A lot of these comments made me laugh. There is the perception out there that beautiful, interesting tile should be expensive and off limits to the masses- this is simply wrong. Most of the clients with whom we have worked who experience problems with their tile and assume it's the tile don't actually realize that it's the preparation. That large crack running through the center of your floor? Yeah, a partial mud floor and partial Durock installation pre tile installation is not the way to go! Do you really think that Home Depot, who gets a lot of their tiles from MSI Stone, gets their inferior black granite, giallo crystal onyx, etc.? We have produced award-winning floors with these products. There is really no reason to be paying $10.99/SF and $14.98/SF, respectively, when these products can be had for less than half of this. A few months ago we needed a couple hundred feet of Rosso Levanto, a sexy Bordeaux colored marble with white striations. We called a few local tile stores who quoted us $30/SF! This tile is on Wayfair with free shipping for $10/SF. Both locations were selling MSI. The difference? Greed. I suppose the tile stores thought, hmm, this is an exotic tile, let's see how much we can get for this stuff? Also, talk to your flooring manager at Home Depot. They can get you anything that MSI carries and must price match it to anyone on the Internet. And lest you think I am some jaded Home Depot proponent, I will tell you that Floor & Decor has INCREDIBLE prices and a great selection, and aliexpress.com has extraordinary mosaics, many with free shipping. I have found local tile stores to be nothing but overpriced, snobby establishments who think they are selling gold and charge accordingly with that absurd mindset. And it all comes from the same place, trust me.
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