Help me find a wood effect tile!

curiouscat1987 · 2021-02-08T21:20:54+00:00

Someone recently posted about using the mora oak tile from topps tiles [[https://www.toppstiles.co.uk/mora/mora#selection.product_colour=Mora%E2%84%A2%20Oak&selection.size=90cm%20x%2015cm%20Plank]] and i absolutely love it, but its over £40 p/m2 which is double what id like to pay! Does anyone know of any similar,cheaper wood effect tiles? I love how realistic this one looks....

Firkinhavinalaugh · 08/02/2021 21:26

In the case of wood effect tiles, you get what you pay for.

We have this and no one has ever realised it isn’t wood. It doesn’t get slippy when wet and is beautiful.
I didn’t want to pay it either but bought one of these abs one cheaper one and it was no contest between them. Both from topps.
Have you been and spoken to them? There might be a deal coming up.

AgileMadness · 08/02/2021 21:50

We've got this one from Tile Mountain www.tilemountain.co.uk/catalog/product/view/id/1732/category/3974

It's also not slippery when wet and quite realistic looking.

NoParticularPattern · 08/02/2021 21:58

Someone I know has just put these in totaltiles.co.uk/andes-roble-oak-wood-effect-porcelain-floor-tile.html and they look amazing. Can’t vouch for how slippery they will be personally as their bathroom isn’t finished yet and also Covid, but they’ve gone for them all over a large bathroom floor (excluding shower tray) and aren’t the sort to have done no research into it so I’d hedge with they are going to be great.

WisestIsShe · 08/02/2021 22:01

We have the get version of these from Wickes. I really like them and they are such good value. [✓www.wickes.co.uk/Wickes-Mercia-Oak-Wood-Effect-Wall+Floor-Tile---600-x-150mm/p/114248 these]]

WhereDoesThisToiletGo · 08/02/2021 22:24

We had these installed in a kitchen /family room last year.
www.mystonefloor.com/product/sandy-oak-porcelain-wood-planks/
Love love love them. And the tiler said they were easy to cut and lay-he didn't have a single breakage when doing the floor.

chrisrobin · 08/02/2021 22:35

We have just laid the grey version of the ones from Wickes that NoParticularPattern linked to, they are great. Not slippy, easy to cut and lay and a good price (we did a very large room so the price point was important)

chrisrobin · 08/02/2021 22:36

Sorry, I meant the ones WisestIsShe linked to

TheJunctionBaby · 09/02/2021 00:29

I've got a sample of this tile from porcelain superstore www.porcelainsuperstore.co.uk/arteak-castano.html

I've only got the sample to go on but it looks really good in person and very much like real wood and is textured. It's a porcelain tile and suitable for underfloor heaping, as well as outdoors, which is important for us as we are having underfloor heating and we are taking the flooring right out onto our patio

Beebumble2 · 09/02/2021 13:31

We put the Mora tiles in our downstairs cloakroom. They are lovely and good quality floor tiles. Tops tiles often have money off offers and do trade accounts, if you know a builder who could set one up.

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curiouscat1987 · 09/02/2021 19:27

@AgileMadness

We've got this one from Tile Mountain www.tilemountain.co.uk/catalog/product/view/id/1732/category/3974

It's also not slippery when wet and quite realistic looking.

Thank you, ive ordered a sample of that one now!

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curiouscat1987 · 09/02/2021 19:30

@NoParticularPattern

Someone I know has just put these in totaltiles.co.uk/andes-roble-oak-wood-effect-porcelain-floor-tile.html and they look amazing. Can’t vouch for how slippery they will be personally as their bathroom isn’t finished yet and also Covid, but they’ve gone for them all over a large bathroom floor (excluding shower tray) and aren’t the sort to have done no research into it so I’d hedge with they are going to be great.

Funnily enough id actually ordered a sample of these a few hours before i posted! They do look nice, theyre r11 which means medium slipperiness i believe :)

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curiouscat1987 · 09/02/2021 19:35

@WisestIsShe

We have the get version of these from Wickes. I really like them and they are such good value. [✓www.wickes.co.uk/Wickes-Mercia-Oak-Wood-Effect-Wall+Floor-Tile---600-x-150mm/p/114248 these]]

They look nice, its a shame they dont seem to do samples. Dont suppose you know the r rating (how slippery they are) do you?

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ItsSnowJokes · 09/02/2021 19:36

I have just ordered these ones. The sample was really good and 11.99 sqm a bargain.

www.tilemountain.co.uk/floor-tiles/p/articwood-argent-20-5x61-5.html

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curiouscat1987 · 09/02/2021 19:36

@WhereDoesThisToiletGo

We had these installed in a kitchen /family room last year. www.mystonefloor.com/product/sandy-oak-porcelain-wood-planks/ Love love love them. And the tiler said they were easy to cut and lay-he didn't have a single breakage when doing the floor.

Thanks, theyre lovely but too light for what we're after i think!

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curiouscat1987 · 09/02/2021 19:41

@TheJunctionBaby

I've got a sample of this tile from porcelain superstore www.porcelainsuperstore.co.uk/arteak-castano.html

I've only got the sample to go on but it looks really good in person and very much like real wood and is textured. It's a porcelain tile and suitable for underfloor heaping, as well as outdoors, which is important for us as we are having underfloor heating and we are taking the flooring right out onto our patio

That looks very nice, have ordered a sample of it. It miiiiiight be too dark but we'll see, thank you!

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CityDweller · 09/02/2021 20:05

Timely thread as I was looking into these yesterday. Presumably the advantage over actual wood is more hard wearing and better heat retention for underfloor heating?

Does anyone know if you can get ones that can be laid herringbone?

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curiouscat1987 · 09/02/2021 20:47

@CityDweller yep you definitely can and that's what im lookinh for too!

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