IDing floor tiles

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RapidRob

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158 posts

125 months

Thursday 25th November 2021
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Recently moved into a new place, and there's a broken floor tile in the kitchen. Any ideas on how to ID the tiles? They were installed around 15 years ago, by the owners before last, so no chance of getting info from them!
Are there any companies which are good at this? Went to the locals, Topps Tiles, but couldn't see anything (long shot, I know!).
To me, the next step is to take the tile up, and see if there is any ID on the back of the tile, and then take it to local tilers to see if they can ID it...
Any other ideas? I'm in Oxfordshire if that helps


imck

783 posts

108 months

Thursday 25th November 2021
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Unlikely but was reading recently that some Tilers leave any spares under the Kitchen Units/Bath.
Worth a look and check the Loft/Shed/Garage

Previous owner of our House left them in the Shed. Still have them 20 Years later.

RapidRob

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158 posts

125 months

Friday 26th November 2021
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That was my hope, I've looked under some of the units, but not all of them. Previous owner said they didn't have any spares, but they weren't very DIY competent so they may have never looked under the right unit!
I'll have a look later, although I probably already know the result frown

Vanden Saab

14,153 posts

75 months

Saturday 27th November 2021
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is there a tile hidden away under a unit or breakfast bar or in a corner where it can be hidden by a bin or something that you can use to replace the broken one with?
then put the unbroken one where the broken one was as a replacement. I did this recently for a customer. removing a single tile with out breaking it or chipping the ones around it along with getting the broken one out with out more damage is a bit of a black art but I can describe the process if you would like me to...

RapidRob

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158 posts

125 months

Monday 29th November 2021
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Vanden Saab said:
is there a tile hidden away under a unit or breakfast bar or in a corner where it can be hidden by a bin or something that you can use to replace the broken one with?
then put the unbroken one where the broken one was as a replacement. I did this recently for a customer. removing a single tile with out breaking it or chipping the ones around it along with getting the broken one out with out more damage is a bit of a black art but I can describe the process if you would like me to...
That was one of the options I considered, we actually have tiles down in the cupboard under the stairs that I could replace it with, but if you can tell me how to get a 450mm floor tile up in one piece, I'll be very grateful!