Midgley West Soap Stone Black Tile 48"x48" - Natural

The Soap Stone Black in 48" x 48" is large format, so you get far fewer grout lines and a floor that reads as one surface rather than a grid. The natural surface keeps its texture, which is what you want where feet arrive wet. Because it is porcelain the body is dense all the way through, so a chip does not show a different colour underneath the way it can on a glazed ceramic. A box holds 15.5 sq ft, so a 100 sq ft floor works out at 8 boxes once you add the usual ten percent for cuts and the odd broken piece. Worth seeing in person in Mississauga or Barrie, because lighting changes tile more than people expect.