Tile prices to rise by SEVENTY 70% "Its Grout of order.." Say the Sun Newspaper.

[365drills]

Its Grout of Order say The Sun newspaper as tile prices look set to rise 70%



So what do you think?

Is the EU right to impose a ban on imports? Are cheap tiles putting Italian jobs at risk?

Has the DIY market suffered?

[johnryan]

maybe we might start getting tiles that are all the same size now. do b & q get theirs from china?

[365drills]

do b & q get theirs from china

Big time!

[johnryan]

i'm happy with that then. maybe they can start to get some decent ones now , so i don't have to have 3 sizes of spacers when i do a bathroom with their tiles.

[Dave]

I think this is a move , that has been coming for a while and tariff charges will be about 26% to 73% but these are yet to be confirmed ..

[nybor62]

does that mean chinese food will rise by 70%, i hope so cant stand the stuff

[DJS]

I've just laid some cheap imported porcelain from Wickes. Said it was made in Italy. Really bad manufacturing tolerances, so I can only guess it's not just Japan who make the cheap one's.

If the price rise helps improve quality for fixers, then I'm all for it. But I guess the politicians won't be thinking about that. It's just another way to line the pockets of the EU. I guess it's just to help offset the huge deficit of imports/exports between Europe and Asia as a whole.

Nothing at all to do with quality!!

[Scott]

Its only 7% of tiles in the high street. Thats not a lot of tiles!

[steve187]

Yes keep out the cheap nasty things, that cause headaches.

[aph257]

B & Poo get a lot of tiles from Turkey and they're not that good either but also cheaper than EU ones.

[chille]

Hurray perhaps we can all have decent materials to work with rather than all the cheap garbage from China and the likes

[whitebeam]

Just hope the british tile manufacturers can grab a bit more of the market

[devonmark]

Just hope the british tile manufacturers can grab a bit more of the market

Hope you don't mean....b.c.t....I'll pack in if thats the case

[garythetiler]

Its only 7% of tiles in the high street. Thats not a lot of tiles!

we use 50 million sqm in the uk per year believe it or not so 7% is around 3.5million sq m of tiles

[Scott]

we use 50 million sqm in the uk per year believe it or not so 7% is around 3.5million sq m of tiles

Like i said not a lot