The reason why I am as the home I live in has nearly every tile in the kitchen cracked/edges chipped or both. The owner must have purchased them damaged.
Where can we buy these tiles?
And
Where can we go to match a tile?
PS:
It is not my property so I have zero interest in fixing it. I just wanted to know if he really bought them cracked.
I have covered some of them with white paint
What is damed tiles?
Good question - you wrote that in the title (but it was fixed)
the dutch use them on dams
God Dame Tiles
Dear OP
What a complete waste of time!
Pls go and bother somebody else!
Alternatively the owner was a diy’er, a not particularly good diy’er…
Can't be that bad. Just one area has this type of tiles.
I know in India, stores have factory seconds/Odd lots which sell at a substantial discounts,
Also, the home has multiple switched wired the wrong way and other stuff. The owner is a DIY person but can't crack each tile.
I am confused what you are trying to ask, OP. Are you asking if you can buy cracked/damaged tiles? Or are you asking if you can buy same (new) tiles to replace damaged tiles?
Yes to both.
aren't they all damaged? if so, just replace them with whatever tiles you want
Can you post a photo?
Yeah.. I gotta see this.
I have mopped the kitchen, I will try to upload photos when it dries up.
Yeah, that's some gnarly stuff going on there. Given the extent of damage I'd be suspicious of the tile glue/cement coverage under them. They look to be very brittle which IMO is a sign of poor glue coverage. Note, I am not a tile expert.
Are those 300x300 porcelain?
@iDroid: These are more like 34 cm x 34 cm.
Even I am not a tile expert but your response has more details than many here.
Who wants to buy damaged/cracked tiles 🤦♂️
Mosaic enthusiasts
crackheads
Buy Cracked Tiles/Damaged Tiles
I've got some damaged tiles you can have for free OP.
If they are that bad just rip them all down and go to a tile supplier, even Bunnings, purchase new ones, and start again.
I am not the owner of this home.
Then why are you messing with it.
I am not.
@bargainhuntingcouple: You are asking where to buy (pre broken?) tiles, and have painted the tiles that are already there.
Perhaps it was some feature made with shattered tile pieces but in OP's eyes that is a bad tiling job ;)
Jokes aside, just get a tiler to come in and give you are quote to replace them all with something you'd like and readily available to purchase. If the existing tiles are quite old you will never be able to find the same tile anyways and even if you did the new tiles would look out of place as the old ones would most likely be discoloured or faded over time.
I bought a home so don't need this one fixed. I was renting this.
I was just curious
I would like to know where I can source unwanted ceramic tiles.
They are perfect as heat resistant panels that one could place on any surface, do high temperature work on top (soldering, welding, etc.) and prevent any heat damaging the surface underneath
Chipped, cracked or scratched is fine by me as long as the intact surface is large enough for the job.
I wanted one large one to put an airfryer on.
You can buy 1-2 pcs on facebook marketplace/Gumtree or the user 2 posts up (Hithere)
Go to a tile factory outlet or just buy 1m2 for $9.90 and just use one tile ? Can't be that hard..
It is not for me. I just wanted to understand if he bought them pre-cracked.
@ Game R Ask at a tile store/supplier.
I was after a large tile for a similar reason and went to a local Beaumonts store.
I explained what I wanted it for and the team member offered me a choice of several different size tiles from old discontinued stock for free.
Pretty much what Hithere said.
Go to your local tile store / wholesaler. They often have a giant bin of ex display / one off (last tile) / discontinued stock somewhere and will happily give it away for pennies if not free.
I did some brazing on a piece of offcut and it cracked in no time. They become brittle when heated to extreme temps. Soldering should be fine but not brazing.
Was the tile surface cold at the time? I would suspect it cracked from the stresses of thermal expansion of the extreme heat focused on a small spot on the tile.
Hi,
you should be able to crack and chip tiles very easily if need to have them damaged to match eh existing decor.
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I can confirm that these tiles were laid perfect, undamaged and unchipped. This floor has basically had numerous things dropped on it and hence the object has caused the chipping of the tile. I have seen this numerous times in rental properties!
Thanks for the answer!
Agree completely. You can see that the damage on some tiles next to each other could only be caused by something dropped between them
It's a rental property? Just had lots of stuff dropped on them. One of the chips in your photo spreads across two tiles, you'd have to be pretty good to lay damaged tiles to line up like that :)
Yes. I am renting.
You can probably buy factory seconds tiles, but I highly doubt there would be that many damaged tiles in a seconds lot. Chipped edges yes. Damaged in the centre? Unlikely in a non fixed tile, they’d most likely crack into pieces.
Cracked - yes
Damed - unlikely