Gridscale Graphite Concrete Look Tile
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Details
- Material
- Ceramic
Installed by our own crew across the northwest suburbs.
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Free in-home quoteWhat kind of tile is Gridscale Graphite Concrete Look Tile?
We stock Gridscale Graphite Concrete Look Tile as ceramic. Ceramic has been the default backsplash for a century because the glaze cleans up and the price does not scare anybody. Ace preps the wall flat first, sets the tile, grouts the next day and caulks the countertop joint.
About Gridscale Graphite Concrete Look Tile
Glazed ceramic is the honest budget backsplash: a hard fired glaze over a softer body, easy to cut, easy to replace, and the grout will need you before the tile does.
The numbers: 5/5 on heat, 3/5 on standing water. In a working kitchen that means it shrugs off heat and copes with standing water. Day-to-day care is soap, water and a cloth. That is the entire routine.
Wall prep, layout, tile, grout, caulk — our crew does all of it, and we do it after the tops are in so the bottom course sits on a finished edge. Installed, this material benchmarks around $21/sq ft in the Chicago suburbs — the table below shows the full range and where it came from.
Specs
What is on the spec sheet — nothing inferred.
- Material
- Ceramic
- Primary Color(s)
- Gray-Dark
- PEI RATING
- 3
- Style
- Cement/Concrete
- Tile Type
- Glazed
- Shade Variations
- V3
- Environmental
- Greenguard Gold, USGBC/LEED
- Product type
- Tiles
Sizes and finishes
How it is actually sold — measured off the spec sheet, not rounded.
Sizes
Gridscale Graphite Concrete Look Tile is made in 3 sizes. Size is the decision people skip and then notice every day: it sets how much grout line ends up in the field, and a larger module on the same wall reads calmer than a small one.
- 12x24
- 3x18 BullNose
- 2x2
Planning the wall
What Gridscale Graphite Concrete Look Tile works out to on your wall, from its own published sizes.
| Size (inches) | Pieces per 10 sq ft | Grout line per sq ft |
|---|---|---|
| 12×24 | 5 | 1.5 ft |
| 2×2 | 360 | 12 ft |
Arithmetic on the published size; a straight grid layout. Herringbone and other patterns cut more pieces.
Same tile, very different walls: 2×2 is about 360 pieces per 10 square feet, 12×24 about 5.
12×24 is large-format — any edge of 15 inches or more — and large-format tile needs a flatter wall than small tile does, so we check the wall before we quote it.
Counts are before cuts — outlets, window returns and the ends of a run all take pieces. The install itself, from wall prep to caulk, is on our backsplash installation page.
Where it works
The applications this surface is actually rated for.
Where it is rated to go: flooring, at all of it at commercial duty.
Rated for
- Flooring — residential and commercial
Gridscale Graphite Concrete Look Tile or Gridscale Concrete Look Tile?
Gridscale Graphite Concrete Look Tile and Gridscale Concrete Look Tile are easy to confuse on a sample board: they share the same material, collection, style, glaze type, PEI rating, shade-variation rating, certifications and sizes. What separates them:
- Measured off each swatch, Gridscale Graphite Concrete Look Tile reads #746E68 (mid, essentially neutral) and Gridscale Concrete Look Tile reads #837D72 (mid, near-neutral), so Gridscale Graphite Concrete Look Tile sits darker than Gridscale Concrete Look Tile on the wall.
What to expect once it is installed
The ratings that decide whether the finished wall matches the sample.
Shade variation: V3 — moderate variation
Expect noticeable differences in shade and pattern from piece to piece. This is a feature, not a defect — but choose from several pieces rather than one sample, and let the installer dry-lay and shuffle boxes before setting.
Wear rating: PEI 3
PEI is the industry abrasion class, 1 to 5. At PEI 3 this tile is rated for walls, counters and normal residential floors — the usual rating for a kitchen.
Certifications
This one carries Greenguard Gold · USGBC/LEED. The Gold tier is the strict one — it is set against the air-quality limits used for classrooms. Useful on a LEED project; irrelevant on most kitchens, but it costs nothing to have.
