slate

Morning guys, One for the future really the kitchen and adjoined conservatory currently has wet UFH and 600x600 Indian slate tiles over a newish (18 years) screed that would be upto code at the time (DPM, insulated etc). Generally the floor in is in good nick a few bits of mortar lose over a...

Hi All, I have been a long time reader of this forum and it has already helped me a lot, so thanks to you all for that. I have recently started replacing my bathroom, it's been going fine so far, but I've just come across a problem with the tiling that I hope you could help me with. We ended...

Hi looking for advise I've got 2 sections of 1200mm X 900mm 30mm slate for a double sided fireplace I'm making I have a 9" angle grinder what's the best blade for cutting these I have a Makita angle grinder I just got 240v 230mm which comes with a segmented blade

Hi looking to source a number of these Imola floor tiles which are discontinued. Preferably without having to search in Italy. Any help would be appreciated. We have just 3 left helpfully in the original box.

Hello all I’ve had a natural slate floor laid by a tiler employed through our builder. He seemed unsure of the natural slate but carried on regardless. I understand that natural stone isn’t going to be perfect but I was shocked at the final result. He says that’s just what happens with natural...

Hi all I'm a keen diy'er and have tiled the odd bathroom in the past. I'm looking to build a false chimney breast in my living room (timber frame). I want to fix it with split face slate or quartzite mosaic. I'm after advice on which board to fix.. I'm thinking hardiebacker or similar (6 or...

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...

Good Evening Everyone, About 2.5 years ago I had the ensuite turned into a semi wet room i.e. two and a half walls where the shower could potentially wet. There hasn't been any problem with water leaking through anywhere but some of the tiles have started to flake (best word I can think of) and...

I'm moving into an basement aparment and it's currently very badly lit and has this huge fireplace. I plan on put up some LED lighting to fix that problem, but I want to make the fireplace pop out and make a statement. And this without damaging the fireplace. The fireplace is not, will not, and...

Hi I'm desperate to find some matching floor tiles, otherwise I might have to rip up the old tiles and start again. I kept 3 just in case some broke, but the wife wants to remove some units, which I never thought would happen, so I need more that the 3 spares I think the tiles were purchased...

We have just had a slate backsplash installed all round the kitchen benchtops. The builder sealed it with 2 coats of Tasmanian Chemicals Premium Long Life Gloss, which the slate supplier had sold us for that specific job. Unfortunately, steam from the kettle left a plume of white glaze across...

Slate job I did for a customer of mine in Camden Town Triple shower shelves, wet room

Hi All, I put down a small rug on a rubber(ish) waffle pad on top of our black cleft slate floor. I pulled up the rug today and saw that it already left a waffle pattern on the stone. It's only been about a month. I have so far tried Dawn, baking soda poultice (18 hours), ammonia, and good...

Hello to everyone I'm LizzieLee and I hope that some people here might be able to help me?! I hand engrave new and used roofing slate - usually fairly small pieces. As some of my work needs to go outside, I found that sealing it with Adseal Invisiseal worked great over the engraving - keeping...

Hi all, I am a total newbie customer i.e. Never used a tiler before and this was a project that took a long time to plan and save for. It was finished 2 weeks ago and despite the overall effect being very nice, there are, I think, a few problems..please could you advise me and let me know if...

A customer of mine is after some good quality calibrated slate with natural copper colours, not just black/grey. Can anyone recommend a supplier?

Hi everyone - hoping someone here can help. Have received some riven slate bathroom tiles and 1/4 are scratched to some degree. The supplier is telling me this is natural and should be expected. Are they right?

Hi, We had indian slate tiles laid on top of existing tiles in our bathroom floor Jan 2014. We then sealed the slated with a FILA intensifier to seal the stone as recommended by the supplier. Recently white staining has occurred as shown in the attached picture. I have reapplied the...

Good evening all. I need to tile the kitchen floor over the bank holiday weekend. We are having slate tiles. The existing floor is sand an cement screed, laid a few months ago. There is UFH under the screed. My wife wants a brick bond pattern, which I think means 600 x 400 tiles (which sound...

Hi, Just wondering if I should use a heat resistant adhesive for tiling a fire place feature wall. It isn't an open fire, just a fitted gas fire that doesn't make the surround too hot. If I do use a heat resistant adhesive just as a belt and braces solution, which ones are the best for fixing...