Browse Forums Flooring & Floor Covering 1 Jul 07, 2010 12:02 pm I need some help deciding what laundry floor tiles to have. Our house will have 600mmx600mm glossy porcelain tiles in a white/biege colour - laid after handover. Our laundry runs off our kitchen so that you can see it if the door is open. Hubby wants to put darker floor tiles in the laundry, but i'm of the view that it should match the kitchen tiles as much as possible. Problem is, we can't get the builders to put the porcelain tiles in the laundry as we've been informed by the tile place that it could cost us as much as $1000 to have them lay our porcelain tiles in the laundry!!! (money we don't have). So our options are: - picking something from the builders range in a ceramic tile that is similar in colour to our porcelain tile; - picking a darker tile from the builders range that is contrasting to our porcelain tile; - getting them to leave the laundry tiles to us, and we will get our tiler to put our porcelain tiles down after handover. Any advice? Re: Laundry floor tiles 2Jul 07, 2010 1:09 pm We are doing the same after handover and our laundry comes off our kitchen also....and we are going for a white gloss tiles for kicthen / living etc We are having the same tiles as bathrooms in our laundry - The same thoughts occured to me but i thought the size of our laundry its partacially its own room so probably nice to have it different and the colours tie in with the rest of the house so it shouldnt be a problem ! The door might be closed oftern also if i have piles of washing Re: Laundry floor tiles 3Jul 07, 2010 1:23 pm Hi Bek, I personally like a bit of contrast in flooring, I would choose a darker tile for the laundry for that bit of contrast as your hubby suggested. I like dark colours and my DW likes light, so this situation will probably happen to us later on. I would suggest going with the builder with the darker tiles, the laundry could get wet, wouldn't shiny porcelain tiles be a little slippery? Good luck Jim Re: Laundry floor tiles 4Jul 07, 2010 1:49 pm that's another thing, Jim... i did think about the shiny porcelain being slippery in the laundry. probably best to go a ceramic tile then i suppose... i'd rather not have people slip in the house! i'm inclined to go for the darker tile in the laundry and bathrooms - purely because hubby likes it and to be honest he hasn't had much of a say in anything to do with this house, he's very easy going and doesn't really care... but he has expressed a liking towards darker tiles. hmmm chocolate brown or grey?? Our kitchen is silver and white, floors are a white/biege, furniture is dark timber, and the cupboards in the laundry are ark timber with a hint of grey in the stipes.... we will be going white wall tiles... Re: Laundry floor tiles 5Jul 07, 2010 3:22 pm Bek purely because hubby likes it and to be honest he hasn't had much of a say in anything to do with this house boy can I relate to that I would go for chocolate brown, brown seems to go well with most colors as your furniture is timber. Grey I feel can sometimes have a bit of green tinch to it, personally don't like grey. oh yes, stay away from the slippery flooring for laundry then, it's beautiful but the risk of someone slipping is not worth it cheers jim Re: Laundry floor tiles 6Jul 07, 2010 4:59 pm We are looking at the same thing with the laundry coming off the kitchen and having porcelain in the kitchen. The builder let us do the tiling after handover in the laundry, with the only caveat being that we have to tile before moving in because the wet areas need the border tiles on the walls before occupying the place. Still havent decided on whether or not to use porcelain in the laundry. Not sure how they would go since the laundry is suppose to flow towards the drain. Does anyone happen to have pictures of the walkway between the kitchen and laundry by any chance? Re: Laundry floor tiles 7Jul 07, 2010 5:25 pm Bek, we have 600 x 600 porcelain tiles in beige in most of the bottom floor. We decided to go with the same tile in 30x30 in laundry, which leads off the kitchen (in the 600 x 600 tiles) and the bathrooms. I will post a pic of the walkway for you. www.themaxbuild.blogspot.com forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=20717&start=300 www.leahspaperpassion.blogspot.com Re: Laundry floor tiles 8Jul 07, 2010 6:58 pm Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ inside laundry looking out to kitchen Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ in kitchen looking into laundry. You will see the 20mm step up that was required in all wet areas. The flash make sthe tiles look very creamy. They are a stoney colour. Hope this helps you. www.themaxbuild.blogspot.com forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=20717&start=300 www.leahspaperpassion.blogspot.com Re: Laundry floor tiles 10Jul 08, 2010 6:19 pm Yes I agree it IS very VERY slippery. Our family is very aware of this and we have spoken about it. We are all aware taht even if a tiny drop is spilt, it is mopped up straight away. You will see the green mop besides the washing machine. the bathrooms are the same. We have a big bath mat and a towel bathmat in each bathroom. Everyone that is a guest in our house is told and warned about this. It just looks so nice... www.themaxbuild.blogspot.com forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=20717&start=300 www.leahspaperpassion.blogspot.com Re: Laundry floor tiles 11Jul 09, 2010 8:40 am Hi themax, We have gone gloss through out all wet areas and living and was wondering how slippery it would be... At our colour appointment i was told its much for much so we went with gloss as we liked it better... but now i am a bit worried ~ not much i can do now though!!! I suppose we need to keep it in mind and remind guest and ourselves to use bath mats and make sure we mop any spills. Re: Laundry floor tiles 12Jul 09, 2010 8:46 am pottsville, it IS quite slippery. We have 2 children and as of yet we have had no accidents or slipping. You just need to be vigilant and make sure if you have children that they understand. Warn your guests if they are using the shower/bath. I lay a towel on the floor when the kids shower or bath and we have a bath mat. They just step/stand on it and it seems to work. In the kitchen, spills, even a small splash is wiped up straight away with the mop that we keep handy. It's not too much of a problem to us, but to some it might be. We were prepared to do this as we very much liked the look the tiles gave. These are gloss porcelain tiles, is that what you have chosen? www.themaxbuild.blogspot.com forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=20717&start=300 www.leahspaperpassion.blogspot.com Re: Laundry floor tiles 14Jul 09, 2010 8:51 am We had a look at that idea suh, and it's an ideal solution , but DH wanted the SHINY ones www.themaxbuild.blogspot.com forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=20717&start=300 www.leahspaperpassion.blogspot.com Re: Laundry floor tiles 16Jul 09, 2010 9:04 am Thanks, Ceramic gloss for all wet areas.... we jsut went that standard but living we are doing after handover as a friend is a tgiler so i think we will get the porcelain tiles as we will be able to get them at cost.... What is the difference between porcelain tiles and ceramic - Just a better quailty tiles? Re: Laundry floor tiles 17Jul 09, 2010 9:51 am Best ask your tiler friend that but I think it's more the look and feel, they feel very soft and smooth underfoot. Like drinking tea from a ceramic cup versus drinking tea from a porcelain cup. The tea tastes the same sort of, it's more the feeling. Each to their own, gloss ceramic are just as nice . www.themaxbuild.blogspot.com forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=20717&start=300 www.leahspaperpassion.blogspot.com Re: Laundry floor tiles 19Jul 09, 2010 11:57 am I would stay away from darker coloured tiles in a laundry as powerders etc will be more noticable. Go for a polished ceramic biege they look great. If I was going to buy tiles for my home I would choose the new 450x450 polished ceramic the new designs are simply awesome just make sure the tiler leaves plenty of spares just in case they get chipped. Craig The requirement is for a waterstop to be installed to the entries of the room, (a small aluminum 'L' angle to retain the water to within the room) can't see if they have… 1 1941 This is a very tight fit, I'm not sure if you'll be able to achieve what you've described. 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