slate

Hi all, We are all scratching our heads trying to work out how we apply natural slate cladding panels to a shower wall/area. The panels do not use grout and have about 2mm gaps between each piece of slate. No tile merchant has been able to help us with the correct sealing technique. The...

Hello, I have recently bought a house, moved in and the kitchen has slate tiles on the floor which are loose. The grout in between has cracked and dried out. I am wondering whether to just adhesive the 4 loose ones back down and re grout... or assume it will. happen to the whole floor and take...

Hi, I have come to a job where the previous tiler has laid new brazilian floor tiles and then sealed them after a week or so (having carried on working in the building) There are various stains (whitish) that are showing through. Tiles were sealed with HG natural stone sealer/impregnator. I...

Hi guys, got some stains appeared on some joints (not all) on honed grey slate (600x400).(see attached pic). clean water was used to wash when fixing and bal rapidset flexi was used to fix. the stone is fixed but not sealed or grouted yet. I thought maybe the staining could be removed when...

Hi I am looking for a wet cutter to cut roofing slate for projects which involve cutting slate into small slices such as 3mm by 7mm - I am currently using a plunge saw which is way to dangerous for the dimensions I need to achieve - I am looking for any advice on which machine would be...

Watched Sunday brunch this morning on CH4, and he served up the meal on a piece of slate, good job there was no peas or gravy, :clown:

Hi folks, I am building a new house on the sight of an old stone croft house, I saved 200 or so Welsh slates from the roof of the old house and would like to use them on the floor of the new house, The tiles are a little flakey and rough around the edges with two nail holes at the top, I...

Had a call to go and quote a slate floor to clean. Arranged to go and do a test on the floor to show customer what we could do. customer was not at the house on the day i did the test but her son was. Did a few test areas and left. Got a call the following day and customer was not pleased...

I went to see a problem job that was done in September last year. It is 600 x 300 Brazilian slate tiles laid direct onto mortar, just by the fixing method , I can see he knew nothing about tiling. Its not quite dot and dabbing but very close to it. The grout should have been black but he just...

Anyone on here fitted this? It's the one with staggered joints. Do you half bond the next course or use the off cut as the next course. Customer wasnt sure so I thought I would ask on here. Any advice would be welcome as I'm starting job tomorrow night cheers

2 Bathrooms in the Brighton area. First is a Travertine shower room all walls and floor. Room is drylined and backerboards on the floor. Tiles to be installed, sealed and grouted. Tiles 400x300 from memory. Approx 24sqm Second is a honed and polished calibrated slate (yes they really are!)...

Hi I've bought natural slate tiles for my hallway and kitchen.(Homebase) I'm not fitting them myself, but to save on money I wanted to seal them myself. Can anyone recommend a good impregnator and sealer to use? My tiler has recommended Aqua Mix, but wanted to seek advice first. Also is it ok...

Hi All, I'm refurbing our kitchen a home and had a couple of guys in to template a granite oven surround, I wasn't around and they obviously just dragged the oven out across the slate floor, pic of the scratch attached.. I'm laying more slate in the new area up to the existing floor so will...

I am looking to lay 25 square metres of Neptune Grey slate Slabs 900x600x20 externally onto newly laid concrete.Rather than use a normal cement mix a suggestion has been to use an external tile adhesive instead? I would welcome some suggestions on the best options to lay these and the...

Hi all, great forum - I have searched ate rough a lot of threads and found most of the advice I need, just a few things I am not sure of. I am preparing to lay 600x600x10 calibrated slate tiles in our kitchen, dining room and utility. It's 50m2 in total. The existing floor is a concrete...

Pic attached. I have built a water feature from concrete block and skim rendered them to seal. I used swimming pool tile adhesive to fix the slate tiles (8" by 18"). Some have water running over them slightly but the rest are on the outside of the feature. My problem is that the slate tiles...

Hi We're coming to the final stages of our build, externals were done by builder and internals have been DIY except for plastering. Im now looking to lay a slate floor in an opus pattern in our kitchen and would really appreciate some advice on the best course of action. We have underfloor...