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    Wickes Mayfield Riven Grey

    Help- Discontinued Wickes Mayfield Riven Grey Wall/Floor tiles 4 Boxes code BCT43249 298mm by 498mm 6 tiles per box
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    HELP---Wickes Mayfield Riven Grey Floor/Wall tiles required

    Help---Urgently required 4 Boxes of Wickes Mayfield Riven Grey Wall/Floor tiles CODE BCT43249 and Tile Dimensions 298mmby 498mm 6 tiles per box Matt Finish
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    I'm Looking For This Tile Wickes mayfield riven beige tile

    I'm looking for wickes 300mm x 500mm mayfield riven beige supplied in 2016 if anybody could help out. Thanks
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    I'm Looking For This Tile 12 inch riven/slate effect tile replacements

    Hi, my (not very old house) has 12 inch back riven floor tiles that I needs some replacements, is there anywhere that I might find some?
  5. Scotiansailor

    Best sealer for rustic riven multicolor slate?

    Hello, I’m laying slate tile (indoors) for the first time, and need help choosing a sealer. Has anyone used Adseal Water Based Sealer (Matt)? We dont want a glossy floor, but if the slate was to darken a bit with the sealer, we would be ok with that. It will be in the front vestibule, so will be...
  6. qualitywork

    What is your grouting technique for very riven slate ?

    Hello guys, I have a 40 metre slate floor to lay in opus next week. The slate is highly riven and will grout in silver grey. The slate will be washed and then sealed with Matt stone sealer. Will lay around the heating mat with an s2 adhesive, s1 elsewhere. I have 2 questions ; What grout would...
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    Which cutter for 9mm riven porcelain 300x600 tiles

    So, I have 35m2 of bathroom to tile in 300x600x9mm porcelain. They're rough textured riven effect. Recommendations on cutters please wet or dry. Will probably buy and resell later as I've another bathroom and a kitchen to do at some point, so happy to get something decent. Already have a...
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    Riven slate tile advice

    HI FROM NEW MEMBER IN BRIGHTON. RECENTLY BOUGHT NEW SLATE TILES FOR KITCHEN EXTENSION AND NOT SURE OF THE QUALITY. THE SAMPLE TILES WE GOT THRU THE POST LOOKED LOVELY SO WE PARTED WITH THE BEST PART OF 700 QUID TO FINISH THE FLOOR. WHAT WAS DELIVERED LOOKS PRETTY AWFUL. APART FROM NEARLY A THIRD...
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    • advice aus riven slate tile usa
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    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
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    Riven slate skirtings

    I hope you can see the photos clearly enough to help. I'm fitting a floor in there porcelanosa slate tiles next week and am doing 150mm skirtings, the customer wanted to use black metal trim bit I talked them out of that. Question is, what is the best way to finish them? Too uneven to profile (I...
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    New home with riven slate bathroom- how to clean and maintain it?

    Hi everyone! i've moved to a house with riven slate flooring and shower. How do I keep it nice, and what should I avoid using? I don't know if it's been sealed, how do i tell? I am a total novice here and massively out of my depth! We live in a hard water area and the shower tiles have...
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    • aus bathroom clean home how how to tile new build riven slate tiling guide usa
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Bathroom Tiling Advice
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    Where to buy 400x400 calibrated riven multicoloured slate

    Hi guys, I have a job lined up where I need to source around 20sqm of multi coloured riven slate (400x400) to add to an existing kitchen floor. Where do you know that stocks it? Cheers
    • Qwerty
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    • aus riven slate usa where
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    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
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    Laying riven slate level

    Laying riven slate, you cannot just rely on following the floor, since the slate are not all the same thickness. So you have to lay the slate to a level. This would be easy with perfectly flat tiles. But with riven tiles, you could choose to prioritise getting the edges in line and allow peaks...
    • simonjay
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    • laying level riven slate usa
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
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    Recomendation Riven Slate

    As th title says anybody know any good deals at the mo, need approx 50m2. Calibration not too important as the client is going for the Rustic look :lol: The room is a wine cellar concrete screed to be Slc'd was going to grout with sand & cement, does anybody still do this?
    • Gall.B
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    • riven slate usa
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    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
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    Stained Riven Black Porcelain. HELP!

    Hi I tiled a bathroom 2 weeks ago with 600x300 riven black porcelain,everything went to plan. The customer purchased the tiles himself .I sealed the tiles using HG impregnator Fitting was onto existing mosaic tiles so I BAL BONDED before fixing with Rapidset flexi. I grouted tiles with Mapie 110...
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    • black help porcelain porcelain tile porcelain tiles riven usa
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
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    uncallibrated riven slate, opus romano

    Just been given a 25m2 kitchen floor for next week, 25m2 of riven uncallibrated riven slate. Normally I'd clean slates up,grade from thick to thinner, seal and then lay, grout and then seal again. However given the Opus Romana pattern, I can forsee more lippage than Mick Jagger on a sulky...
    • doug boardley
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    • opus riven slate usa
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
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    Pre-Sealing Riven Slate floor tiles

    Hi, I'm looking at laying some slate floor tiles. I have a few questions after reading some differing ideas on the best way to pre-seal slate floor tiles. The tiles I have are made in china, and are called "Natural Riven Slate" in Dovedale Grey - I think I'm fairly lucky that...
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    • coverage floor floor tiles liquid paint riven seal sealing slate tile tiles usa
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Best Floor Tiles
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    UNPOLISHED PORECELAIN RIVEN CHARCOAL 60 X 60 cms (BE66177)

    I purchased about 18 months ago from Tiles and Baths Direct of West Hendon London NW9 some UNPOLISHED PORECELAIN RIVEN CHARCOAL 60 X 60 cms (BE66177) I do not know if the reference BE66177 is their own reference or a generic one. Tiles and Baths Direct say that their supplier no longer...
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    Sand & Cement fixing of riven slate

    Hi Guys, I have been asked to quote for quite a large area of riven slate to be fixed outdoors. It seems that the "middleman" on this particular job reckons it should all be fixed using sand and cement. Please can you help me out with good reasons why it shouldn't be done his way? (The...
    • Grace'sDad
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    • cement fixing riven sand slate usa
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
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    Sealing & Grouting Riven Slate Floor

    I have just finished laying a black riven slate floor in the kitchen and according to the company I purchased it from I have three tasks remaining(!) - in the order suggested : Colour intensifier (Lithofin), grouting and Stain stop (also Lithofin). A few questions : I have taken care to keep...
    • lovin' diy
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    • coverage floor grout grouting liquid paint riven seal sealing slate tile grout usa
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
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    Riven Slate: use sand/cement or adhesive - is there a definitive answer

    Hi - my builders bedded 10-12 mm brazilian riven slate on a sand cement mix. The base below was secure concrete laid a few weeks before. This was a new kitchen floor job, brand new extension. I don't think they've done a very good job because many sound hollow when walking on them and a few...
    • Jim Rickards
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    • adhesive cement riven slate there tile adhesive usa
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum

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