Another Church Stone Floor

[Italy]

Antonio . only little bit comprende !!! screed has glue on it so needs primer.

try again
not all screeds need of primer.
only the most absorbents.
putting very heavy 600x600x20, the next day, when laying tile front row, it tend to drop.
primer, adhesive to dry more slowly and the tile descend less

 

[jonnyc]

so were well in to the fixing now. deckboxes a bit of a pain but they are adjustable so all good.
this stone is very open faced and porous so cant get any adhesive on face .
going to be pukka floor though .
apparently York cathedral have recently used this stone to complement original .
this floor will age quite quickly but that is what is wanted .
heres a few pics of prep and progress

 

[jonnyc]

try again
not all screeds need of primer.
only the most absorbents.
putting very heavy 600x600x20, the next day, when laying tile front row, it tend to drop.
primer, adhesive to dry more slowly and the tile descend less

buene mucho moro comprende . you working in London Antonio . I just met an Italian architect yesterday who is in charge of a nice little job in London,

 

[Italy]

 

[jonnyc]

loving this Antonio .completione comprende
none the lessio xx anni ago there was big problemio with adhesive dropping in the night .
mucho buene now even without primer.
i jike with you Antonio . did you enjoy the rugby England v Italy last week .

 

[jonnyc]

so heres a few pics of what i have been posting about.
any advice appreciated .
iam trying to do mybest with a failed screed .
plse don't give me a sleepless night though

 

[Italy]

loving this Antonio .completione comprende
none the lessio xx anni ago there was big problemio with adhesive dropping in the night .
mucho buene now even without primer.
i jike with you Antonio . did you enjoy the rugby England v Italy last week .

in italy not to look rugby!!! ahahah

 

[jonnyc]

in italy not to look rugby!!! ahahah

no Antonio you shouldio . they are getting very buene especially with so mucho new Zealand grandchildren
of Italy family .forget your blood red Ferraris . if you want a real Italian stallion red bloodied icon look no further than Sergio Parisse. he is awesome and possibly why so many house wives in italiono don't complain when their tubbier super marios hubbios want to watch the rugby!!!

 

[Italy]

no Antonio you shouldio . they are getting very buene especially with so mucho new Zealand grandchildren
of Italy family .forget your blood red Ferraris . if you want a real Italian stallion red bloodied icon look no further than Sergio Parisse. he is awesome and possibly why so many house wives in italiono don't complain when their tubbier super marios hubbios want to watch the rugby!!!

Super Mario Balotelli? almost my fellow countryman (Lombardy Brescia). hahaha
I do not watch much football ...
Italian football junkies, exists only football.
I like cycling, f1, motorcycling.
I watched a rugby day, but I have not figured out where to go the ball. hahaha

 

[jonnyc]

Super Mario Balotelli? almost my fellow countryman (Lombardy Brescia). hahaha
I do not watch much football ...
Italian football junkies, exists only football.
I like cycling, f1, motorcycling.
I watched a rugby day, but I have not figured out where to go the ball. hahaha

I never mentiono Mario ballotell I??))!!!he d had too
Much Parmesan .

 

[Italy]

I never mentiono Mario ballotell I??))!!!he d had too
Much Parmesan .

you said: super mario
Super Mario in italy, is balotelli. haha
I misunderstood.
sorry

 

[jonnyc]

you said: super mario
Super Mario in italy, is balotelli. haha
I misunderstood.
sorry

You're not Swedish are you mike

 

[Italy]

You're not Swedish are you mike

PROBLEMATIC for me

 

[Flintstone]

Cutting round all those pillars looks fun! Great job tho. I've used the tile master prime plus a couple of times, it's good stuff, dries like 80 grit sandpaper!
How you finding the tile master Matt? I haven't used it but I have seen it, looks very thin and un stretchy?

 

[jonnyc]

Cutting round all those pillars looks fun! Great job tho. I've used the tile master prime plus a couple of times, it's good stuff, dries like 80 grit sandpaper!
How you finding the tile master Matt? I haven't used it but I have seen it, looks very thin and un stretchy?

 

[jonnyc]

Easy to lay especially with a steel by ll roller . It's just like pecilastic from Pci .

 

[Time's Ran Out]

original floor which 150 year old exactly was the Edwardian /Victorian patterned floor.this was dug up last year

Hope they had listed building permission!

 

[dynamictiling]

Jonny, that looks a brilliant job! I always love the older design features of church's. Both inside and out. Suppose the tiling looks orite..... just kidding mate, cracking job. I can't wait to see the finished result :-D

 

[dynamictiling]

original floor which 150 year old exactly was the Edwardian /Victorian patterned floor.this was dug up last year

You don't happen to have any pictures of the old floor by any chance? 150 years, surely the old sand and cement fixing?

 

[Old Mod]

@dynamictiling

If u like church's

Have a look here!
And
Here

And of course not forgetting here

 

[dynamictiling]

@dynamictiling

If u like church's

Have a look here!
And
Here

And of course not forgetting here

That 1st 1 is nothing short of a master piece. Going to look at the next 2 after typing this. Thanks for the links Marc :-D not specifically churches I like just old designs and features. I love nothing more than walking into an old building 1920s-1930s art deco period and seeing all the old cornicing, plaster work, sand stone sculptures, mosaic flooring etc still in tact. Absolutely worth saving!

I do a lot of work for a property developer in Lanark. He bought a beauty of a house in Lanark. Enormous, huge rooms, high ceilings, sand stone building. Beautiful outside sculptures,coloured glass windows, mosaic flooring throughout the property. 1st thing he said ' I don't like the mosaics, I am going to tear them up' I nearly fainted when he said that. Long story short I talked him out of it. Cleaned them up, fixed a few of them. It looked a million dollars when it was done :-D

 

[Old Mod]

Yeah gotta admit a lot of satisfaction in that type of work, whether new or restoring.
No pics of urs then?

 

[dynamictiling]

Unfortunately at the time i never even thought to take pictures :-( there was literally 15-20 small tiles that had came loose. Giving that it had been laid nearly 100 years ago is amazing. Most of which were at the front and back door.

I looked through they pics, jonny has done a great job, that is nothing short of spectacular. I take my hat off to u jonny

 

[jonnyc]

Unfortunately at the time i never even thought to take pictures :-( there was literally 15-20 small tiles that had came loose. Giving that it had been laid nearly 100 years ago is amazing. Most of which were at the front and back door.

I looked through they pics, jonny has done a great job, that is nothing short of spectacular. I take my hat off to u jonny

that church job was a bit tricky with the diagonal tiles and border but for me the more complicated it is the more interesting . its just getting the costing right. I will never give a day rate for fixing if I have a plan .
this job is very simple but you still have to work out costs based on borders and column cuts etcc.
a good cutter to cut borders is vital and with a few clamps a labourer can run them off.
I think I know most limestones but this ancaster white is very open faced and incredibly porous.
just a bit of excess adhesive on face can be wiped off but when you seal it any residue shows up .
got to be really clean but full bed as stone is unbelieveably soft.
anyway here are a few pics in progress and next week we are starting the quarries in geometric patterns .
in three areas

 

[On one]

Hi Jonnyc
Have you any photos of the finished article?