Daltile Arctic White Subway Where, when, how much?

12 years ago

I am (trying) to procure materials for our master bath remodel as we are getting close to putting it back together.

I'm having a bit of a hard time finding Daltile Rittenhouse Square Arctic White semi-gloss in the 3 x 6 subway. Our bathroom will have lots of cool tones and the subway tiles the big box stores carry in the stores look a little dingy.

Home Depot is out of stock online and has been for some time. I called their 800 number and they had no idea when they would have it restocked and said they would call me within the week.

Other websites I have searched online don't have it in stock either. I'm getting a bit worried here as I'm looking for a bright white subway at a good price.

Lowes had American Olean Ice White for twice the price Home Depot had Daltile Arctic White. Menards had Mohawk Rittenhouse square at about 40% more expensive than HD.

So, if you have used Arctic white from daltile, from where did you get your tile, how much did you pay for s.f., and how long ago did you order it?

Thanks in advance for any help!

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Bunny
12 years ago
My tub/shower surround is Daltile Arctic White 3x6 with matching quarter-round trim. There's a Daltile wholesale distributor in my town so I assume that's where the tile sub bought my tile. I don't know what it cost because I had a tile allowance in my contract and clearly I didn't exceed it. :) The work was done in July so they must have bought it end of June/first part of July.

Good luck. If you're going for white, this is a nice tile. I lean towards warm, and this tile isn't too cool for me.

ETA: I'm in Santa Rosa, CA (Northern Bay Area).

This post was edited by linelle on Tue, Aug 5, 14 at 19:08
barlowmom
12 years ago
I ordered Daltile Kohler white Rittenhouse Square subways from a local shop when it was out of stock online at Home Depot. Price was $2.99/sq. ft. For the subways at both, but the trim pieces are more expensive.

Daltile has a link to local sellers on its website.

Since you are using the arctic white, you may save a bit by using 12" trim pieces from their semi-gloss line (sadly not offered in the Kohler white I needed to match my tub). The price for each 12" in semi gloss was about the same as the 6" trim in Rittenhouse.

Also, be aware that there are pieces they make that don't appear in the brochures or website, so ask your local tile shop before you assume there is no plain 1/2" quarter round, etc.
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adawn5
12 years ago
I registered just to answer this question.

I bought a small amount of Daltile Rittenhouse arctic white subways this May because I wanted a really clean white. The bullnose pieces were still available online at Home Depot at the time. For the wall tile, soap dish, and cove base I went to Daltile's website, clicked on Our Locations and Retail Dealers and found a local shop that carries it (I live in IL).

I paid 3.57/sq ft at the local shop for the subways and the tile was ready for me to pick up in a couple of weeks (a few pieces of cove base took a little longer).

Soap dish was 8.86, cove base was 2.93 each, and corner cove base was 4.63 each. And no shipping charges of course.

Note: While the website listed just corner cove as a trim piece (no mention of right and left), when I ordered locally the guy informed me there are both left and right corner cove trim pieces (I needed one of each).
Deborah Sigg
Original Author
12 years ago
Sigh of relief. I was able to go to home depot and they can order it and have it delivered very quickly even though it is out of stock online. The best part - its for the $2.82 / sf price!

Now on to finding all the cove base pieces I need!
Bunny
12 years ago
Great news! It's very nice tile.