Wood look plank tiles are very popular, especially in Southwest Florida where people love the look of wood but realize that wood will survive the heat and humidity of the area with great difficulty. Enter ceramic and porcelain tile which require little maintenance and look (and feel) as real as wood.
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Wood planks come in rustic, contemporary, traditional and everything in between type looks. You'll notice that the texture on the tiles will vary with the look and provide you with a feel ranging from hand scraped finish to a smooth surface texture.
These tiles come in many different widths and lengths to give you the look of real wood floors without the maintenance. Note that porcelain and ceramic tile planks come with instructions for properly installing them to avoid lippage. Please be sure to read the recommended installation guidelines.
We categorize the planks you'll find at Tile Outlets of America in 20” lengths, 30” lengths and 40” lengths.
Wood Planks In Shorter Lengths (20" - 30")
You'll find examples of 20" long wood tile planks in the product sampling below.
Other examples include Plank Tile that looks like Barn Wood: Castle Series from Spain and Two Ceramic Floor Tiles That Look Like Wood: Fronda and Sauco.
Examples of 30" long wood tile planks include Kingswood Magma 8x34 porcelain (available in two colors), Elite White 6x36 porcelain tile is designed in Italy and made in the USA. Interestingly, this series was originally designed to look like laminate. The end result far surpasses that look. It comes in three colors.
>> See Two 8x34 Wood Grain Porcelain Tile Styles: Kingswood and Atelier
>> See Porcelain Tile Made In The USA: Elite and Vesuvio
Some wood plank tiles are modular. For example, Bio Wood which is a porcelain tile that is rectified and comes boxed with three different product widths - 3", 5" and 8" - in a 36" length.
>> See Check Out Bio Wood Modular Wood Look Planks For Rich Patterns (includes a pattern sheet to download).
>> See Two Wood Look Porcelain Tile Styles To Transform Floors and Walls
Wood Planks In Longer Lengths (40" - 60")
When wood plank tiles are longer than 40”, you will find that they are often rectified for proper installation.
We would love to hear what you think of wood look tile for floors.
Wherever you decide to install wood plank tile, you'll love the effect as you can see from these images.
