you decide on the design
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amother
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Post Yesterday at 6:49 pm
amother OP wrote:
Yes I've seen very dirty white tiles in very fancy kitchens. Thats why I love parquet pattern. It has a grain. It has more pattern in it than the marble look that you see in every kitchen and in every store these days.


I don't understand this response

Parquet is a pattern which is typically geometric.

The tiles themselves aren't parquet - they are fake marble or white or a color or pattern.

Pure white wouldn't be effective in a herringbone or parquet pattern because the beauty of the design of herringbone or parquet is that the grain or pattern provides part of the design.

The first picture looks like wood tiles. There are tiles that look like wood which some people opt for because they have the advantage of tile maintenance but have more of the look of wood.
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amother
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Post Yesterday at 7:04 pm
I have tiles from home depot in a high traffic hallway its been ten years and they are doing fine. Its in the installation. I have tiles from an expensive tile shop that are nice and thick but have hairline cracks and chipped edges from poor installation. Please use a person who can install well.
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amother
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Post Yesterday at 7:14 pm
amother PlumPink wrote:
I don't understand this response

Parquet is a pattern which is typically geometric..


I think you mean Chevron (zig zag) design is geometric. To me, Parquet only means tiles with a wood grain.
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amother
Anemone


 

Post Yesterday at 7:16 pm
I wouldn’t recommend white, even a look with graining, because it will most likely only look good with white grout, and that’s just asking for black grout after a few weeks.
Talking from experience
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amother
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Post Yesterday at 7:19 pm
amother Anemone wrote:
I wouldn’t recommend white, even a look with graining, because it will most likely only look good with white grout, and that’s just asking for black grout after a few weeks.
Talking from experience


That makes sense. White grout is the worst to maintain.

But all those white marble look tiles that everone sells and buys, what color grout do they use?

Cant the grout thats used on parquet tiles, be the same color as the grain, and not white, the background of the tile?
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amother
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Post Yesterday at 7:20 pm
amother RosePink wrote:
I have tiles from home depot in a high traffic hallway its been ten years and they are doing fine. Its in the installation. I have tiles from an expensive tile shop that are nice and thick but have hairline cracks and chipped edges from poor installation. Please use a person who can install well.


Thanks Ive heard the same!
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amother
Begonia


 

Post Yesterday at 7:56 pm
If you buy tiles from Home Depot and have someone else install you won't have a warranty. Because Home Depot can blame the installation and the installer can blame Home Depot. Can the local stores order in what you want?
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