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I'm new here, hoping for input on my kitchen floor. I've had a good look at the albums and read through many threads. We were hoping to use an imitation slate 600X600mm rectified porcelain tile (the black one).
Some pics for background attached.
1) Whilst I appreciate tile size is a personal preference, I wonder if you would suggest straight off this tile is too big for the room (this colourway only available 600 square, 300 square or 300X600)?
2) The floor is part suspended timber, part concrete/brick (used to be a fireplace/chimney breast around where the oven was many years ago). We have reinforced the joists and screwed down 18mm WBP ply. Would some kind of decoupling membrane (Ditra matting for example) be needed (and would we need it across the whole floor)?
3) The dominant visual features of the room for me are a) unusual 45 degree entrance b) back 'stable' door and c) shiny oven/hob. Whilst I will dry lay tiles to try and find ideal positioning to optimise the look for these three features, I'd appreciate suggestions for either:
- going inline with the oven (ie. 600mm tile in front, with tile to the left disappearing under plinth, one tile to the right, and a 180mm edging piece by the right hand wall) or instead taking a tile each side of a centre line from the oven (would give a 260mm piece under the plinth and a 490mm cut for the right hand wall).
- same sort of question for the back door: try and position a tile centrally, with small 130mm infill to each side), or move evenly dividing the space ?
4) Finally, the manufacturer's data sheet for this rectified tile suggests a 2mm grout line is OK (I would prefer to go this slim). Given the suspended timber/concrete subfloor, and because I want to install electric UFH (Devi, to match upstairs) would I likely be OK with 2mm or should I stick with 3mm to be safe ?
Thanks for any input,
Gerard.
I'm new here, hoping for input on my kitchen floor. I've had a good look at the albums and read through many threads. We were hoping to use an imitation slate 600X600mm rectified porcelain tile (the black one).
Some pics for background attached.
1) Whilst I appreciate tile size is a personal preference, I wonder if you would suggest straight off this tile is too big for the room (this colourway only available 600 square, 300 square or 300X600)?
2) The floor is part suspended timber, part concrete/brick (used to be a fireplace/chimney breast around where the oven was many years ago). We have reinforced the joists and screwed down 18mm WBP ply. Would some kind of decoupling membrane (Ditra matting for example) be needed (and would we need it across the whole floor)?
3) The dominant visual features of the room for me are a) unusual 45 degree entrance b) back 'stable' door and c) shiny oven/hob. Whilst I will dry lay tiles to try and find ideal positioning to optimise the look for these three features, I'd appreciate suggestions for either:
- going inline with the oven (ie. 600mm tile in front, with tile to the left disappearing under plinth, one tile to the right, and a 180mm edging piece by the right hand wall) or instead taking a tile each side of a centre line from the oven (would give a 260mm piece under the plinth and a 490mm cut for the right hand wall).
- same sort of question for the back door: try and position a tile centrally, with small 130mm infill to each side), or move evenly dividing the space ?
4) Finally, the manufacturer's data sheet for this rectified tile suggests a 2mm grout line is OK (I would prefer to go this slim). Given the suspended timber/concrete subfloor, and because I want to install electric UFH (Devi, to match upstairs) would I likely be OK with 2mm or should I stick with 3mm to be safe ?
Thanks for any input,
Gerard.
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