Bigger is sometimes better”, says Rick Duran, Installation Manager at Express Flooring.
A larger floor tile, such as a 24″x24″, 20″x20″and 18″x18″ can actually play tricks on the human eye. Installing larger floor tiles as opposed to traditional 13″ and 12″ will create the appearance of a larger floor. “The grout lines play tricks on the human eye. More grout lines make an area look smaller. Less grout lines make areas look larger”, says Duran. Larger tile installed not only reduces the number of grout lines, but also reduces cleaning and maintenance. With less grout lines comes less areas to keep clean, less areas to stain and less areas to maintain over the life of the floor.
Often customers are reluctant to install larger floor tiles in smaller areas such as bathrooms, pantry closets and laundry rooms. “Fear no more”, says Duran. Putting a larger tile in those smaller areas looks better too, once again actually making those smaller areas …