Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Jul 19, 2018 4:15 pm Hello everyone! I have a question regarding floor tiling. I have read that lots of people have gone with the option of doing the flooring themselves for various reasons mainly to save money and also because the builder does not have good enough choices. I believe the wet areas have to be done by the builder and there is no choice there. So how do we best address the issue where one may not get the same tiles from outside? What would be the best type of choices one can make to prevent the issue where someone might feel that you have run out of tiles when they see 2 different tiles on the floor in the wet areas and just outside. Upstairs isn’t much of an issue, however downstairs where the powder and the laundry meet the rest of the floor is where it wouldn’t look all right. Lots of people have been doing flooring themselves, so looking for ideas on how to address this issue. Cheers! Re: Floor tiling 2Jul 19, 2018 4:27 pm I've never built a project home, only done renovations of existing and a custom build, but can’t you negotiate to buy all the tiles and have the builder’s tiler lay them for you? It is going to be your house after all. Re: Floor tiling 3Jul 20, 2018 2:44 pm You are correct as wet areas must be tiled to get your Cert of Occupancy so the builder can hand the house over to you. We had the same issue; and wanted the same tiles downstairs to be the same thru the powder, laundry, kitchen meals and family. And importantly have them all aligned and matched up. However getting the builder to do this was way too expensive. Fortunately the very nice lady at Beaumont Tiles where the builder tile selections were done told us this. 1. She ordered the same floor tiles in the batch and qty we needed to complete the floor tiling. We paid the discounted price not the marked up price you pay via the builder. She also linked this to the builders order so that when they were notified the builders tiles were to be delivered, she would get us to come in and pay the balance and all tiles would be delivered. 2. We had a very good supervisor and he said we could delete the tiling of the laundry and just do the powder room and downstairs bathroom (but not get a credit back as it was done without HO knowing). You don't need the laundry tiled was it is not considered a wet area for the COO. 3. When the builders tilers came in, our supervisor arranged for us to meet them where we explained we were having same tiles throughout and wanted to ensure they all lined up; ie from the floor tiles they were about to lay in the powder and bathroom to line up with the rest of the floor. The builders tiler would then come back after handover to complete the floor tiling for us privately and we pay them separately. I can't remember how much we saved all up, however we saved approx. $10K on just floor tiles alone by NOT paying the builders markup. We would have saved money on labour as well because this was cash and again, no builders markup on the labour. If you can't arrange all this, just get the minimum tiled; eg downstairs toilet, and see if you can purchase the additional floor tiles from the same place as the builder and if they can match the batch numbers to ensure colour consistency. Re: Floor tiling 4Jul 21, 2018 9:49 am Thank you OurLindrium52, that's very very good advice!! I wasn't even aware that the laundry did not have to be tiled by the builder, so that is something very good to know. Yes I will try to contact the supplier and see what they have say. With Henley, the supplier is Hynes. Not sure if we would be as lucky as you, but will definitely give it a shot. Re: Floor tiling 5Jul 21, 2018 4:13 pm we had the same with our tiler, the only difference they were also the contractors to do the actual tiling so we just paid the extra all once. it was actually cheaper to upgrade to better tiles and floor to ceiling for 5 bathrooms via the tiler compared to the builder. Re: Floor tiling 6Jul 22, 2018 10:17 am Thank you very much ymiao4398 for your reply. So do you mean that you selected basic tiles with the builder for the wet areas (no upgrade) and then worked out with the tiles supplier to upgrade separately for both wet & other floor areas as such without having to involve the builder? Cheers! Re: Floor tiling 7Jul 22, 2018 3:55 pm dsnewhome Thank you very much ymiao4398 for your reply. So do you mean that you selected basic tiles with the builder for the wet areas (no upgrade) and then worked out with the tiles supplier to upgrade separately for both wet & other floor areas as such without having to involve the builder? Cheers! yep, thats exactly what we did. Re: Floor tiling 8Jul 22, 2018 5:45 pm Looks like very good suggestions above. Just a question there, did the builder mention any concerns with their structural warranty if the flooring was done later on after handover. I am looking for doing the same however one of the builders mentioned that it would impact their warranty. Re: Floor tiling 9Jul 22, 2018 8:56 pm ymiao4398 dsnewhome Thank you very much ymiao4398 for your reply. So do you mean that you selected basic tiles with the builder for the wet areas (no upgrade) and then worked out with the tiles supplier to upgrade separately for both wet & other floor areas as such without having to involve the builder? Cheers! yep, thats exactly what we did. Cool thank you for confirming. May I ask who your tile supplier was? CDC Housing Code 3 When to apply Floor Area external face of wall vs Gross Floor Area internal face of wall. 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