slate

Anyone laid this stuff.the thickness range from 6mm -10mm..some bow! How can one lay these in a bathroom level and flat...?

How long after floor tiling slate tiles onto ditra do you leave it before sealing?

Hi all, Pls can we have some advise for our up and coming project. We are thinking of using the above mentioned slate and would like to know a few details from experienced trade personell. The area to be tiled is approx 60 m2 will it require an expansion joint & if so what is the expansion...

Hello all i would be grateful of some advice if possible regarding sealing slate cladding tiles. I'm about to fix these in a bathroom. Can someone advise me the best way to go about sealing them and how many times you would seal them. when sealing them should i just coat them and leave the...

In CTD Glasgow & was talking to a couple of reps, They showed me a new product, thineer slate tiles. 1.5/2mm thick mounted on a fiberglass backing. Anybody saw this or had any experience of this yet.

I relaid 7 tiles in chelsea last week and the lady wants the whole floor cleaned properly. Can i use a buffer with particular products to clean her up? Any advice greatly appreciated

Hi - first time post so please forgive any mistakes. We had a tiler lay a riven slate floor for us yesterday. It's all been cleaned and looks great ready for the sealer we have bought which is Lithofin Slate Seal. However I was reading on the tin that for newly laid floors on average you...

Hi I'm considering getting brushed slate tiles and am looking for advice on sealing and cleaning them. I was considering Lithofin slate sealer/slate oil but worried that it is not the right product as the surface is mostly smooth. Any advice appreciated. Thank you.

Hi, i have lurked on here and got some great advice for tiling my nephews bathroom floor. So i am hoping that you wonderful people will be able to help with my own slate kitchen floor. I presume it was laid about 2007 when the house was built. We have been in around 2 years. The surface is...

Good Afternoon, I'm looking at getting 60cmx60cm (or 24"x24" in old money) calibrated slate tiles from here ( Calibrated Brazilian Black Riven Slate 600x600x10 | Mrs Stone Store ) It says they're suitable for the wall in the blurb and they suggest using the following bonding agent and...

Morning all! I've been asked to tile a slate bath panel using 600x300 ceramics. The panel has probably been on there for about 50 yrs and when I prime it it just runs off. Does anyone have any experience of tiling onto slate and if so what procedure would advise I followed in order to carry out...

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...

Hi all Just a couple of questions I need a little help with. I bought a piece of slate for a fireplace hearth which I have had cut and polished. On the same day I picked it up I have managed to drop a bit of clear Silicon sealant on it which I wiped off, the problem is it has left a dark...

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...

Whoch is the best sealer/protector for slate floor tiles please..? Is there a specific brand which beats all others..?

Hello Everyone, I'm new to this forum, and need advice regarding my small upstairs toilet floor. We had natural slate tiles installed and about 6 months ago, and Im only now coming round to sealing them (I know thats pretty lazy but you know how it is) Any how I went and bought 'Vitrex heavy...

Ugh! Used about 50 sq. metres of these Wickes slate effect floor tiles, slightly riven surface, wavy edge, 330 x 330 mm, packs of 9, mid/dark patchy grey, sku 235 239, throughout the renovation of a rented house a few years ago (over five!). Called back recently, partially blocked drain under...

Evening all. Been a long time reader of this great forum but finally decided to join. I'm a general builder and have a lot of tiling experience with porcelain and ceramic but have never used natural slate. i a have bathroom starting this week. A 5m square floor and 12m of walls to tile in...

Hi, I need some help. can anyone suggest a way of drawing out stains from slate. The slate had been sealed at some time and looks ok around the rest of the kitchen floor. The stained area is in front of the cooker, the stains seem to be from cooking oil or fat?? which has not been cleaned up...

does anyone find it makes their tongue go all "tingly"? and no I wasn't drinking it :lol: