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Thursday, June 04, 2009

Extension Part 39 and the Great Tile Debate

Two days later than advertised Alan has been, fitted the glass in the internal door from the sitting room and removed the plasterboard. We can now start getting the room back into some kind of order.

This should have been reason for great celebration.

But yesterday we noticed a crack in the wood of one of the window sills that will need replacing. And more importantly a split in the wood at the bottom of the external door out onto the patio...

Some more tile samples arrived yesterday.

My original claim that we would end up choosing the first tile we saw have proved wrong.

The problem now being that there is one tile that I feel passionately would look absolutely stunning...



.............................................................................and another that Paul prefers ->



I like the one that Paul favours and it does have advantages. Manufactured so uniform depth, will not need sealing or polishing, comes in several different sizes and is a little cheaper. I have offered a compromise. His in the sunroom and mine in the utility room. Can't say fairer than that. But Paul is worried that if my tile does look stunning he will never hear the end of it...

Comments welcome re tile choice - especially if you like mine best :)

7 comments:

Diana said...

Not sure which is your preferred option - but the one on the left will not show dirty marks so much (speaking as a housewife and floor scrubber)
Diana

Hels said...

Well you picked mine. I have now made it more obvious which is which :)

Henry Yeo said...

I will go with the 3rd choice.

Lucy said...

well i think that Helens till is going to be the best choice mainly because it will not show the dirt and it just looks good

Hels said...

Henry - you have no idea how many we have looked at to get to this point.

Thanks Lucy - he is coming round slowly in as much as I have been asked to phone the tiler tomorrow to ask how much more he will charge to lay/seal/polish natural slate.

Geof said...

I love the one on the right ... but both look fantastic and compliment each other ... use the left on in the heavier traffic area

tile said...

No problem which is preferred option, is only one dirty and crack? If yes, DIY.

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