Porcelain tiles…again! Do people really have this kind of thing throughout their hall kitchen diner areas?

[TheBelmont]

So I posted last week about wood effect tiles and got some very helpful responses…thank you! …I’d also requested some light stone effect tiles too when I was getting the wood effect tiles which I’m quite keen on…but….infact I really like them but I’m worried they feel a bit “bathroomy”. I need something to go through hall kitchen/diner and living area (not main separate living room…that will be carpet)
This is the kind of thing i mean…
www.porcelainsuperstore.co.uk/products/motion-sand
There is a bathroom pic but also a kitchen pic which I think looks nice .my question is, particularly in the hallway, would this just look like I’d put bathroom tiles down? Unfortunately I couldn’t have different tiles as all rooms kind of open onto one another and it’s relatively open plan. I’m just worried I’ll answer the front door and people will be confused! It’s a 1950s house of that matters…not much at all in the way of period features so can e highly modernised or made quite traditional…I’m going more with the modern vibe

Impossible to say what thumbnail pix would look like in real life, but yes, porcelain tiles through a ground floor are becoming more common because they work well with underfloor heating. If you install underfloor heating then porcelain or stone emits the heat well, while wood or carpet acts as an insulator and inhibits the heat from rising.

I think in a 1950s house it might look a bit odd, but if you like it who cares? It's practical, although the floors will be cold in the winter. You might find that a natural-looking herringbone wood effect tile works better. Parquet was popular in the 50s.

www.porcelainsuperstore.co.uk/collections/herringbone-floor-tiles/products/woodwork-beige

Thanks @pattihews Yes it was the wood effect i was initially drawn to. I just had my head turned a little by the nice stone samples and was wondering if it would work…I suspect the very modern kitchen diner living area at the back of the house (extension) would work well but I do need to tie it in with the older entrance/hallway so I suspect wood effect is the right answer here (and yes UFH is going in)

Just be aware that electric UFH is cheap to install but very expensive to run. If you can afford it, get plumbed in UFH. Then you can get rid of your radiators downstairs.

I think the wood effect will look lovely.

We’ve got polished porcelain in the kitchen, dining area, utility, hall, downstairs loo. Easy to clean 🤷🏻‍♀️ But I’m not a fan of carpets.

We have wood effect tiles in our conservatory, 15 years and I still love them.

We changed our open plan front hallway, kitchen and dining room to a pale wood effect tile. We're really happy with it. We have a few rugs to break it up, and a runner in the hallway. Our UFH is the plumbed in type.

yes going for the plumbed in UFH!

@Fluffycloudland77 is the polished tile very slippy? Kids are in socks most of the time and I thought polished looks lovely but too dangerous for us clumsy types! I definitely don’t think my home could cope with polished marble effect flooring. Wood effect yes…it’s the stone effect I was wondering about….but overall I think if it was just the back of the house we could get away with it, but not for the front half (old).

Where we live tiles are very common. They're normally smooth though. I suspect the soft appearance bathroom tiles would be harder to clean and might even stain. Wood effect ones are normally textured but with shiny glaze over the texture.

Cold feet and slippery are both solved by wearing slippers or underfloor heating. In the summer it's nice and cool

I have a tiled hall and kitchen. We all have cosy slippers as they are very chilly on the toes.

My biggest issue is that a number of tiles are cracked now as they are in high traffic areas where things get dropped.

Having been knocked out by slipping on porcelain tiles I wouldn’t touch a house with them in. I certainly wouldn't be removing shoes if I visited

Our kitchen, utility, hall and dining room are all tiled. Ours are not highly polished, they are slightly rustic and not slippy. I love them as we live in the country and have a dog. They are hardwearing and easy to clean. We don't find them cold but we do wear slipper around the house.

we have wood effect tiles in our bathroom and they are great.
just make sure the surface is smooth(ish) or they shred mops. like the shingle eggect tiles in our hallway

Neither of us has slipped. The cat used to slide a bit.

We had tiles all through ours when we bought it. No underfloor heating. It is ridiculously cold.
we have now removed the tiles in the hall and lounge to reveal an original parquet (why oh why was that covered up?) but the rest are set in concrete and will
not come up

any way, they would be much nicer if they were warm!
my advice is get your samples and experiment with what shows the dirt/footprints etc. We have black tiles in the hall and a Cotswold stone driveway, so they are permanently covered in chalky residue and they streak terribly when mopped. I hate them

I do like the wood effect ones though and with UFH they’d be lovely.