Wood Look Tile Flooring: What You NEED to Know 

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Very helpful. I just purchased an older home & your video is the first one that I’ve taken written notes for. You addressed my concerns in a practical way. Thank you 😊

Amazing how the FLOORING ALONE can COMPLETELY alter the way a living space looks and feels😍 Absolutely awesome

Yep this sold me on wood look tile. I just hope the contractors get it right the first time! Thanks girl!

I love how you explain a lot of specifics, giving examples and things of such. My husband and i are looking into removing our carpet and trying to decide what to use in place of it. I enjoyed this video. New subbie😍

In my experience when you get dark floors of any kind foot prints and dust show up a lot more . I have had dark brown wood look tile and later on replaced it with white oak wire brushed wide plank wood look tile so I didn’t see every foot print after coming home from working outdoors all day . I’ve also learned sweeping is pointless because of the small grooves from the wire brush texture , yes it’s possible but vacuuming is way easier to maintain a dust free tile floor . Definitely holds up to the dogs and kids but is also very cold to step on compared to wood or LVP . 1/16 spacers are best so you don’t have a giant grout line as well as the color being the shade of the tile as you mentioned helps make it look more like real wood . You also want to keep in mind that laying new tile is best don’t when the entire area is the same tile not broken into different colors and textures helps resale value and the flows a lot nicer through the house if your not selling . All this is costly of course but what I did was when I found a great priced tile I finally liked I bought as much as I needed with extra for mistakes and kept it in my garage . Then a month later I bought the grout , spacers laticrete and any other install material I needed . Finally after Four months I had enough to pay a professional to install . Yes it took a while but I was able to make a rather expensive project affordable by doing this in monthly blocks . This allowed me to still have money for everyday expenses and get what I wanted at the same time .

Thank you, Coral, for a very informative video. We live on Maui across the street from the beach. We installed luxury vinyl flooring, but due to the humidity, it buckled in several places. We are seriously considering the wood-look tile. We think that it will do better where we live. Your video helped encourage us to look into it.

Great video and 2 more advantages. 1. It's easier to clean with no splinters like real wood or carpet stains. 2. Some one who has breathing problems like Asma won't inhale carpet dust or fine real wood floor shavings.

I think there is a 4th con or maybe it’s tied to your third point about how hard the floor is, definitely something to consider - anything you drop onto the floor will get damaged. If you drop a cup or glass, phone, laptop, tablet etc onto hardwood or laminate you might get lucky, but you can guarantee if you drop those things on a tiled floor they will smash. Kids running and falling on tile will hurt themselves more than on hardwood flooring. Just something to consider, the main pro is it’s durability but that’s a double edged sword

Great Video, I've had Pergo water resistant Laminate that was ruined by dogs, I placed two types of wood look Vinyl in two separate bedrooms that got gouged and scratched, I Installed builders grade 12x12 tile in Kitchen and Baths and still looks great, these wood look tile will be good for my forever, good for pets and the Handicapped that need wheelchairs or walkers. Just have to decide if I'm still man enough and have the strength to haul this stuff around to install it myself. lol

Thank you for the information. It was very helpful at selecting my porcelain wood tiles for my bathroom, bedrooms and laundry room.

Thank you for this info. We are considering the wood look tile because we have a dog, cats & grandkids. I appreciate what you had to say.😊

Sorry but you sounded your about to cry. Great information by the way.

Very helpful and you sound great .

Really good information We’re in the process of deciding tile vs real wood. Ty for the vid

Awesome job, this is what I'm laying on my new construction home from the front door to the living room-kitchen combo and utility room!

I have to say you made a lot of good points and gave some really good advice, I would however argue a few points as not 100% accurate, but overall well thought out and informative. I do have a lot of experience with tile, just so you don't think this is coming from a novice. Nice video.

You saved me from making a giant costly mistake, thanks a million !!

👍👍Thank you very very much for the detailed information regarding wood like tiles, I’ll go for wood like tiles for my home which is under renovation here in India, 🙏🙏🙂

Thank you, This was so helpful. I'm considering the wood look tile over laminate or vinyl. You made some very good points to consider. One thing you didn't mention is the grout. Grout tends to get dirty over time and can be hard to clean. I have tan-colored grout in the kitchen and its so hard, if not impossible, to keep clean. Dose the dark brown grout get dirty or start losing color (turning grey) over time?

