Subway tiles

Eleven ceramic subway tiles, delivered Australia-wide: nine in 75 × 300 mm and two in 100 × 300 mm, flat or wave face, in white, grey, green, charcoal and black. Subway tiles are small rectangular tiles, usually laid in a staggered brick bond. Every tile has an A$3 sample piece, so you can compare faces against your cabinets before ordering boxes.

The eleven subway tiles

Every tile here records ceramic as its material and also appears in the ceramic tiles collection. Nine are 75 × 300 mm; two, Studio Chalk and Studio Linen, are 100 × 300 mm. Five carry a wave face, a textured subway tile whose surface undulates, and the other six are flat. Nine are gloss, Studio Linen is matt, and Studio Flat comes in gloss or matt. Subway tile sizes in Australia puts the two sizes here beside the classic 75 × 150 mm and explains what the wider one changes, and Subway tiles: 11 faces compared reads the eleven product records side by side.

Subway tiles for kitchen splashbacks

For a subway tile splashback, all eleven sit in the kitchen splashback tiles collection. For a white kitchen, the white subway tiles are Studio Chalk, Studio Flat, Studio Linen, Studio Wave and Studio Crest Wave. For contrast in a kitchen, the grey subway tiles are Studio Greige and Studio Cloud Wave, the black subway tiles are Studio Ink and Studio Ink Wave, Studio Charcoal is charcoal, and Studio Sage Wave is the one green subway tile.

A 3 m by 600 mm splashback is 1.8 m², about 80 tiles at 75 × 300 mm or 60 at 100 × 300 mm before cuts. A box holds 44 pieces (1 m²) of the 75 × 300 mm tiles or 40 pieces (1.2 m²) of the 100 × 300 mm, so at an assumed 10 per cent allowance, 1.98 m², it is two boxes of either size, with no spare 75 × 300 mm tiles left over. Kitchen wall tiles: how high, and how many works through heights and box counts. Two installed kitchens show the tiles laid: in Studio Linen in a sage kitchen the tile carries up the rangehood wall to the ceiling, and in Studio Flat and Studio Linen in an olive kitchen both run as offset courses above a dark benchtop, and the Linen courses carry round the corner.

Layouts: brick bond, stack and herringbone

Subway tile layouts: 8 patterns is about the wall rather than the tile: brick bond, stacks, herringbone and basketweave, with tiles per square metre for each pattern and why the joint length does not change between them. For herringbone on a ready-made sheet instead, see herringbone mosaic tiles.

Subway tiles in bathrooms

All eleven also appear in bathroom tiles and wall tiles. An AS 4586 wet-pendulum slip classification is not listed for these products. No application suitability is inferred from product names or imagery; use each product page as the specification source and confirm project requirements with your installer or specifier before ordering.

Common questions

How many subway tiles per square metre?

About 44.4 at 75 × 300 mm and 33.3 at 100 × 300 mm, before cuts and joints. The tile calculator turns your measurements into a count of whole tiles.

Can I order a sample?

Yes. Each tile has a sample piece, and you can build a sample shortlist of several in one order.