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Anyone have good sources for porcelain hex tiles? I’m looking for those or something similarly simple, solid, and retro for my bungalow bathroom. I have located beautiful hand-painted arts & crafts tiles and other fine old-style tiles, but I can’t seem to find a basic hex.
We’re redoing the bathroom on a tight timeline. Classic situation: All we wanted was to rip off the wallpaper in favor of paint and beadboard. Found a spongy tile by the toilet which directed us to the rotted, fiberboard (!) subfloor, and now my husband has yanked out the cabinet and sink, too. Getting the house appraised soon, and our only bathroom is currently gutted. Putting down a new subfloor is going to be peachy.
My job is to find the tiles, find the tiles, find the tiles. . .
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Any tilehouse should be able to order these. 1" hex tiles are quite common, have you gotten off the couch yet?
*I've seen them in the store, but I'm not sure which manufacturer. I think it was Dal-Tile. They are an national brand, so would be easy to check out.
*http://www2.daltile.com/Go to homeowner, search for 1" x 1" tiles any color, no brand or style. As soon as tiles appear, they can be clicked on to find if hex/oct are available. Too easy, then search for a distributor near you.
*The product you are looking for is made by American-Olean and distributed by Dal-Tile because Dal owns the American name. AO makes the finest porcelain hex out there. It is a pleasure to work with. Your local Dal distributor can get you the samples. The product is still sold under the AO name so you must specify that way (usually).To find a dealer: http://www.daltile.com/To view the tile you want: http://www.americanolean.com/view_tiles.cfm?category=4&series_ID=53Good Luck
*The Dal Tile ones are great tiles, and I have used them in the past, but....They are not historically correct. The top edges of each tile are clipped, or champfered. The historically correct tile are dead flat.If that bothers you, then contact Mission Tile in South Pasadena, or Designs in Tile in Mt. Shasta, CA and they can arrange some exact historically correct duplicates.
*Scooter, Thesehttp://www.missiontilewest.com/http://www.designsintile.com/are pretty interesting. Yes, that soft edge drives me nuts, but I've often been told I'm severely anal, so I try to let little things go like this. Do you have any idea about pricing ? I think we were paying around $4.00 sq.ft. for the AO products. Somehow I smell double or triple that from the California coast.
*Thanks for the kind info. Rich: Ouch. I visited one flooring place and called two others looking for the tiles and was told, no, they don't carry them. Not very helpful. A search on the web found lots of pretty period decorative stuff, but not my hexes. I probably just overlooked Dal when it came up on a search. By the way, isn't Olean that revolutionary new fake fat? http://olean.com/ Uh. . . yum. . .
*Scooter - Bingo on the eased edges - they really aren't right. Unfortunately, AO has also discontinued their 2" hex, which was closer to a lot of early 20th-century period tile around here (1" hex is more 'Victorian' to me. They will make anything you want to order, 500 SF minimum, and can use water jet technology to cut you flat hex tile (call AO Texas at 214-309-4056) but that is a pricey way to go.Jeff
*I just bought 1" hex tiles for my bathroom. AO had a 500 ft. minimum order (bathroom was 45 ft.). Dal Tile had a 1 box (20 ft.) minimum and had to manufacture it, lead time about 6-8 weeks. The only color they can get in a hurry is white. I was very happy with the end result, but with the thickset cove base the tile alone for the floor was $600.
*Tim --I know what you mean about the rounded edges. How's this for anal? I actually grabbed some original tile on mortar bed from a demo job, and sawed it loose with a diamond saw to get real matching pieces for a patch.-- J.S.
*Easily triple, Tim. I can give you exact prices if you like, as I have ordered from both. I use the floor tile only where it is absolutely necessary to match tile or for a historically correct copy. They only come in black or white, too. Dal Tile comes in a rainbow of colors.
*No fake fat for me! Olean is actually a town. I did not know it until I drove through it. When I drove past the factory I put two and two together. And I was wondering why so many of the sidewalks were tile!
*Actually, American Olean is a company which has been operation in one form or another since Thomas Jefferson's time. The merge with DAL is one of the worst things to have happened. DAL couldn't find their ass let alone the whereabouts of your tile. You'd think that would've changed with the merge.
*Scooter It doesn't have to be exact, just give me a ballpark.
*Tim - Just click here and take your pick - you'll have to call for pricing.Jeff
*Thanks Jeff, that puts the capper on a total wack-job of a day.....
*Sorry, mine too. Have a sensayuma?
*Sure, ugotta woodeye ?
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Anyone have good sources for porcelain hex tiles? I'm looking for those or something similarly simple, solid, and retro for my bungalow bathroom. I have located beautiful hand-painted arts & crafts tiles and other fine old-style tiles, but I can't seem to find a basic hex.
We're redoing the bathroom on a tight timeline. Classic situation: All we wanted was to rip off the wallpaper in favor of paint and beadboard. Found a spongy tile by the toilet which directed us to the rotted, fiberboard (!) subfloor, and now my husband has yanked out the cabinet and sink, too. Getting the house appraised soon, and our only bathroom is currently gutted. Putting down a new subfloor is going to be peachy.
My job is to find the tiles, find the tiles, find the tiles. . .