Where to get cheap floor tiles?

drummer_666

Hi,

Does anyone know of anywhere to get some cheap floor tiles for my kitchen?

I'm looking for a dark colour, probably dark grey

I'm looking for around £10/sqm

I found some for £9.30/sqm but these are porcelain and I'm advised by my builder that these are very difficult to cut, that you'd need to use a grinder. As my room is 21sqm I'd rather not go down that route, so I'm on the lookout for cheap non porcelain tiles!

thank you

missprice

vinyl/carpet/stone/cork? etc.

drummer_666

real tiles so ceramic, clay - whatever is cheap that looks reasonable just not porcelain

abankerbutnotafatcat

£12/sqm
http://www.wallsandfloors.co.uk/catrangetiles/black-white-wall-floor-tiles/slateface/slateface-charcoal-floor-tile-2445/3074/

drummer_666

abankerbutnotafatcat wrote: »

£12/sqm
http://www.wallsandfloors.co.uk/catrangetiles/black-white-wall-floor-tiles/slateface/slateface-charcoal-floor-tile-2445/3074/

seen those but they're out of stock thanks tho

just seen some in homebase are on special offer at the mo, which brings them down to £9.99/sqm

will go see them in store tomorrow and if they look nice then that's not too much more than the porcelain ones, so fingers crossed

tpt

theres nothing wrong with porcelain if you've got the right kit! you dont need to cut them with a grinder at all, apart from angles\ shapes, and ceramics have to be cut in just the same way for those.

perhaps you need to talk to a tiler, not a builder??

anyway... sorry for the rant, just hear this rubbish way too much :-)

£12.99 http://www.tradepricetiles.co.uk/budget-tiles-for-less/rustic-grey-ceramic-floor-tile.html

robatwork

You should easily be able to find some cheaper than that if you aren't too fussy about colour. In Luton for example there is a particular commerical estate that has 3 big tile warehouses within 50 metres of each other and they are very competitive!

grizzly1911

http://www.homebase.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?langId=110&storeId=10151&partNumber=148659

B&Q also had a dark grey Cirque at £5 -7, only showing cream at the moment.

theGrinch

dont skimp on tile thickness for cost as they will tend to crack sooner

drummer_666

grizzly1911 wrote: »

http://www.homebase.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?langId=110&storeId=10151&partNumber=148659

B&Q also had a dark grey Cirque at £5 -7, only showing cream at the moment.

that links shows the £11.99 ones I linked to earlier hmm?

drummer_666

tpt wrote: »

theres nothing wrong with porcelain if you've got the right kit! you dont need to cut them with a grinder at all, apart from angles\ shapes, and ceramics have to be cut in just the same way for those.

perhaps you need to talk to a tiler, not a builder??

anyway... sorry for the rant, just hear this rubbish way too much :-)

£12.99 http://www.tradepricetiles.co.uk/budget-tiles-for-less/rustic-grey-ceramic-floor-tile.html

well the builder does tiling too, and I've seen some of his work and he does a fab job

But I looked up porcelain tiles online and it all says they are tricky to cut

The only kit I have is a tile cutter I can borrow