slate

Hi guys and girls, Desperate for a bit of help. I've just finished a honed slate floor with electric UFH in a thin coat of SLC. Everything went fantastic, and it looks stunning. However, although sealled i seem to have two tiles where the honing of the tile is pretty poor. I've not noticed this...

Hi all i am looking for a tiler to lay 32m2 calibrated Brazilian slate tiles in leamington spa. They will be laid on a suspended floor. I have taken up the floorboards, treated the wood, levelled out the joists, sunk celotex into the gaps supported by battons.. I will now lay wet underfloor...

Hi just hoping someone far more knowledgeable will have the answer. I've got a concrete floor which is a bit crumbly in places. I plan to stick down 6mm polystyrene insulation boards then underfloor heating and slate tiles. Is this sensible or will I ruin the tiles?

Hi guys and girls, hope you're all chipper. Just got off the phone from a customer that has accepted my quote for UFH and tiling. I'll briefly bullet what the job is below, but can you guys just reply on an idea of price. Although the bloke has accepted the price and he's booked in, in his...

Hi I am DIY enthusiast and will be shortly tiling the kitchen and hallway of my house in 600x600mm calibrated brazilian slate - total area c70 sq metres. With this area probable sensible that I invest in a wet tile cutter. Looking at forum, bench de walt seems good if you are in trade but not...

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

hi, after a quick bit of help. have a 27 square metre floor in kitchen and utility to do. floor is t & g floorboards onto joists. very solid and cant feel any deflection. advised customer of need to overboard anyway but an wondering whether 18mm ply prior to tiling or 12mm ply then 6mm...

Hi there I'm looking for a polished slate slab for fire hearth ?

Hi, Ive tiled a kitchen white/grey/orange natural slate floor for a customer and it has a VERY natural, even slightly too natural/dusty look to it. She wants it deepened in colour, she isnt happy with the natural look, so it may go slightly darker to a point where it has a matt/satin look to...

hI Can someone please advise me please . My tiler has put two coats of MATT LTP sealercolour intensifier in the slate . The whole floor is complete with two coats of the LTP sealer and colour intesifier .I Expected the LTP LTP Colour Intensifier & stain-block to bring out a more gloss wet look...

We'll be laying large (hopefully 900 x 600, but at least 600 x 400) gauged slate, onto a concrete base. What's the appropriate adhesive to use? I don't want to use rapidset, if possible.

Can anyone please advise me what to do after laying Sheera multi colour slate . do i wash tiles twice on each application of sealer enhanser. that is first wash and dry and seal and the rewash again once first sealer has gone in again and seal after grout ??? Also i want the colors to be...

Job: 30 square metres 900 x 600 slate tiles on old concrete floor Location: East Northamptonshire (ie between Rugby, Northampton and Daventry) will require references for similar previous work

I'm about to order the slate for the kitchen/breakfast room, and need to know whether this is even remotely feasible before I go ahead. We were planning on getting a tiler to actually lay it, but the one recommended to us has (like so many tradesmen seem to do) come along to look at the job...

I am looking for 10 boxes of B&Q Slate Ivory tiles - recently discontinued. There are 6 tiles (300x200) in a box. Even if you only have a smaller number of boxes please let me know.

Hi just got a job need some advice just deciding weather i need ditra or something similar, im fixing slate to a fiber screed which has ufh pipes, should i use a ucoupling membrane or can i do without the screed will be bout 9 weeks old when i do the job? also i have another room to do on same...

Hi all, I'm wanting to produce a feature wall in our kitchen. I really like black slate, and originally wanted the split-faced mosaic. However, I soon realised it's very expensive and also a nightmare to keep clean. So then I looked at regular slate wall tiles. However, since doing some...

Hi, Im tiling a floor for a friend who has bought some end of line natural slate tiles from a builders merchants. The tiles have been sat outside for some time and they are frankly filthy dirty. So would this be the right way of laying them; 1) Clean them down and let them dry thoroughly. Ive...

Dear Forum, I am trying to work out what is the best way forward with repairing a not-very-well done patio. The patio is made of slate (roof) tiles - 30x40cm - on concrete. the problem is that the tiles keep coming up as they are not really heavy enough to make a good patio surface. I have...

Just been asked to price for tilting a kitchen floor 16sqm 600x300 slate tiles I was wondering what was the going rate on just tiling not supplying labour only thanks