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I want to purchase tile for my patio

bajajurel - 10-9-2010 at 04:00 PM

Does anyone have a recommendation where I can buy tile for my outside patio? Somewhere between TJ and Rosarito?

Is there any problems bringing it north across the U.S. border?

DENNIS - 10-9-2010 at 04:28 PM

Home Depot has a good selection and prices.
Crossing north with tile is like anything else. You'll pay duty on it.

msteve1014 - 10-9-2010 at 05:23 PM

You can bring in about $400 worth of goods per person without duty, I believe. We made 2 trips to Tecate, and brought back 1800 saltillos without being asked for anything.

DENNIS - 10-9-2010 at 05:30 PM

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Originally posted by msteve1014
You can bring in about $400 worth of goods per person without duty, I believe. We made 2 trips to Tecate, and brought back 1800 saltillos without being asked for anything.



I didn't realize it was near that much.

RnR - 10-9-2010 at 08:01 PM

The duty free limit coming into the US is $800 per person.

There is a wait period between multiple trips but I think that it is relatively short, (a week or maybe a month?)

DENNIS - 10-9-2010 at 09:02 PM

FYI......

Americans Re-Entering USA (per person allowance)
Less than 48 hours: Goods valued up to US$200
Alcohol: 5 oz. of alcoholic beverages or 150 ml of perfume containing alcohol.
Tobacco: 50 cigarettes + 10 cigars (non-Cuban)
More than 48 hours: Goods valued up to US$800 - once every 30 days
Alcohol: 1 litre (33.8 oz.) liquor / wine / beer?
Tobacco: 1 carton cigarettes + 100 cigars (non Cuban)
*May mail gift parcels to friends or family in US worth up to $100 US

encanto - 10-11-2010 at 07:36 AM

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Originally posted by msteve1014
You can bring in about $400 worth of goods per person without duty, I believe. We made 2 trips to Tecate, and brought back 1800 saltillos without being asked for anything.


Could you please specify the source of the tiles? Was it from out of town or a tile store on the main drag? And the price for your saltillos? Thanks very much.

msteve1014 - 10-11-2010 at 11:54 AM

I do not recall the name of the place we bought from. There are many of them on the the highway heading west out of Tecate. Talk to a few and work the best deal you can. We paid about $0.65 each for super saltillos, if I remember correctly.

Bob and Susan - 10-11-2010 at 11:57 AM

remember if you buy them from
different "lots" you could get
different colors

msteve1014 - 10-11-2010 at 02:11 PM

Mine are all differant colors, from yellow to pink, and half and half. Very few plain red tiles. It it exactly what we wanted.

encanto - 10-11-2010 at 06:01 PM

I do appreciate the information since I have seen at least one tile store in town while driving. Thanks alot.

bigjohn - 10-11-2010 at 08:15 PM

The worst part of buying from different sources is not the color variation but the SIZE variation! :yes: :o

bajajurel - 10-12-2010 at 08:38 PM

Thanks to all for the responses.

bajajurel - 10-12-2010 at 08:53 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by msteve1014
I do not recall the name of the place we bought from. There are many of them on the the highway heading west out of Tecate. Talk to a few and work the best deal you can. We paid about $0.65 each for super saltillos, if I remember correctly.


Did you install these yourself? Will they work for an outside patio installed on top of a concrete patio? Where did you get your grout as I read there is a special grout that needs to be used so it doesn't crack.

thanks.