Recs for (cheapest bang-for-your-buck) tiles?

[Anonymous]

Need to redo floors and would prefer to buy the tiles and pay only labor to get them installed. We're prepping to rent, so I want things livable but not lavish. The Home Depot 50 cent tiles the previous owner installed have all cracked so I don't want to cheap out TOO much but want value. Any recommendations?

[Anonymous]

Daltile would probably have something good for you - but they only sell to the trade. So you would need someone with a contractor license to facilitate the transaction. As a consumer, you can go to the showroom and see what they have.

[Anonymous]

We bought some nice inexpensive ceramic tile from Home Depot for a couple bathrooms and also some relatively inexpensive travertine. The small tiles (12x12) are less expensive than larger or shaped tiles.

[AroundTheBlock]

You're going to love me in more ways than you realize.

Morris Tile - http://www.morristile.com

Been using them for over a decade. Best selection and prices in DC area hands down. ALL real contractors buy their supplies from them, and they're open to small quantity purchases too.

[Anonymous]

AroundTheBlock wrote:You're going to love me in more ways than you realize.

Morris Tile - http://www.morristile.com

Been using them for over a decade. Best selection and prices in DC area hands down. ALL real contractors buy their supplies from them, and they're open to small quantity purchases too.

NP here- do they offer installation services as well? I need someone to retile our stall shower as I did an admittedly crap job of it myself when we first moved in as a result of a simply desperate and cheap attempt to rid myself of a bubblegum pink shower.

[AroundTheBlock]

Anonymous wrote:

AroundTheBlock wrote:You're going to love me in more ways than you realize.

Morris Tile - http://www.morristile.com

Been using them for over a decade. Best selection and prices in DC area hands down. ALL real contractors buy their supplies from them, and they're open to small quantity purchases too.

NP here- do they offer installation services as well? I need someone to retile our stall shower as I did an admittedly crap job of it myself when we first moved in as a result of a simply desperate and cheap attempt to rid myself of a bubblegum pink shower.

No. They don't install. But, the best way to save money is to head to Morris Tile and buy the tile yourself. Then you hire a contractor to install the tile. This way you pay wholesale price for the tile and all you pay for the contractor is labor. They have showroom in Alexandria but their main warehouse is just outside of DC in MD. They're the #1 source of tile in all of DC.

[Anonymous]

Home Depot online. Have it shipped free to store. Buy the cheapest porcelain tile (not ceramic) that you find that is the right size (small tile for the floor, larger ones for the walls). Porcelain holds up much better than ceramic, and for not much more (and sometimes, it is even cheaper).

[Anonymous]

thanks for the recs! good to know that i can just buy the tiles from morris (i don't need to be a contractor, it sounds like?)

since i have a guy willing to do the install at cost of labor only, i feel like it makes the most financial sense.

interesting thought on the porcelain tile too...

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the tip on Morris Tile!

[Anonymous]

Ok, so I just got a quote from a do-everything handyman for roughly $12/sq ft just for ceramic tile removal & install. Does that not sound pretty high?