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May 24, 2008
Round tiles -- too much grout?
We are deciding between putting round or hex tiles on our bathroom floor. I like the look of the round tiles, but am concerned about the grout to tile ratio of circular tiles compared to hex tiles. In particular, I am worried that with white, or even gray grout , stains will be more prominent and cleaning would be more difficult. Have others used round tiles for flooring? Do you regret it due to the cleaning hassle?
Thanks!
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I recently installed two bathrooms with white, round, penny tiles. The round ones are less trouble to install than hex tiles. I wouldn't go with white grout because of stains. I think gray grout looks better too. If you're concern about stains, adding a clear tile sealer will help you keep your floor clean.
Posted by: Rick at May 24, 2008 6:27 AM
You have to love this look to deal with all those grout joints. Personally, it would drive me mad to clean all that grout. Over time you're going to get stains, just like with any grout.
Don't use polished tiles on the floor, it's slippery...even penny tiles. They say that because there's more grout it won't be slippery, but that's a lie.
Posted by: guest at May 24, 2008 12:22 PM
I really like the penny rounds (I like the hex too so its a toss up). I didn't use the penny rounds in my bathroom for the "too much grout" reason but I did use them in a small laundry closet. Now that I see them installed, I don't think more grout would have bothered me. As long as you use a darker shade of grout, you shouldn't have much of an issue keeping it clean looking.
Posted by: Mrs. Limestone at May 24, 2008 3:44 PM
I installed them years ago in a guest bathroom with a dark grey grout and it wasn't noticibly more difficult to keep them clean. I also didn't notice them being slippery, even though they had a high gloss finish, so I think that there may be something to the more grout equals less slippery theory.
Posted by: Bond at May 25, 2008 8:12 AM
I installed the hex tiles in white with white grout. They look great but they get dirty and are hard to clean. But the look is fantastic. Your choice. If I had to do it again I would probably use a darker grout.Though I love the look of the white grout when clean.
Posted by: guest at May 25, 2008 11:24 AM
I installed the hex tiles in white with white grout. They look great but they get dirty and are hard to clean. But the look is fantastic. Your choice. If I had to do it again I would probably use a darker grout.Though I love the look of the white grout when clean.
Posted by: guest at May 25, 2008 11:24 AM
Using white grout on a floor is not a very good idea.
Posted by: guest at May 26, 2008 1:23 PM
agree with 1:23 - white grout on a floor is really a mistake
Posted by: guest at May 26, 2008 11:48 PM
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