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    Recent Job

    this was the twentieth tiling project that I have carried out for Ashley homes. we moved away from travertine and fixed 900x 600 x 20mm limestone from oman supplied by artisans of devizes. bathrooms standard porcelain .few niches in there !!! lovely project , best contractor ever worked for .
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    • Forum: Australia Tiling Forum
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    Limestone Tile Removal

    Hi all, just finished a really nice Limestone floor with electric underfloor heating. I have small snag, although it's completely natural stone the lady is not happy with one tile in the middle that has a lot more shall we say: "Features" in it than some of the others, she'd like it replaced...
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    Guys, I'm Panicking

    Really need advice. 80m2 limestone floor is underway, Alpha screed, all moisture tested, sanded hoovered and primed , tiles being laid with anhyfix. The limestone is 900x600, 600x600, 600x300 and 300x300. When I first went to start my customer informed me that not all the stone was in the...
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    Grey Limestone

    Hello all, A friend of mine has a wet room tiled with grey limestone and is having a problem with white patches within the shower area. I have attached a couple of photos, just wondering if any of you stone experts are able to diagnose the cause and a possible solution. Job was done about...
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    Large Form Tumbled Limestone Floor Tile Advice

    Hi all, got a 70sqr mtr floor to do in tumbled limestone in sizes 1000mmx600 900x600 800x600 and 700x600, 30 mm thick. The builder has not yet spoken to the architect or customer above how they want this set out but I don't think it is done in a opus like pattern with them sizes surely? I have...
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    Sealing limestone tiles

    I have some 100mm sq limestone tiles that are being fixed in my bathroom and need to seal them prior to them being fitted. I have some boiled linseed oil left over from an old job a good few years back which involved sealing some terracotta tiles. Is this oil ok for limestone, I tried a sample...
  7. Aug JOTM 2015

    Aug JOTM 2015

    Limestone Garden Chelsea
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    Limestone over ufh and chipboard

    Opinions please gents. I've been to see a job this morning where the homeowner has seemingly been let down by a series of tilers who were supposed to do the job but now can't. The floor is newly constructed chipboard caberfloor over 6x2 joists with a wet ufh underneath. This has been pressure...
    • Rich Midge
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    • aus chipboard limestone over ufh usa
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: Australia Tiling Forum
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    Bad limestone made good

    Wanted to put a quick post on, with some pictures attached to give others,who may be tearing their hair out some hope that black limestone can be saved and with a bit of work, can get the results you were hoping for. After days of invaluable researching on this forum, we took the advice that had...
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    Wet UFH Limestone DITRA?

    I am a customer not a tiler! My architect wants to lay limestone tiles directly on to the screed which is a sand and cement mix with the UFH pipes in it. This is laid on a solid concrete base. The screed has SBR and some fibres in it. My worry is that the limestone tiles with all their natural...
    • sdw45
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    • anti-crack aus ditra floor limestone matting membrane schluter systems ufh uncoupling usa wet wet ufh
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    • Forum: Australia Tiling Forum
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    Limestone Tiles - Laying Tips (am I Mad?)

    I've just bought 85m2 of these Limestone Tiles The sub-base consists of a wet UFH system, covered by Keracem Eco screed. Commisioned and has been running since Nov 2014, so nice and dry. I've laid tiles before, but nothing remotely on this scale, nor any tiles so large. The pattern is...
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    Cleaning Fire Damaged Limestone

    Looking for advice on how to clean fire damaged unfilled limestone. The client tells me the tiles were never sealed although it's difficult to confirm this and the fire was a plastic based fire in the basement affecting the ground floor entrance floor tiles. It's difficult to say how much of the...
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    Limestone sealing

    Is it feasible to grout crema g Limestone prior to sealing? Not something I would normally do but..... Tonight I have just finished tiling a small downstairs shower room walls and floor with 600x400 tiles and will go back tomorrow to get everything cleaned down. Now normally I would wait a few...
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    • aus coverage limestone liquid paint seal sealing usa
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    • Forum: Australia Tiling Forum
  14. J

    String marks on limestone

    Just started a job with large 900 x600 x20 mm hard honed limestone. The tiles were separated by loops of thin string. In a certain light you can see the string marks on face of stone and also where it has moved in transit cause a blurred looped curved line.have tried wexa and power clean but...
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    limestone tiles 800 x 500 for sale

    Hi All I know someone who is selling approximately 95sm of 80 x 50 x 12 light limestone tiles.They are in pallets and are based in Oxfordshire.These sell for about £45 per sm.If anybody is interested and would like to make me an offer,please pm me Many thanks Mike
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    BAL adhesive and grout for travertine/ limestone - quantity available

    Hi. Hope you don't mind me posting this here but having just completed our new build complete with travertine across the whole ground floor we have been left with a quantity of BAL adhesive and grout: 14 x 20kg BAL stone and tile PTB adhesive (white) - cost £14.99ea +vat from CTD, looking...
    • ardunan
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    • adhesive aus bal bal adhesive building adhesives grout limestone tile adhesive tile grout travertine usa
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    • Forum: Australia Tiling Forum
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    Vitrex 900 Bridge saw on 10mm Moleanos limestone

    Hiya, I'm tiling my bathroom as a competent DIYer/weekend builder. Bought a Vitrex 900 Bridge saw and about to buy ATS blades as I've done testing with the included blades and they're butchering my lovely stone. I plan to mitre the joints but I can't see how this can be done on outside angles...
  18. J

    Laying limestone over T2 reflecta insulation board

    Looking at a job wher the spec is 45-50mm screed laid over existing concrete base . two large areas . the reflecta panel which is 13mm thick has an aluminium face on which t2reflecta -p-fix primer is applied before any flex adhesive can apparently be used to fix 20 mm limestone on top . the...
    • jonnyc
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    • aus board insulation laying limestone over usa
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Australia Tiling Forum
  19. S

    limestone onto underfloor heating

    do i really need a decoupling membrane if i use flexable adhesive and grout on a underfloor (Wet) heating system? I'm using large limestone slabs and have been told there is a danger of cracking due expansion differentials. Its just the guys who supplied the tiles have given me a massive quote...
    • shadwell
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    • aus floor floor tiling heating limestone ufh underfloor underfloor heating usa
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Australia Tiling Forum
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    Wanted:- Moleanos Mix Honed Limestone 600 x 600 x 15mm

    As title. I need approx 10m2 of Moleanos Blue/Beige Mix honed in 600mm x 600mm x 15mm to repair and extend an existing floor. Also known as Gascogne Blue/beige Mix and Moleanos Malhado. I used to import this product and all the companies that I used to know back then have either gone bust or...
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