Where to buy indoor/outdoor porcelain wood effect floor tiles

7 years ago

Hello, We are creating a large extension in the back of our house to include a single room kitchen/diner approx 7m wide and 5m in depth. We are looking for warm darkish (but not too dark) wood effect porcelain tiles for the floor as we're putting in underfloor heating to offset a lightish colour kitchen units and the fact the room will be very light due to it being south facing. We will have french windows opening out onto the back garden and we would like to extend the flooring outside another 3-4m in depth. Have you used or do you know of any companies in the UK - preferably in the Cardiff/Bristol area that do wood effect porcelain of the same colour and style internal/external tiles? As the size of the room we believe a large size tile is required at least 300mm by 1200mm if not bigger? We would like to keep a "plank" shape rather then square blocks as we think this will look best extending unto the garden outside? Any thoughts on what would look best? Thank you.

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rachgriffiths
7 years ago
We are also in bristol and considering these. Porcelenosa do them. The lady I spoke to at cribbs didn't seen to know much about the different ranges so do your research. There are some samples on display and in the show bathrooms. One thing to look out for is some of them have a kind of groove running horizontally, supposedly to make them look more like real wood, but I thought it looked obviously manufactured and preferred the ranges they do without this. They are not cheap but I think porcelenosa do generous trade discounts. They will let you take two (huge!) samples for free and you can pay for more
Iveta Evans thanked rachgriffiths
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Casa Ceramica Tile Company
7 years ago
Good evening Iveta, even we are not based on your area we would love to help find you a solution for your extension and outdoor space.

There are multiple options for what you need but first of all there are a few questions to ask.
1. What are you hoping to install the tiles on externally?
2. Do you need a grip finish (advisable with children or if there is chance for build up on the tiles)
3. Are you looking for a 10mm internal and 20mm external tile?

I think we have a 300x1200 20mm plank available to us with a 10mm internal option which isn't currently on our website.

We would be more than happy to send you samples down to have a look at and offer further advise on your installation. Please take a look at the link here to a few of our wood effect tile collections. http://www.casaceramica.co.uk/style/wood/

You can contact us through the site and we'll offer up further suggestions and answer any questions you may have.

We will look forward to hearing from you.
Iveta Evans thanked Casa Ceramica Tile Company
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