Calibrated tiles

[widler]

i will certainly be taking my time!
Good thing is the kitchen floor seems pretty flat, and its only about 5 sqm with very few awkward spots.
I spoke with someone and mrs stones floors and they said the calibrated brazilian slate should be 10mm with little variation - should i be taking this with a pinch of salt? as you mention 7 - 15 mm

love your floor. Is that white grouting? we were going to go for a grey grout but not sure now.

hi mate,not white,it was mapei,gray i think,it is quite light though,some bleach i think by the daughter mopping up aint helped

also i laid the left over tiles today from that floor last year in a little gite,and they defo differ in thickness,more than a few mill.
also,when you lay,you will get lipping if the tiles are riven,sometimes with these tiles it can't be helped,but if it looks to much in places,you can spelch it off a bit with a small thin chisel,after its set solid of course. hope all goe's well with it

 

[choffer74]

well all tiles ordered today - went for the granfix grey. Will let you know how i get on - although i expect i wont start on the floor for a few weeks yet. Got the wall tiles to do first!!

 

[BWTiling]

Calibrated Slate should relate to all Dimensions including Thickness! If got from a decent supplier you can pick up Honed, Polished, Calibrated Brazilian Black Slate for around £32-£33 per m2, which are around 10-12mm Thick throughout and 600 x 400 if I remember correctly? Have used them on many occasions and they come up perfect every time!

As already mentioned, a Good Tiler would still be able to work with Riven Slate through grading, starting with the Thicker Tiles in the centre of the area being tiled and working outwards to the thinnest ones around the edges as this way makes the Slate easier to Cut and saves your Diamond Blades!!!...

Good Luck with it all anyway, but if you've asked for calibrated then there's no way on this earth that you should have a variation in thickness of around 10mm, that's just madness....

 

[choffer74]

well the slate tiles arrived a couple of weeks ago and they seem pretty much perfect to me! I've got no previous experience of slate tiles but for £18pm i'm well impressed

The old tile has some un-eveness. Started doing the wall tiles first but cant wait to start putting them down