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Stainless Steel Tiles
Why choose stainless steel tiles when trying
to design a kitchen backsplash or bathroom? Stainless steel metal
tiles are smooth, radiant, contemporary, and innovative. For one,
stainless steel metal tiles come in a variety of colors and finishes
like copper or brass and even a stainless steel stucco finish
that gives texture and dimension to the metal tile design. Most
kitchen appliances come with a brushed satin finish; stainless
steel tiles come in the same brushed satin finish making it easier
to match a metal tile backsplash with the appliances. If you are
looking for stainless tile for your floor then the 14 gauge tiles
are most recommended. With a thicker stainless steel tile, durability,
maintainability, and appearance are not an issue.
To better complete your one-of-a-kind metal
tile design, what do you do about those light switches and receptacles?
The answer is simple; there is a full line of switch and receptacle
stainless steel covers that range from single gang to four gang
toggle wall plates. Every possible plug/switch combo is available
with most stainless steel tile dealers.
So you?re off and tiling your new kitchen
backsplash and you come to the last row of tile when you find
that a whole tile is just too big. What to do? Two ways to fix
this problem, many stainless steel tile manufacturers provide
custom pre-cut tiles that you can order with your full size tiles.
Pre-cut tiles are more expensive because the buyer will have to
pay for each cut, about a dollar and a half, on top of the cost
of the stainless tile. Option two is to buy your own metal tile
saw. For about one hundred dollars you can buy a small band saw
and outfit it with a metal saw blade designed for cutting tile.
A 100 tooth count blade works well. With the ability to cut your
stainless tile as you install, the guess work on how many pre-cut
tiles you need will be eliminated.
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