How it lives — durability & care
How Gridscale Graphite Concrete Look Tile wears, and where its care routine lives.
On the independent material scale (1–5, higher is better; not a manufacturer claim), Gridscale Graphite Concrete Look Tile, as ceramic tile, rates 5/5 for heat, 3/5 for impact/chipping, 3/5 for moisture, 4/5 for scratch and 4/5 for stain.
Its weak point is impact/chipping, at 3/5: Can chip or crack under a hard knock, and the contrasting body makes damage show.
Day to day, Gridscale Graphite Concrete Look Tile is looked after like any ceramic tile. Cleaning and sealing the grout and keeping the joint at the countertop caulked are covered step by step in our backsplash grout care guide; the one habit to add is a weekly wash behind the range, before cooking grease sets into the grout.
What it costs installed
Published benchmark ranges, so you can sanity-check any quote — including ours.
Typical price ranges as of 2026-07. For Gridscale Graphite Concrete Look Tile, the published Chicago-market benchmarks (not an Ace quote) are: ceramic tile backsplash, installed at $12–$30 per sq ft; regrout kitchen tile backsplash (professional) at $150–$400 per project; kitchen backsplash project, tile (typical 30-40 sqft) at $500–$1,500 per project; remove existing backsplash at $3–$6 per sq ft.
Worked through for Gridscale Graphite Concrete Look Tile: a 30 square foot backsplash takes between about 15 and 1080 pieces, depending on which of its 2 sizes you pick before cuts, and at the $12–$30 per square foot installed benchmark for ceramic tile that is roughly $360–$900 for the wall, before tear-out, outlets and trim.
Sources: Fixr, 2025; HomeGuide; BobVila.com, 2023; SlabWise, 2026
What to put next to it
Built from the color we measured off Gridscale Graphite Concrete Look Tile itself, not from its name.
Forget the name for a moment. The swatch measures #746E68 — mid and essentially neutral — which puts it nearest Slate Blue in our pairing data. It sits close to neutral, which means it will take direction from the cabinets rather than fight them.
Cabinets
- Warm White / Ivory — A slate-blue island in a warm-white kitchen is the safest color move in the book — enough character to anchor the room, never enough to scare a future buyer.. Against this surface it is much lighter, so the cabinets carry the room and this recedes classic
Flooring
- Ash Blond Wood — Pale straw-blond ash underfoot takes the chill off slate-blue cabinetry, landing the room Scandinavian-coastal instead of cold.. Against this surface it is a step lighter, which lifts the surface without washing it out solid
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Questions about Gridscale Graphite Concrete Look Tile
Answered from this product’s own spec sheet and our measurement of it.
What size is Gridscale Graphite Concrete Look Tile?
Gridscale Graphite Concrete Look Tile comes in 3 sizes: 12x24 · 3x18 BullNose · 2x2. Pick the size before the color. It decides how much grout line ends up in the field, and on the same wall a larger module reads calmer than a small one.
Where can I use Gridscale Graphite Concrete Look Tile?
Its maker rates it for flooring. We hold to that rating when we quote — installing outside it is how a warranty claim gets denied.
Will the tiles match the sample I saw?
Gridscale Graphite Concrete Look Tile is rated V3 — moderate variation. Expect visible differences in shade and pattern between pieces. Choose from several, and have the installer dry-lay and shuffle boxes before setting.
Can Gridscale Graphite Concrete Look Tile go on a floor?
Yes. At PEI 3 it is rated for normal residential floors as well as walls and counters — the usual rating for a kitchen.
What color is Gridscale Graphite Concrete Look Tile, really?
We measured its own swatch at #746E68 — mid and essentially neutral. It sits close to neutral, so it takes direction from the cabinets rather than fighting them. Names are marketing; that number is what the camera saw.
Does Gridscale Graphite Concrete Look Tile need sealing?
No. A glazed ceramic face is already impervious. The tile needs no sealing — the grout between it is what wants attention.
Want this in your kitchen?
We supply and install Gridscale Graphite Concrete Look Tile out of our Streamwood shop — templated digitally, cut to your cabinets, installed by our own crew.
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