Also, is very important to consider that some day after the tile has been long installed, you may run into a problem and may need to use some new tiles. Hopefully, problems like floods, cracks, chips won't happen to your tiles, but hope will not fix a problem if it arises.

I recommend to all my customers to buy at least one more case of tiles, so when the job is done they can keep that extra case somewhere in the basement or shed and hopefully never have the need of using it. Why do I do that?

Well, when a person purchase tiles, he or she never considers that someday those tiles will be discontinued or if the tiles are found, for sure they will be from a different lot, and even though the line is the same the color/shade will be completely different. 

FYI, some tile manufacturers and distributors, when they discontinue a tile line or design, they do their best to take that tile totally out of the market, so that when a homeowner needs that tile is nearly impossible to find, and as a result they have to buy new tiles and reinstall a new floor or wall or entirely remodel a room.

I like telling people that my goal is that every time they see the extra tiles I made them buy, they will say to them selves "why did I listen to Richie, he was so wrong"