I would check a few out of the boxes you are buying...could be a different "run" than those on display.

10% should be adequate unless you have a very broken up area to tile.....

Porcelanosa has a nice woodtec line. But it's over $10 PDF. SO we are just gonna go with hardwood in the kitchen too.

We're looking at the same thing for our kitchen, family room, and foyer. 3 cats (one with an attitude issue), so we're concerned about putting down hardwood, only to have it destroyed. Wondering if anyone has photos of their porcelain wood tile floors and if they are happy with the results.

This blog has wood-look tile.

Here is a link that might be useful: The Farm Chick

I tried to give you a link to some wonderful pictures of this tile, but the John Bridge forum link was "nixed" as spam. Why, I don't know as we are tile professionals and NOT spam artists. If you would like the link, I'd be happy to give it to you. Just Email me....

Lazarus@gt.rr.com

Thanks! Looks just like the link I was trying to post....

Thanks, Gardenweb.

That's beautiful!! Can you share the brand and color?

Yes, please share info on the product you used! Your floor looks fantastic!

The tile is made by Exotica the color is Walnut. We got it at Floor and Decor.

http://mediterranea-usa.com/italy/exotica/

swtsae, I can see why you love it . . . that floor is gorgeous!

Would you mind telling me what you paid per sq ft, installed? I've been looking at wood tiles and can't find your color. Love the look.

Jane

Hi Jane sorry i havent checked back here in a while. The tile cost $3.79 a sq ft, I got a "family discount" pn install so we paid $2 sq/ft. I estimate the thinset and grout was about $0.25 sq/ft. So all in all about $6.25 ish sq/ft.

I will say this we ended up getting a "hook-up" on the grout. We ordered Laticrete Perma-color and they screwed up our order and ended up upgrading us and didnt charge us. So we got Laticrete Spectra-lock. Which i'm told is 4x more.

Would this work for stair treads?

My grandaughter just had this installed in new house. The installer told her it needed to be acid washed upon completion. He supplied the stuff and she did it. The tile is now dull looking. Have you ever heard of this procedure? And if so what's the reason.

Thank you

Went to a flooring store and saw porcelain wood-look tiles made by Mohawk. It looks like the real wood and is fantastic. However, it costs $4.79. There is only a brief mention in Mohawk's Website except it is a new product for 2012. Not sure how they compare between the above mediterranea-exotica and Mohawk's. Anyone Knows?

That's sad Mawarosie82. I am thinking of changing my floor to this porcelain but I see your post make me wonder now.

I LOVE your floors, and we are planning on putting new floors down in our living room area this week! I was wondering what color grout you used? I have seen a lot of new housese that they put these floors in but used a really light grout, and it doesn't look like wood floors with the light grout. I love the look of yours! Thank you!

Timely post. We are looking at getting this for our den. We have dogs, cats and a pool so real wood is out.

I looked this past weekend (I have several samples here) and I'm looking at a dark wood because our adjacent tile is light and don't want to "try" to match and miss.

I think my plan is to get rectified porcelain and grout that matches so it looks more like wood.

Apologies for not checking this thread back for a while.

The grout we used was Laticrete Spectra-Lock. The color is Expresso.

We want to put the porcelain wood plank tile in our foyer, living, dining and kitchen area.

I requested a Sample of the Exotica Walnut porcelain plank for flooring and decor. It just came in the mail and is very small, dark and very little grain. I'm just wondering @ swtsae, your floors are beautiful. Did your tiles have variation in color and grain? I'm hoping its just because its a small 4 inch by 4 inch sample, that it looks so dark and plain. I was also wondering how your tile has held up since your install?

Also, my tile installer is very particular about what he puts down. Did your installer like the Exotica brand? Did you notice if many of the tiles were cupped or bowed? Sorry for all the questions. We've been to many local tile shops Daltile, Emser, Tile Shop, etc. None of them have anything like the Exotica brand, which is the exact color and style we are looking for. Since we don't have a "Floor and Decor" in my area, we'll have to order online and have it shipped. I'm concerned about that too.

Appreciate any feedback!

we are about to order Eleganza Vivaldi - in summer (3rd from left). $3.50ish a sq ft.
My issue is there are only 3 variations in the box. they are installing at their showroom in Anaheim so i may make the drive to check it out - and post pix. thoughts??

swtsa, your installer did an amazing job by making boards look longer but putting similar colors on top of each other. I love your floors that look so real! Thank you for sharing.

