I am trying to retile some of the bad tiles in my bathroom. I need about 40 glossy white tiles. My bathroom contains about 600 tiles and they're mostly good. They are 197x 197mm. I have only found 200x200 tiles for sale after ten hours of searching Melbourne websites.
From Bunnings I bought 50 (two boxes of 25) Duratiles 20 x 20cm for $44. I thought that was the size of my tiles. I was wrong. They are 197x 197mm. On the side of the Duratile box, it has a list of five 'Calibers'.
DURATILE 20x20cm White Tiles from Bunnings Calibres or 'Calibers':
W01: 197x197mm
W02: 198x198mm
W03: 199x199mm
W04: 200x200mm
W05: 201x201mm
I think they are all 7.2mm thick.
The two boxes I purchased from Bunnings were W03 and W04. I asked the rude tile guy at Bunnings how to find the W01s and he was useless. Their database at the front desk does not list the various calibers available. I waited on hold for various bunnings stores to answer the phone for over four hours today. Not a single store answered the phone. I could spend hundreds of dollars of fuel driving around Melbourne trying to find $44 worth of tiles, but I'd rather stand in front of a train.
Is this Caliber system unique to this product or do lots of tile companies do this? If so, it is not mentioned online ANYWHERE. I need to match my tile size at low cost and without a highly stressful wild goose chase. Please help.
Suggest entering in the Google search field: wall tile caliber; and calling Lifeline 131114