4 Ways You Can Use Damaged or Leftover Tiles
by Lisa C. Marketing WriterWhen stones
or tiles get damaged, we look at them and say, “Aah my investment”.
Tilers, tile companies, and tile store reps – everyone tells waste or damaged
tiles or the tiles you have removed from your wall or backsplash, wall, or
floor cannot be repurposed.
Well, it’s
partially true and partially false. You cannot use waste, discarded, or damaged
tiles on your walls and floors. However, you can surely involve them in other
interior design purpose – not as wall tile or floor tile, but to create decorative
items.
Stone/Tile
Dust
If you have
a chunk of damaged or waste stones and tiles available on your property, you
can get them crushed and grinded into dust or powdered form.
You can use
stone and tile dust in place of sand while preparing concrete mixture. It is harder
than cement sand mixture.
Mosaics
You can cut
damaged and leftover tiles into beautiful shapes and use those shapes to create
mosaic patterns on your floors and walls. This is quite a unique way to enhance
the charm of your space.
You can use natural stones and tiles of varying colors and textures to create unique mosaic
patterns in your home; they will like a unique identity of your home.
Name
Plate
You can get
your name, house number, and address engraved on a tile and use it at as the name
plate at the front door of your home.
Cut
Letters & Numbers
There is
another cool way you can use discarded tiles. Cut your tiles into attractive,
fine-edged letters and numbers. They can be used by kids for playing alphabet
related games. You can put them at door to display your name and house number
too.
You will
need a professional-grade tile cutting machine for this. If you don’t have it,
you can take a few damaged tiles to a tiler or some workshop to get it done.
Apart from
these, you can cut discarded, damaged and leftover tiles into small squares and
round disc and use them as coasters on your table and in your car.
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