600x600 Vs 800x800 Homogenous Tiles

[Mrs SCP 0]

Hi

Anyone do 800X800 Homogenous Tiles in living room and 600X600 in bedrooms? The price difference is $2/psf. If I lay the whole house in 800X800, the cost will be additional $2K and above.

600X600 are the most common ones. But 800X800 looks even nicer with the lesser grouts.

Can anyone advise me?

Thank you.

[marshmallow 0]

Hi

Anyone do 800X800 Homogenous Tiles in living room and 600X600 in bedrooms? The price difference is $2/psf. If I lay the whole house in 800X800, the cost will be additional $2K and above.

600X600 are the most common ones. But 800X800 looks even nicer with the lesser grouts.

Can anyone advise me?

Thank you.

why not? some pple living room and bedroom not only tile size different, colours and patterns and also different... so long as it's pleasent to your eyes, can liao. but so far i only see 800 x 800 in living, and laminates for bedroom...

only thing i can think of is the joining part between these 2 sizes will look weird (i.e. become unpleasent to eyes)... unless you purposely make some "barriers" to differentiate the 2 areas.

but if you have the budget for the additional $2k... of course whole house in big tiles would be nice

Edited April 8, 2011 by marshmallow

[endlssorrow 1]

if the living room is small, i dont think 800*800 will look nice.. just my 2cents..

[emobebe 1]

Hi

Anyone do 800X800 Homogenous Tiles in living room and 600X600 in bedrooms? The price difference is $2/psf. If I lay the whole house in 800X800, the cost will be additional $2K and above.

600X600 are the most common ones. But 800X800 looks even nicer with the lesser grouts.

Can anyone advise me?

Thank you.

Hi Mrs SCP,

From what I understand from the ID/Contractors which I have spoken with, the cost of laying the tiles is still the same. The same amount of cement will be used. But one main thing big different is the wastage of the tiles. So, I am not sure how your ID/Contractor charge you.

By the way, one thing to take note for the kitchen. If you prefer just to mop instead of wash it, then you can opt for bigger tiles else you have to choose smaller dimension tiles for the tiler to do the angular job.

Cheers:) Emobebe

[Mrs SCP 0]

Thanks for all the advices!

I have a big living area after I removed my balcony border. Moreover, my dining, living and balcony area add up to a rectangle layout.

My contractors said she will lay a stainless steel strip to differentiate the different tiles at the room entrances.

I have actually paid a deposit of $500 to do laminate with Krono Original but am reconsidering this option now. If do for 3 bedrooms, I am thinking whether should I 'hack' the existing flooring for laminate too since other floor areas in house will be hacked.

For Kitchen, the tiles used will be rectangle homogenous tile with a rougher surface.

For laying 800X800, I have to pay additonal $1 for tiles and $1 for workmanship hence $2 more. One thing I dun understand is that the contractor quote me $3000 for the tiles and $800 for removing the existing ceramic tiles in my living/dining area. Price of tiles are capped at $3/psf. In such case, do I still need to worry about the wastage? Or in the event if the tiles used are lesser, will they 'rebate' the cost to us? We tried asking her before but she said the quote is based on the measurement in the floorplan.

For my laminate package, the quotation is based on the measurement from the layout plan but they said actual cost will be lesser as the actual measurement after deducting the areas of the walls of the house will be smaller.

[emobebe 1]

Thanks for all the advices!

I have a big living area after I removed my balcony border. Moreover, my dining, living and balcony area add up to a rectangle layout.

My contractors said she will lay a stainless steel strip to differentiate the different tiles at the room entrances.

I have actually paid a deposit of $500 to do laminate with Krono Original but am reconsidering this option now. If do for 3 bedrooms, I am thinking whether should I 'hack' the existing flooring for laminate too since other floor areas in house will be hacked.

For Kitchen, the tiles used will be rectangle homogenous tile with a rougher surface.

For laying 800X800, I have to pay additonal $1 for tiles and $1 for workmanship hence $2 more. One thing I dun understand is that the contractor quote me $3000 for the tiles and $800 for removing the existing ceramic tiles in my living/dining area. Price of tiles are capped at $3/psf. In such case, do I still need to worry about the wastage? Or in the event if the tiles used are lesser, will they 'rebate' the cost to us? We tried asking her before but she said the quote is based on the measurement in the floorplan.

For my laminate package, the quotation is based on the measurement from the layout plan but they said actual cost will be lesser as the actual measurement after deducting the areas of the walls of the house will be smaller.

