Brick & Metro Tiles

Brick & Metro Tiles Buying Guide

Suitability

A perfect balance between a classic and contemporary look, metro tiles will fit in with most homes and commercial design styles. Metro tiles are ideal for all of your tile projects as they are extremely versatile. Use metro tiles to revitalise a tired kitchen. By simply tiling the backsplash walls with a metro design, you can instantly transform the most important room in your house. Dated bathrooms can be brought right up to date with a stylish makeover using these versatile tiles. Whether you are thinking of half tiling a room or you are wanting to fully tile from floor to ceiling, metro tiles will give you that cutting edge finish and style that you are looking for.
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Colour

Choose a colour tile that complements and contrasts with your surrounding sanitary wear or cabinets. A flat plain colour works well in most areas, giving a clean simple finish or you might want to use a colour 'blend' of tiles, which will adds more interest and give a softer finish to a room.

The most popular metro tile colours include: white, grey, cream, green, black and blue. In addition, marble effect metro tiles also look fantastic and are available in gloss gold, silver and grey.
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Materials & Styles

Metro tiles are most commonly ceramic but are also made from a wide range of other materials such as marble, glass, slate and terracotta. Ceramic metro tiles are available in various finishes, including gloss, matt and crackle glazed. They are also available in the following styles: flat, bevelled and rustic. Natural marble and slate will require sealing before grouting, this will protect the tiles from staining especially if using a coloured grout.

Sourced from Italy and Spain, Decorum's range of metro brick tiles are of the highest quality available.
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Sizes

Choosing the right size of tile to fit your project is essential. With so many different tiles on the market you will be spoilt for choice, so it is wise to think about the area that you are tiling and select a tile that will work well within it. Large metro tiles work well in bathrooms, shower areas and wet rooms, whilst small, mini or slim metro tiles are more suitable for smaller recessed feature areas such as kitchen splashbacks and alcoves.

Available sizes of metro tiles we stock include:
5x10, 5x20, 5x25, 6.5x13, 6.5x26, 6.5x40, 7.5x15, 10x30, 10x40, 13x40
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Laying patterns

Deciding which metro pattern you are going to use may well influence your decision on size, as some designs work better with a certain size, for instance super slim metro tiles work well when using a herringbone design. With so many designs to choose from you can create something completely unique that fits in with your lifestyle. These are just a few of the metro tile patterns you can use:-

Grout Colour

Once the tiles are chosen and the design layout is agreed, your tiler will ask you what colour grout you would like to use! Depending on the colour of the tiles, you can either play safe and use a similar grout colour, which will blend in with the colour of the tiles and make the grouting less of a feature or you could decide to use a contrasting colour of grout which will accentuate the tiles and add a totally different look and feel to your project.
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Maintenance

Metro tiles stay clean and are virtually maintenance free. To keep them looking like new you can wipe them down with a damp cloth, then buff with a dry soft cloth to keep them looking like new.
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Hand Painted Metro Tiles

Hand painted metro tiles will add a personal touch to your walls. Choose your favourite phrase and words that you wish to be hand painted onto one of our stylish range of metro tiles. Calligraphy is available on a wide selection of colours in the Newport, Neve, Oxford and Country ranges.
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