Exhibit 23.2

             CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP, INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

     We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" in
the  Registration  Statement (Form S-3) and related  Prospectus of Dal-Tile
International  Inc. for the  registration of 7,822,322 shares of its common
stock and to the  incorporation  by  reference  therein of our report dated
February 16, 1998, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of
Dal-Tile  International Inc., included in its Form 10-K and Form 10-K/A for
the year ended January 2, 1998.

                                             /s/ Ernst & Young LLP
                                             ERNST & YOUNG LLP
Dallas, Texas
November 6, 1998