I ever thought of your option like laminate all the bedrooms and hack only kitchen, living and dining area. I also think of kronos original bcos of 15 years warranty and I love the cherry wood colour but I am planning for baby soon so I guess it is not a wise option for me.

Don't worry about the wastage. The ID or Contractor usually already factor in 10% of on top of total area that you wanna do. They won't do refund to you if use lesser tiles. However, bigger tiles will have more wastage in fact. For me, I changed my mind to use 600 x 600 and my tiles capped from a range of $2.6 till $3.80. Usually if you pick a tile that is cost more than being quoted like ten cent more, they can close "one eye" and no additional charge but twenty cents more they will charge you.

You know what I did before this. Maybe a bit silly. I went to tiles shop at Balestier Road and check what kind of tiles I like and how much the cost psf. So, when I asked the ID or contractor to give me quotation, I know what range of tiles I can pick for my new home. I will pre-empt them the price first to include inside the quote.

For my kitchen, I still indecisive. Thinking to select 300 x 600 anti slip homogenous but contractor told me the best is 300 x 300 to do the angular else he will come out with another pattern design for 300 x 600 like jig jaz...I am wondering whether I can accept this pattern or not. LOL...decision and decision again...sighs!

[Mrs SCP 0]

I ever thought of your option like laminate all the bedrooms and hack only kitchen, living and dining area. I also think of kronos original bcos of 15 years warranty and I love the cherry wood colour but I am planning for baby soon so I guess it is not a wise option for me.

Don't worry about the wastage. The ID or Contractor usually already factor in 10% of on top of total area that you wanna do. They won't do refund to you if use lesser tiles. However, bigger tiles will have more wastage in fact. For me, I changed my mind to use 600 x 600 and my tiles capped from a range of $2.6 till $3.80. Usually if you pick a tile that is cost more than being quoted like ten cent more, they can close "one eye" and no additional charge but twenty cents more they will charge you.

You know what I did before this. Maybe a bit silly. I went to tiles shop at Balestier Road and check what kind of tiles I like and how much the cost psf. So, when I asked the ID or contractor to give me quotation, I know what range of tiles I can pick for my new home. I will pre-empt them the price first to include inside the quote.

For my kitchen, I still indecisive. Thinking to select 300 x 600 anti slip homogenous but contractor told me the best is 300 x 300 to do the angular else he will come out with another pattern design for 300 x 600 like jig jaz...I am wondering whether I can accept this pattern or not. LOL...decision and decision again...sighs!

Hi emobebe

I am not sure of the size of the anti slip homogenous we have selected. It is rectangle size hence I guess should be the 300X600 ones. I dislike the look and maintenance of the 'gap' between the tiles hence by using the larger ones, I minimise the sight of 'gap'.

Fixing tiles in patterns might be nice in the initial stage but how about 2-3 yrs down the road? Will you get tired of the patterns especially if its a more complicated ones? We prefer to go in one colour for our kitchen flooring but leave the wall untiled. So that every few years, we can get to re-paint the wall of the kitchen in different themes. But of course the colour of my carpentry works will have to be neutral. =)

So in the end, you choose to do homogenous for your living and rooms? I like laminates is bcos of the resistance to scratches and stains especially when there are children in the house. I have granite flooring in my current house and somemore is dark colour. But the way I see how my nephew played with his toys..... It is really a nightmare for the flooring. You cannot see the damage while standing but if you see from the floor angle, you will see all the holes and scratches caused by his toys.

[marshmallow 0]

You know what I did before this. Maybe a bit silly. I went to tiles shop at Balestier Road and check what kind of tiles I like and how much the cost psf. So, when I asked the ID or contractor to give me quotation, I know what range of tiles I can pick for my new home. I will pre-empt them the price first to include inside the quote.

haha dun worry this is not silly... a lot of pple do this we went to see tiles twice before actually choosing tiles with contractor for same reason as yours~ it does give you a much better idea and expectation on what can be chosen in that price range

[indira 0]

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haha dun worry this is not silly... a lot of pple do this <img src="http://www.renotalk.com/forum/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="smile.gif" /> we went to see tiles twice before actually choosing tiles with contractor for same reason as yours~ it does give you a much better idea and expectation on what can be chosen in that price range <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="smile.gif" />

Yeah, I agree with marshmallow, you have to proactive in construction.....

[bikermeow 3]

I am told that 800 x 800 there is a chance that the tiles are not completely flat so there will be wastage and not smooth joint lines. Common pitfalls for 800 x 800.