Blue Glossy Ceramic Accent Tiles 8×8

One of several 8×8 glossy ceramic tiles carried in different colours, this is the blue, and the room recorded against it is the kitchen. Fourteen pieces make up a box covering 6.22 square feet.

What changes between colours

The body, the size and the finish are identical across this group of accent tiles; only the glaze colour and the recorded rating move. Blue sits at the darker end, which means reflections show as distinct highlights and the tile reads heavier on a wall than a pale one of the same dimensions would. Style is logged as solid colour, so there is no shading within a piece. The section measures 3/8 inch. Grout choice does a good deal of work with a glaze this deep: a joint close in tone lets the wall close up into one colour, while a pale one turns the same pieces into a drawn grid.

• Same tile, different glaze Size, body and finish match the other colours in this group.
• Reads heavy A dark glaze carries more visual weight than a pale one at the same size.

Shower walls, kitchen recorded

Shower walls is the listed rating while kitchen appears as the room, which is the combination the record carries. Working from 6.22 square feet a box, an area of 60 square feet needs twelve boxes once cutting is allowed for. Larger squares are less tolerant of an uneven wall than small ones, so preparation earns its keep. Ordering the whole quantity in a single go also avoids pieces from two production runs ending up side by side.

• Twelve boxes Sixty square feet against 6.22 a box, cutting included.
• Prepare the wall Bigger pieces show a bumpy substrate that smaller ones would hide.

Why we chose it

• Colour range The same tile is stocked in several glazes if blue is not the one.
• Quick coverage Fourteen pieces make over six square feet.
• Nothing to seal A fired glaze handles water and marks by itself.

Care

Household tile cleaner on a soft cloth. Dark gloss is unforgiving about smears, so the drying pass afterwards is what makes the difference.