For a little while today we thought we might need to pick a new shower tile for the bathroom. The marble tiles we had chosen were delivered today and 80% of them were chipped. Our builder immediately packed them up and took them back to Metric Tiles. Apparently the tiles we chose were seconds, although this was never made known to us. The tiles were in the clearance section marked at 50% off, but every tile we saw was whole and in good condition, and there were no signs saying they were seconds! Thankfully our builder put in the hard yards and argued the case on our behalf and Metric Tiles agreed to replace them with a different marble tile at no extra cost. 🙂
New Shower Tile
The black velvet limestone has been grouted – with the dark grout – and is looking great. It should look even better once it has been sealed.
Bathroom Floor TilesLaundry Floor Tiles
The ensuite tiles have been placed in position ready for grouting.
The bathroom and ensuite were a lovely shade of green on the weekend – waterproofing. There was also a big pile of limestone tiles in the dining area.
Water Proofing – EnsuiteWater Proofing – BathroomBamboo Flooring Underlay and Black Velvet Tiles
Today I had to decide whether to have white/light or black/dark grout with the Black Velvet tiles – I chose dark (the tiler agreed, hubby wants light). I think I’ve won that one! The tiles have put been in place in the bathroom, toilet and laundry. They are a bit dusty at the moment, but once grouted and cleaned up will have a sealant applied.
We have spent most of this week looking at tiles. We don’t have a lot of tiles, but we have somehow managed to avoid thinking about them, and now it’s decision time. We went to National Tiles last weekend and left there totally uninspired. Given the natural materials we have in the house (bamboo, red gum and marble) we thought we’d have a look for natural tiles. Our best friend Google led us to Edwards Tiles where we found Black Velvet limestone tiles for the laundry and bathroom floors. The tiles can be sealed with Aqua-Seal Bronze+, a water-based no VOC natural look sealant.
Black Velvet Limestone Tile (image from Edwards Tiles)
Having chosen these we just had to find tiles for the bathroom shower and the ensuite floor. We went to Metric Tile, where they had a great range of tiles, with lots of them in patterned displays to make it easy to picture how to use them. Even so, we struggled to make a decision on the bathroom, but when we asked for a period style floor for the ensuite we made a great find. Out the back they had the perfect tile. It was a clearance lot and pre-dated the implementation of their computer system (almost authentic period!).
