Wooden Plank Effect Floor Tile - Tile Advice

[Millington Deco]

Been asked to lay some wood effect plank floor tiles, I've previously laid these in a brick bond layout in a very small kitchen, however in the pictures on the suppliers website they appear to be laid randomly and this will be a much larger area. Any thoughts on the best layout for a kitchen with an island into the open plan dining room and up 1 wall.

 

[J Sid]

Definitely random looks best

 

[Old Mod]

Lay them exactly like a timber floor!
As long as they are straight enough!
Random broken bond. Use your off cut from row to start the next.

 

[Millington Deco]

Brilliant, thanks, setting out will now be a doddle.

 

[One Day]

Not wanting to be pedantic or anything but aren't timber floors laid out so as to hit the joists? ie not random bond?

 

[One Day]

I'd agree that random bond is better looking though!

 

[Old Mod]

Not wanting to be pedantic or anything but aren't timber floors laid out so as to hit the joists? ie not random bond?

U don't want to be pedantic but.......... Hahaha
Ok so bad turn of phrase!
Timber floors APPEAR to look as if the off cut begins the new row.
(Because they generally do nowadays!)
And besides, when was the last time you saw a new timber floor laid directly to joists?
Every timber plank floor I've see laid in recent memory is overlaid on a boarded floor, or screed.

I'd agree that random bond is better looking though!

That's cos it is. Haha

Imo there is nothing more unsightly than an imitation plank floor laid like a tiled floor, ie half or quarter bond.
Surely the whole idea of a porcelain plank floor is to look just like a timber floor, else why would the good quality ones be textured just like timber.

I'm not digging u out impish, honest, but c'mon, you knew what I meant didn't you.
Just don't believe u said that! Haha

 

[One Day]

Aah, I'm in Lancashire. Only the posh houses have carpet. Rest are bare floorboards. With red lead paint.

 

[Italy]

many manufacturers on the tile stack write: sfalzatura max 20cm, anyway depends on the planarity of the tile

 

[Old Mod]

Aah, I'm in Lancashire. Only the posh houses have carpet. Rest are bare floorboards. With red lead paint.

Haha ok I apologise too!

 

[G Taylor Tiling]

Random for me to!

 

[Old Mod]

Random for me to!

Is that 3 widths?
Do like that effect, with different widths.

 

[mma]

A pet hate of mine is stepping of planks and distance between the two planks adjoining ie 250/300mm minimum. Just saying like!

 

[Italy]

I hate this kind of tiles, but unfortunately the 50/60% of my work is with these tiles, walls, floors, horizontal, vertical, 2 sizes, 3 size and also size 5 .....
consume a mountain of self-leveling ....
I hate this kind of tiles

 

[AliGage]

I don't believe it's intended for them to look like "floorboards" more an engineered/produced floor. Like the staves of an oak worktop.