One camp says that the wall and floor tiles should complement each other but should not match.
Should floor and wall grout match.
To match grout lines or not to match grout lines is one of the most common questions a client will ask.
I am doing white subway tile with black trim on my bathroom walls and unglazed 1 white porcelain hex tile on my floors.
The centres of your tiles wall and floor need to be exactly the same so if the tiles are exactly the same size you have to use the same size spacers for wall and floor.
Choosing a coordinating grout the.
Should i do the grouts the same color or doesn t it.
Grout color has a large impact on the appearance of a tiled wall counter or floor.
The other camp says that running floor tile up the wall is a dramatic way to add interest to the kitchen or bathroom particularly when you re using large.
I was planning on doing delorean gray grout in the shower area and plantinum grout on the floor.
Marble tile typically contains several different colors and color.
All the grout lines match up perfectly but there are small variations in the tile sizes resulting in the grouting being variable widths.
Why your grout choice is just as important as your floor tile.
The floor is going to be a 4x8 herringbone marble.
If your room is off square you might find the lines creeping off but should be ok in a bathrooom.
Should grout color match your marble tile.
Even using tile vertical and same width grout you may think it will line up but unless using matching floor and wall tiles it will not work.
Since there are so many different tile styles available for purchase it would be impossible to match a tile to a grout color exactly.
We re tiling our bathroom shower and bathroom floor.
Plus most tiles are not solid colors and have modeling or shading that prevents one color from matching exactly.
As mentioned above set out the floor first to govern the lines for the wall.
This is because matching floor and wall tiles make a room feel smaller and more closed up.
Back in the day when most tiles had cushion edges matching the grout lines between floor and wall tiles was a must.
I have 300 x 600 wall tiles and matching floor tiles but they only came in 300 x 300.
Walls 13 hard flooring 87 hardwood laminate 36 linoleum 2 specialty flooring 5.
Don t attempt to line up.
The shower is going to be a white subway tile.