Really informative video. My house is under construction in New Delhi, India and I will try to implement every tip you gave here. Thank you.

Thank you so much! Super informative! I feel much more comfortable talking to my contractor 😉

Best video on the subject by FAR! Thanks. We are planning on laying this tile the week.

your comment that the grout needs to be same color as tile is spot on IMHO. Laying tile length-wise in a corridor makes the corridor look narrower, I would lay the tile at 90 degrees to the wall making the corridor look wider. You need to level the floor under the tiles, but you also need to level the tiles one on the other. I use home depot levelers to avoid tile lippage.

Super useful advice. Thanks from 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Thank you! This review helped tremendously.

Very helpful video. You give so much useful information. You're very articulate and you know a lot. I'm remodeling my condo. I currently have wall-to- wall carpeting except for vinyl in the kitchen and tile in the bathroom. The condo is almost a 1,000 square feet. I was planning to put tile in my kitchen and maybe also in my office. And I was considering putting tile all over the condo except the bedroom. I think I want carpet in the bedroom as you have chosen. I love wood-look tile. You house looks great. And I love that it is easy to clean. It seems like a healthy choice in that you can get the floor much cleaner than with carpet. And I love the durability of tile. But the noise issue is slowing me down. My condo is very quiet and I want to keep it that way. I'm now thinking I may just replace the wall-to-wall carpeting and only put tile in the kitchen and bathroom.

Hi! Thanks for the informative video! I have another question. Does this color disguise dirt and dust? I wanted to go with a dark colored wood tile, but friends of mine said it was hard to clean. Since yours is lighter but still very beautiful, is it low maintenance or can you go a week or 2 without sweeping? We don't have pets, but young kids.

Thanks. Very informative video!

This was so helpful and I subscribed! My wife and I are under contract for our brand new home and we hit the design studio in a week! We are definitely going to go with wood-look tile. I noticed you didn't install it in your kitchen. We are considering this to be more budget-friendly. Do you wish you would have done the kitchen as well? Any regrets with that?

Practical and useful, thank you!

Hello and thanks for the great video on this subject. My wife and I live in the Houston area in fact we live in the Cypress to be exact and we just sold our house and are moving into a newer home in March. We are interested in ripping out the old carpet at our new house and installing the wood look tile in the home but have no idea where to start so seeing your video was really great timing. Since you are located in Houston would you mind sharing with me the name of the company you used and which name brand of tile you bought since it sounds like you and your husband are like minded since we do not want to break the bank on the cost of the tile and having it installed. Also that was very informative of you to talk about the hidden cost of leveling I would've never have thought about that and I'm sure it would've come up and we would've had to pay more, so thank you. Anyways, if you don't mind letting me know who you used and the manufacture of tile you used I would appreciate it.

Good presentation and caries a lot of information considering you are a new RU-vidr. Explained every nick of it. Love from India

Thanks so much! Excellent points that have helped me out.

I appreciate the good information.

Great explanation. Thanks

Very informative. Coral does a great job!

Very informative. I just moved to Houston and am having a home built and plan on having the builder grade carpet and tile removed once the house is finished and wood look tile installed everywhere except the bedrooms. I think I’ve found the tile, but I’m looking for an installer. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Good video.

Great video! Your floors are beautiful.

Hi I am so lucky to have watched your video.I have purchased wood looking vetrified tile 10mm for my bathroom and considering to buy more for my rooms. Cleared my doubts on most of the points but would love to know whether or not to use spacer and if so how much mm?

Great video, love the tiles! Could you please provide some information about your tiles:Porcelain/ceramic , name of the tiles, and where it was bought from?

Thank you Coral for the informative video.

You can put some rugs down to help absorb the sound 🤣🙏💕

What do you do if you have stairs? I wanted to do the wood-like tile on the first floor and do carpet upstairs. Do I continue the wood-like tile up the stairs or should I just do a laminate that looks similar?

So the tile in the kitchen not matching the wood tile looks fine. My two daughters think I should change it all to the same type but I am like u thinking of cost. I am so torn about it but I enjoyed ur video very much.

Great presentation by a lovely lady.

Very helpful

I went to home depot & saw vinyl, hardwood, laminate, ceramic & porcelain. Which 1 of those is wood look like?

whcih tiles did you go with? does it show any foot prints or dog prints from running back and forth?

