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  1. Lakey

    Kitchen Floor Prep Recommendations!

    Folks This may not be the right Forum to post this on but I'm sure some of you will be knowledgeable in this field?! I have been asked to prep a kitchen prior to installation of some fancy units etc. The floor tiles tiles are 600 x 900 x 15 polished limestone so my first question is will 4"...
    • Lakey
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    • bathroom floor floor prep floor tiling kitchen kitchen floor limestone prep
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    • Forum: Australia Tiling Forum
  2. somerset77

    UFH under limestone tiles advice

    We are going to lay limestone, 15mm in the kitchen 40m2 on a concrete floor. What is the best way to do UFH? Initially we looked at using warmup sticky matts with 10mm insulation boards and then flex adhesive for the tiles . In reading this forum i understand there is still a risk of cracked...
  3. A

    White marks on new(ish) black limestone patio

    Hello, Last summer I had a black limestone patio laid. Pretty much straight away white marks showed up on it. I assumed I’d be able to clean them off but I was wrong… I have read various posts on this forum which have been helpful however I’m a bit lost for what my next step should be. I...
  5. G

    Sourcing Spiderstone Limestone tiles

    I'm trying to source Spiderstone Limestone 610x305x12 to get a close match to a wetroom shower area i'm currently repairing. I believe it's Turkish. Google search throws up 2 potentials but think these businesses are no longer operating as they don't seem to be contactable. Recommendations on...
    • Gavin Wilkinson
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    • canada limestone tile tiles
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  6. M

    Sealing - Jura Limestone

    Im laying 600x400x15 Jura Beige honed tiles on my kitchen floor, and have received conflicting advice! I bought LTP Mattstone with the tiles, along with the recommended adhesive and grout. A builder friend advised to seal the front and back before installation which I’ve been diligently doing...
  7. O

    Help needed from the professionals! - Limestone Floor

    Hi, Limestone tile floor installed at the beginning of December 17. The floor wasn't sealed as there was a lot of moisture coming through from the adhesive. Not that it has almost dried my grey white tiles have taken on a very 'orangey' appearance (pictures attached 1&2 orangey tiles and 3...
    • OLF
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    • canada floor floor tiling help limestone needed
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  9. A

    Limra Limestone floor tiles shiny patches on filler!

    Evening all, I’m new to the forum and after some advice on a problem I have with some flooring, so am calling on the wealth of knowledge that is here! We had limra honed limestone (floors of stone) laid 3 years ago to our kitchen, utility, and hallway. It was sealed with lTP colour intensifier...
    • AshleyT
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    • canada floor floor tiles floor tiling limestone tile tiles
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Best Floor Tiles
  10. D

    Applestone honed limestone 406 x 406, need a match please

    Hi all, I am trying to find 15m2 of an Applestone Honed Limestone 406mm x 406mm, to match existing floor I laid about 3 years ago. From my enquiries I believe the Turkish quarry went out of business, and the only samples I can find are way off on colour. Does anyone know of any old UK stock...
  11. L

    white porcelain stains on black limestone

    hello, my builders were cutting porcelain tiles in my garden and the white powder from the grinder has stained my black limestone slabs, I have tried power washing it and although it made it better, they still looked pretty bad. does anyone know of any acid free cleaners that can remove it, I...
  13. J

    lime screed breatherble

    have a job in York old Victorian town house the guy is building it to old standards using Lime. they have put down a extension with underfloor heating the screed covering the ufh is a lime and sand mix which is breatherble he wishes to put down lime stone 20mm tiles he wants to use a lime...
    • Just Rizzle
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    • canada limestone screed
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  14. S

    Limestone Bathroom floor retile

    Have an 8 metre limestone bathroom floor wants retiling with new limestone . It's got to come up , I'm wondering if the existing adhesive stays pretty solid whether self leveller or filling it out flat with rapid will save having to crowbar up the ply , if not the best way to get the ply up so I...
  15. E

    Limestone Slabs advice

    Hi guys, first time here and pleased ive found somewhere i think i will get good advice ive bought some black limestone slabs 20mm ish think, these are to be laid over my existing front steps to house. as my existing front steps are concrete what can i use to stick the slabs with? both...
  17. V

    Newly laid Kota Blue Limestone patchy

    Morning! We have had Kota Blue limestone paving last week and since day 2 we have noticed shiny patchy areas all over every slab. They have never been sealed. I've seen before on a previous post about water bloom but these were sealed tiles. How can I get the patchiness removed and what is...
    • VixLewis
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    • grout limestone patchy
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: The Welcome Forum
  18. D

    Steam cleaning Limestone

    hi I have a customer who is intent on cleaning her limestone floor with a steam cleaner even though I have said she should not! Now, after 6 months of steam cleaning every few days , some of the tiles have a white rough surface to them. I suspect it is the steam cleaner. Does anyone else...
  19. G

    Small pits dotted over new black limestone patio

    Hi, my new patio has some flagstones with small 'pits' (barely breaking the surface really) in them (see attached photo). I've bought Adseal Stone and Slate Protector to seal it but while it makes the surface in general black the dots stay grey. I've experimented with a dab of mineral oil and...
  21. T

    Advice needed on levelling before limestone flags are laid

    Hi I have a patio with a concrete base which has depressions in some areas. The highest level of the concrete seems to be around the edges where the concrete meets the walls (patio is enclosed by 4 walls) and it seems to have sunk in the middle over the years. How would you even this up before...
  22. J

    Limestone flagstones - Price for laying

    Hello Gentlemen, I am undertaking a small self-build cottage in Norfolk. I am looking to have 20mm thick limestone flagstones layed on the entire ground floor - which consists of four square rooms and a total of 64m2. The base is a near perfect concrete slab and will need a 10mm adhesive...
  23. D

    600x900 limestone floor

    Hi all i am looking for some advice on the best adhesive to use on a floor which has a water fed underfloor heating system. The total area is 150m but this is divided into 4 separate areas so is not one big area. Customer has been advised to use a 2 part adhesive but I am wondering if this is...
    • dchtilingnorthwest
    • Thread
    • canada floor floor tiling limestone
    • Replies: 84
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  25. Ttt1601

    Limestone detiorating ?

    Been having a million conversations with the customer, stone supplier and Builder this evening about a I limestone job I did 18 months ago, all laid to suppliers specs with suppliers materials but the stone is acting is an odd way as picture I'm going to have look at it Tomorrow anyone else...
  26. L

    How do I make black limestone hearth grey?

    Hearth by Lisa posted Mar 11, 2017 at 9:07 AM Hi We have just had a new fire in with black limestone hearth but I wanted it to be grey like the one I saw in the guys warehouse. I'm guessing this was weathered but how can I get the same effect with my indoor hearth? I was light grey if...
    • Lisa
    • Thread
    • black black limestone grey hearth how limestone
    • Replies: 20
    • Forum: The Welcome Forum
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