Victorian flooring alternatives - Tile Advice

[Flintstone]

im doing our hallway at home and I'm on the look out for some more affordable alternative of the Victorian flooring by the likes of London mosaics or origional style, to suit out Victorian propperty. to cover the 4m with those tiles it about £1500.
Any ideas? I don't want those terrible topps tiles fake patern ones. im open to a modern take, geometric

 

[Flintstone]

Anyone have any experience of these

Olde English Tiles - Tile Designs - http://originalfeatures.co.uk/collections/olde-english-tiles-tile-designs

 

[Tile Shop]

Olde English are very expensive, but not quite as expensive as original style. But then again, depends on the pattern you want to go for. even the plain unglazed 100x100 and 150x150 will still swipe £70-£100 from your wallet for every metre, as the price varies for the colour. Then gets more ridiculous depending on the intricacy of the pattern.

A slightly more affordable route is Armatile. They do a couple of ranges on a mesh, but you won't get the same satisfaction of completing a victorian floor and you are also limited on the colours and designs available. You can buy direct from them, but for the designs, you'll still be hit for around £130m2, unless you plead, beg and give them a sob story about a dead puppy, to see if you can get a good trade discount. Borders are on a mesh too but still look pretty effective.

Victorian Tiles | Armatile - http://www.armatile.com/categories/813/0/victorian-tiles.aspx?expandable=0

 

[Old Mod]

Make your own.
If you speak to @timeless john nicely he may tell you the range of tiles he uses to make his.

 

[Flintstone]

Ile check out the arma tile,
Timeless John, cut them all from standard 4inch square tiles? That sounds like a big task!

I've just measured up and it's actually 5.5 sq

 

[Flintstone]

 

[Old Mod]

Ile check out the arma tile,
Timeless John, cut them all from standard 4inch square tiles? That sounds like a big task!

I've just measured up and it's actually 5.5 sq

No I don't think they're 4 X 4's

 

[Concrete guy]

2cm x 2cm unglazed ceramic tiles. Mosaic tiles - Mosaic Supplies Limited - http://www.mosaicsupplies.co.uk/product-category/winckelmans-unglazed-ceramic-tiles/

Home - WINCKELMANS - http://www.winckelmans.com/default.aspx

 

[AndY mac]

Take a look at the winckelmans from France. Really nice an d reasonable prices.

 

[Concrete guy]

http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Martin-Mosaic-Ltd?_trksid=p2047675.l2563

Martin Mosaic Ltd Victorian floor tiles London - http://www.martinmosaic.com/

 

[Tile Shop]

pssssst........ winklemans make the Olde English, but shhhhhhhh...... I didn't tell you that

 

[Flintstone]

Wickle mans website is a pain to navigate, not got any prices on either! The other one mosaic supplies, is priced on weight which is strange! Some potential there

 

[Flintstone]

Wicklemans eBay link looks promising, the cheaper ones are the 5mm thick ones stead of 9mm, about half the price, does anyone know if the thickness really matters ?

 

[Concrete guy]

Waxman Ceramic Tiles Ltd. Leading UK wholesale tile suppliers. - http://www.waxmanceramics.co.uk/

These people are the UK distributor for Winckelmans.