Is 6 1/2" by 9 3/4" a standard tile size? (165mm x

[lemonstar]

I have removed a few tiles from the bathroom wall that had raw plugs in them (previously had various fixings in there). Johnson's Tiles (Stoke-on-Trent) don't have anything in that size - they suggested cutting a mosaic tile down to size - a 12x12 grid of 23 mm tiles 4mm thick with a 2mm spacing - it's possible but will probably look terrible. The existing tiles are 6mm thick and say Holland (country of origin?) 88 (year of manufacture?) and Sphinx (name of tile pattern - actually it's a plain white tile with a couple of faint diagonal grey spray patterns on it but plain white would do I think)

So - is it standard size I'm likely to find a replacement for or am I best to try and cut down a mosaic or maybe have some glass tiles (or something else) cut to size?

For the sake of a dozen tiles I don't want to have to retile the whole bathroom.

I can't remember the last time a DIY job went smoothly!

Neil

 

[IJWS15]

http://www.sphinxtegels.nl

 

[lemonstar]

Unfortunately that size is discontinued but Sphinx do still produce a 248x331 which I could cut in half but they are 8mm thick - maybe, if there's an appropriate tile and can use a chisel to remove 2+mm from the surface of the finishing plaster underneath the tile and use an 8mm thick tile.

I have only 8 tiles (left by previous occupants) but there are at least 12, possibly 16, I would really like to replace - I've removed 5 tiles already so either I'll have to leave the wall with tiles that have 2 or 3 rawplugs in them or what? Any ideas? Obviously I can drill the raw plugs out and simply fill them but it won't look that great. I'll either have to get some glass cut to size perhaps or cut down a mosaic tile as I decribed unless anyone can think of something better.

cheers
Neil

 

[vv2806]

Maybe you can make inserts from mosaic tiles where the plug holes are, instead of changing the whole tiles. It would require precise cutting though.