All covered, helpful

Very very very nice video Dear

In regards to loud noise, Im from country where tile is favored over hard wood due to the durability. Maybe the contractor didn't put enough cement underneath. Thats why you getting these echo.

Great video. Good information. Well done.

Do you mind sharing the total cost for this?

Thank you very much

Thanks for all the information, it was really informative. From Guam

Thank you

Hi Coral, I wish i watched your video for pros and cons of tile flooring. We recently bought a house in AZ , and we went with the wood looking tiles in all living area except in bedrooms with the builder options spending almost $20,000 As mentioned it looks awesome, but it is hard on our feet with the some of tile edges are sharp on my feet. yes it doesn't absorb the sound and husband works from home , always on meeting. His colleagues are telling him that his line is echoing. plz suggest how can i make it better. Thanks

than you for sharing info with us.

Thank you so much that helped a lot💕

What was the cost of the title and installation?

I'm most likely going the wood-look tile route as I'm sick of having to replace my entire Engineered cherry floors every 7-10 years. (water damage....just bad luck) I want something that can be hosed off if my upstairs neighbor decides to leave his hotub filling for a week and floods my unit ever again.

Can you talk about how to maintain or clean the wooden tiles ?

Very informative video mam love from india

Hello, thank you for the good info and great shots of the floor, we are thinking of buying this tile. It has been like 2.5 years (I think) if I did the match right since you had it installed. How is the tile Holding? have you noticed any scratches or anything else?

Nice presentation 👏

Great info on the video

Great video thanks.

I like the look of your floor, but still leaning more to quality vinyl plank flooring as every tile floor I have had over my life eventually gets smashed by something heavy falling on it. The aluminium oxide surface on the good stuff wears harder than some rock.

thanks for the info.

Thanks for the information! We are gathering info on redoing our floors!

as we will walk on these tiles daily, does the color or shade get fade of little of that particular path or it will look same like first day

How much you paid the labor cost to put down the tile? Does the material cost include the material leveling the floor? I know the it involves a lot of work to put down tile than hardwood floor. I am living in a 1000 sq. feet apartment in NYC. I have a kid and possible a cat in the future. I want something like you said durable water resistant scratch free and one thing I don't like about hardwood floor is it may have gap when temperature and humidity changes.

Great content, keep it up 👍

would the tile be hard on the dog feet?

I want to buy a tile like this type, but I'm afraid that the texture on the tile is going to be uncomfortable when walking. Maybe that's why is uncomfortable for you. Do feel the same discomfort when you walk on your regular tile?

My wood look tile is very similar as yours. Do you know the name color you have on your walls? 👍🏻 I really like it.

Tile is great for kitchen and baths. I would use something else for the rest. Its hard and cold !

What about the cleaning? it is easy clean that tile? it's complicate? ?

my dog scratched enginnered wood floor near the sliding door. Whern they leap it is how it happens. Porcelain wood way to go

could you put wood look tile upstairs?

Good video but you might want to tone down the screeching a tad. Cheers.

Hi! I’m wanting to redo my floors in my house and wondered... where did you purchase your tile? I live in Houston too! Would like to go and check out this tile. The tile and color looks beautiful in your home! Also if you don’t mind sharing, the name of the color of the paint in your living/dining area? You have a beautiful home.

What was the cost for 850 sqft wood tile install?

First time? Voice shivering.... Cool baby😊

Really informative! Thank you!

You look like Melissa Joan Hart!!!!!!!

Underfloor heating,no slippers needed

Who did you have install your wood look tile floors?

One way to prevent foot from pain is to lose some weight

Very informative, but for some reason you sound nervous. 🤔

Let your visitors take off their shoes, the noise will be lessen

You need to slow down and relax. You seem so out of breath and so nervous haha

We put a darker color for our grout but once I started mopping the floor and it dried, the dark grout color went away, and now the grout is white and the floor doesn’t give the wood look anymore. The grout gets dark again when I mop, but when it dries it looks white again.. ugh, what should I do?

Looks fantastic. Too long of a video, very nervous and loud. Lol. But hey i needed this video. Good job

Show the floor and details of it other than us watching you talk the whole time.

Can I use steam mop on it?

You spent your entire video talking and didn't even show how the wood look tile looks like. This is a waste of my time!

Those eyes... How?

Why is ur voice so shaky!!! Really interesting info but I couldn't go through this whole video... sorry..