Discontinued & Broken Tile Reproduction

Can You Reproduce My Tile?

Can’t find a replacement for a discontinued, missing or broken tile? PicturedTile may be able to reproduce its pattern on new, smooth ceramic or porcelain tile for a small replacement project. This is a custom printing service, not a supply of original discontinued stock. Colour matching is not guaranteed.

Send clear, high-resolution photos of an undamaged tile and the surrounding area, the exact tile width, height and thickness, the number of pieces needed, and whether they are for a floor, wall or outdoor area. Tell us whether the surface is smooth or textured.

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Email Photos for Assessment Text Us About Your Tile

Email opens with project prompts; attach your photos before sending. Text opens your messaging app. Every replication request is reviewed before acceptance.

Before Requesting Tile Replication

  • Tile sizes: We use 12 × 12-inch floor tiles or tiles up to 12 × 18 inches, and can cut smaller sizes from those tiles. Wall tiles are 4.25 × 4.25 inches and 6 × 6 inches. Our floor tiles can also be used on walls or outdoors.
  • No guaranteed match: Tile replication is a highly specialized, complex process. Reproducing a pattern is generally easier than matching its colours. We aim to get close, but cannot guarantee an exact or acceptable colour match to your existing tiles.
  • Smooth surfaces only: We print on smooth tile. We do not recreate ridges, contours or raised texture. If your replacement must match a textured surface, we cannot reproduce that finish.
  • Acceptance and timing: We decline approximately half of replication requests. Each job needs careful assessment and time-consuming work, and we cannot promise rush service.
  • Best for a few pieces: Replication is expensive, especially when repeated samples are needed. There is no minimum—we can consider even one tile—but for many replacement pieces, retiling the whole area may make better financial sense.

Our printed tiles carry a durability warranty. That warranty does not guarantee a match to your original tile.

A Broken Kitchen Floor Tile: One Customer’s Project

We get calls like this one: a customer upgraded a kitchen appliance and discovered broken or missing floor tiles when moving the appliances.

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Or they are pulling back their fridge/stove or washer/dryer and find the tiles weren't installed underneath the appliances, thus leaving a void. Unfinished floor, missing tile.The above tile, is a triangle pattern (not the green center tile, but the triangle tiles around it) that had some broken pieces on the bottom right of the picture.The right of the picture is where he had a bucket/rag to mark off the 'work area', but you get the idea.

This customer drove all over the USA looking for some extra tiles to finish off his kitchen floor - all the way down to Dalton Georgia (the flooring capital of the world). Then down to Florida where there is lots of ceramic tiles used and sold.

But had no luck....

The options are not good.
It looked like they went from a small renovation and upgrade of an appliance to a major floor reconstruction!
The customer sent us a photograph (high resolution image) of the tile and got us a sample also.  Which is helpful if you can get one.

This is what we created...copying the old triangle and making new.
Replicating the original and
making 4 new tiles for him!

 

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The triangle tile on the left was the original; the tile on the right is what we created. The customer had four triangles cut with a wet saw to fit the broken tile floor.

Why Tile Matching Is Difficult

Missing or broken tiles can be expensive and frustrating to deal with. We assess each replication request carefully and decline approximately half of them.

We print on new, smooth white tile. Its materials and surface may differ from your original tile, so reproducing the pattern does not guarantee a colour match. We cannot add ridges, contours or raised texture.

Our floor tile sizes are 12 × 12 inches or up to 12 × 18 inches, with smaller sizes cut from those tiles. Wall tiles are 4.25 × 4.25 inches and 6 × 6 inches. Floor tiles can also be used on walls or outdoors.

What to Try Before Replication

  1. Look for an original replacement. Check with the manufacturer, tile suppliers or online sellers for leftover stock.
  2. Consider a new design or retiling. A custom decorative tile with a complementary pattern or image may be more practical than trying to match. If many tiles need replacing, redoing the area may be better value.
  3. Ask us to review a small replication project. Send clear, high-resolution photos, exact dimensions and the number of pieces needed. A physical sample may also help if we decide to proceed. Acceptance and a matching result are not guaranteed.

Replication is detailed, time-consuming work. Repeated samples can add to the expense, and we cannot promise rush service. Our main business remains custom printing on new porcelain and ceramic tiles, dishware, bowls, memorial tiles, wedding favours and mugs.

Ask About Reproducing My Tile by email, text or phone.

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