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Default Unglazed quarry tiles

Pete C. > wrote:

> notbob wrote:
> >
> > Has anyone seen this legendary mythical creature?
> >
> > I've been searching high and low. More specifically, Lowe's, which
> > countless baking web-sites swear is the world-wide purveyor of dirt
> > cheap red unglazed quarry tiles. NOT! Called 3 Lowe's and been told
> > ...."...no, but we can order them". Likewise Home depot and half


> It's probably not a lie, but it's probably a single regurgitated story
> of someone who ran across a couple boxes of said tiles that were an
> abandoned special order in the clearance pile.


It could be a regional thing. Building supplies vary by what part
of the country you are in. Maybe the unglazed tiles are more
popular in some areas than others, so the local store doesn't
stock them where they aren't used often.

Bill Ranck
Blacksburg, Va.