Midgley West Quarzi Valmalenco Mosaic Tile 2"x2" - Lappato

Quarzi Valmalenco, 2" x 2", goes where a full tile cannot: shower pans, niches, the strip behind a tap. The lappato finish is part polished, part matte, which gives you some shine without the full slip of a polish. Fired harder and denser than ceramic, porcelain copes with freeze and thaw as well, so a covered porch or a three season room is fair game. The colours in this line are not all rated the same: PEI runs 4 to 5 across them, so check the rating on the one you are actually buying before it goes anywhere busy. Each box covers 4.84 sq ft. For a 100 sq ft room order 23 and you have your ten percent for cuts and a couple spare for repairs later. Expect a lot of grout with a sheet this small, so the grout colour will do as much to the finished look as the tile does. Have a look at it in Mississauga or Barrie before you order, ideally next to whatever it is going beside.