Olympia Tile Eterna Nero Marquina Polished Porcelain Mosaic 2" x 2"

A mosaic is the easiest way to give a backsplash, a niche or a shower wall some detail without changing the whole room.

In simple terms: Eterna Nero Marquina is a 2x2 marble look porcelain mosaic for dry floors and walls, indoors.

It is the polished finish in Nero Marquina from the Olympia Tile Eterna range. Each sheet measures 11.81" x 11.81", or 30 x 30 cm.

It is 8.8 mm thick. The edges are rectified, so it can be set with a tight grout joint. The body is coloured to match the surface, so a chip shows less than it would on a white-body tile. It is rated for light commercial traffic. Porcelain is fired dense, so it handles water, spills and daily foot traffic and the tile itself does not need sealing.

It suits backsplashes, feature walls, shower walls and small accents in a dry floor. Pick it as the feature, and run a plain field tile around it.

Each sheet covers 0.98 sq ft, so a 30 sq ft kitchen backsplash takes 31 sheets, or 34 sheets with about 10% extra for cuts and spares. It is sold by the sheet, so you order exactly the count you need. For every 100 sq ft, plan on 113 sheets with the 10% extra included.

No outdoor rating is listed, so keep it indoors: no porches, patios or exterior walls. On a floor, keep the polished face out of showers and away from entry doors where wet boots come in, because it gets slick when wet. Its commercial rating is light traffic, so keep it out of busy commercial floors.

In this size, Eterna also comes in Bone, Calacatta Grey, Calacatta Taupe, Imperial Grey and Medium Grey. Nero Marquina also comes in 12" x 24", 24" x 24", 24" x 48", 1" x 3" and 2".

Our own crews install it, so the people who measure the job are the people who answer for it. See Olympia Tile Eterna Nero Marquina in person at our Mississauga showroom (700 Dundas St E, Unit 3-4, 905-277-2227) or our Barrie showroom (112 Saunders Rd, Units 1-4, 705-726-2272).