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Installing new tile in your shower can provide an excellent bathroom upgrade, but be sure to avoid this trendy type of tile on your shower floor.

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. If you want to tile a bathroom floor, square tiles are the simplest option—they fit together without any gaps in a grid pattern that can ...