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Which tiles would you use here? Old house

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EezyOozy · 23/04/2023 13:54

Hi, I have a Georgian house and I think the pantry cupboard was floored in about 1915. It’s concrete and has these brown tiles on top of the concrete.

The tiles are 5 to 6 mm thin and the tiles plus tile adhesive measure 10 mm thickness.

As you can see, they have been cut because the previous owner had Carpet down. We have pulled up the carpets and sander the floorboards.

I don’t want to re-tile the entire pantry cupboard…… I just want to pull up the broken bits and put some kind of border tile on, but it needs to be thin enough to run flush… So we need to be 5 to 6 mm thick. I thought a border type design lead horizontally in a nice bright colour or pattern with some brown in it.

as per pic the required “width” is 26cm.

The problem I have is that all the floor tiles I can find are about 10 mm thick!

I don’t really care what it is made of so long as it is durable and fills the space and runs flush with what is already there.

Any ideas!? Thanks.

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EezyOozy · 23/04/2023 13:55

Arrgghh pics didn’t upload

Which tiles would you use here? Old house
Which tiles would you use here? Old house
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EezyOozy · 23/04/2023 13:57

Here are some tiles we have in a nearby area

Which tiles would you use here? Old house
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CornedBeef451 · 23/04/2023 14:00

Could you just use a wooden doorway strip, not sure what they're called?

Also, do you know if the tiles are asbestos? I only ask because we had some that looked similar but were from a much younger house than yours so it may not be relevant but I am paranoid about tiles now!

SoupDragon · 23/04/2023 14:01

I think I'd go with a wooden threshold strip (I think that's what they're called!)

EezyOozy · 23/04/2023 14:02

It hadn’t occurred to me that they could be asbestos . I have no idea! They look like they’re made of some kind of clay /ceramic. But it’s an old house so it could be!

im not too bothered if they are asbestos but would be careful removing the broken bits

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EezyOozy · 23/04/2023 14:02

Thanks I’ll take a look at the strips. Can you get them that wide and thin?!

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CornedBeef451 · 23/04/2023 14:23

I think you can get them in different sizes as we had to have some fitted to awkward doorways.

EezyOozy · 23/04/2023 15:01

Had a quick look, and I can’t find anything that wide or thin… Not even a piece of strip with that I could chamfer on one side. Even thought about leaving the broken bits there as it’s quite a straight cut, so I don’t need something 120 mm to fill the gap, but nothing that wide either!

thanks for the ideas !

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EezyOozy · 23/04/2023 15:01

Strip wood*

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caringcarer · 23/04/2023 15:35

The tiles you have in a nearby area are lovely. Could you not just replace the old ones with nearby ones.

TwoLeftSocksWithHoles · 23/04/2023 20:02

If a wooden threshold would work you could get a piece 'tailor-made' by a carpenter that would exactly be the dimensions you need.
(Make sure it's a hard wood)

TizerorFizz · 23/04/2023 20:52

I would get rid of the nasty brown ones. Start again. They don’t look great. Your others look Victorian.

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