Hi there--I am also considering porcelain wood tile. I live on east coast. Are they terribly cold? Thanks

We are building a new home, and just had the entire house (including bathrooms) done last week. To say the least, we are THRILLED with our choice as well as the installation. We chose Old Navy Bianco (gray) from Floor & Decor (best price we could find anywhere). The grout is 3/16" and the offset is 25%. Wanting a very country look, I would have preferred random, but every installer said no can do. It was suggested to me that I go a little darker than the floor itself for the grout, which I did. I believe it's a very good choice.

Having Eleganza Vivaldi- fall, in matt installed, Can you give me an idea of what grout color. I like the color used above, the tile I ordered looks similar to the picture you posted swtsae

The tile installer who installed my kitchen tile and did such a great job let me visit him in his home and his tile floor that is several years old was amazing looking and I at first thought it was real wood. I went to his house to look at his upgraded kitchen. If I had seen this living room's porcelain tile floors that look like real hardwood floors before signing a contract for my engineered wood floors, that is what I would have chosen. I know I would have been happier with anything he installed than the terrible installers I used.

I have the same exotica flooring as was posted above. It is indeed an amazing tile. Has nice texture to it that makes it look like real wood.

Getting ready to move and do another remodel and my fiance wants lighter colored so i found this one

http://www.tileshop.com/product/briarwood+mocha+8+x+36+in.do

It is the most realistic one I have seen in person. The website shows it being more expensive than the store. It is $4.79 in store I believe

Floor and decor has a few options similar but not as nice around $2.99 , still debating between saving money or getting what i want

Just finished kitchen remodeled I have had the tile guy here multiple times. The ground is different colors and I'm told it's been to damp and rainy needs more time to cure. The most troubling is that the tiles are uneven and some of the tiles are higher than the others visually not that noticeable but u can feel it when walking. He came and replaced 6 tiles when there are about 30 more. Against my desire they put the kitchen cabinets in and now I'm afraid they will damage my cabinets I am so disappointed I can't stand to go to the kitchen it makes me ill

Large format tiles LFTs are defines as tiles with one edge 15 inches or longer. LFTs require a subsurface with no more than 1/8" over 10 FEET deviation. Improper prep work may be a problem. Some plank tiles are not flat but instead pillowed. Check your tiles with 2 whole tiles one face up, the second face down over the first. Did he use a tile leveling system such as LASH or MLS ?

You can also achieve the classic French look with plank tiles

Good comment on the French Look, Paul....

thats a herringbone in english

Awesome herringbone install. How much additional cost should I expect to pay per square foot to install a pattern like this? Does anyone have any tile installer recommendations for Chicago suburbs?

There are some mighty fine installers on the John Bridge Tile Forum from the Chicagoland area. The National Tile Contractors Asso has a find-a-contractor feature on their web site.

Has anyone installed wood look tiles on stairs? If so how did you finish them off? thanks

I am wondering the same as there do not seem to be bullnoses.

Actually you can bullnose the tiles (see picture), but you need a specialised company to do them.

You would need color body porcelain to do bullnose (your tile setter may do bullnosing), but you will lose the printed portion of the tile that gives it the wood-grain look, so the edges will no longer have "grain." Some wood-look tiles come with bullnose pieces; Arizona Tile has some. Edges can also be mitered.

Schluter also has a variety of profiles that give a clean, finished look in about any finish you can imagine.

Holy moly Cabot & Rowe, that Herringbone pattern is so gorgeous!! How much extra per sqft does that kind of thing usually cost to do?

Mighty nice of you to say. We charge by time and materials. Since the room was an empty square, it was a fairly inexpensive install compared to a room with hallways, closets, appliances, or an island to work around. Your mileage may vary.

Legacy floors - the first two pics you posred of same tile, what brand was that?

Does anyone who has used the Exotica Walnut 6x24 have any left over tiles that are willing to give up or even sell? I have been looking for months as this tile is discontinued. My home was purchased with the floor already installed and suffered bursted pipes a few months back which required cutting a trench across part of my home and I have no tile to fix. Insurance only covered a limit based on a clause in the policy so I have to pay for the repair myself.

Please contact me if you do have any. Any little bit will help so much.

You have a few more problems than some missing tiles. When trenching such as yours, the exposed sides of the old slab should have been drilled and pegged with rebar from one side to the other to help reduce the chance one side will rise or fall different than the other. Was this done in your case? If there is no rebar, the edges of the slab will need to be treated as a cold joint in which case you'd need a grout joint / expansion joint above each side of the trench. Then comes the need to remove more tiles in order to install a crack isolation membrane (or similar) to reduce the chance of in plane movement in the future. This will make for some ugly grout joints. Can I interest you in some nice carpeting?

LMAO............. Seriously, it's always funny that folks expecting a simple fix is seldom that simple. All too many people expect a Band-Aid fix to solve all ills.