About Walls and Floors

Walls and Floors sells wall and floor tiles online and from a showroom in Kettering, and a Walls and Floors discount code is applied to a purchase where ordering the wrong quantity is far more expensive than paying the wrong price. Tiling is the category where arithmetic done before the order saves a second delivery and a mismatched batch.

Work out the area, then add wastage

Measure each surface, add the areas, and then add a wastage allowance on top: roughly a tenth of the area for a straight layout and more for a diagonal or herringbone pattern, where every edge tile is cut. Large-format tiles waste more than small ones. Then round up to whole boxes, because tiles are sold by the box and a part box does not exist. Running short mid-job is the expensive mistake; a spare box for future repairs is cheap insurance.

Order the whole job in one batch

Tiles are fired in batches and the shade varies slightly between them, which is invisible in a box and obvious across a wall in daylight. Buy everything at once, check the batch number on each box before opening them, and if you must mix, spread the tiles from both batches across the whole area rather than finishing one side with one batch.

Ratings that decide where a tile can go

A wall tile is not strong enough for a floor. Floor tiles carry an abrasion rating for how much traffic they take, and tiles for a wet room or a bathroom floor carry a slip-resistance rating, usually given as an R value, which is the one to look for where water and bare feet meet. Porcelain is denser and less absorbent than ceramic, which is what makes it suitable outdoors and in a shower.

Adhesive, grout and underfloor heating

Large-format and porcelain tiles need the adhesive specified for them rather than a general-purpose one, and underfloor heating needs a flexible adhesive and grout that tolerates movement. Rectified tiles have machine-cut edges and take a narrow grout line; non-rectified need a wider one. Order a sample and look at it in the actual room before committing.

Using a Walls and Floors discount code

Apply the code in the basket and confirm the total, then check the carriage separately, since tiles are heavy and delivery is priced by pallet on a large order. Clearance lines and samples are usually outside the offer.