hello i'm new and need help

[amcrozier]

hi every one , i am a novice tiler, getting experiance before i go it alone for a full time job,

i have been asked to lay a kitchen and conservatry with limestone tiles,
i have told the client to get the floor as level as possalble and i was going to lay them with flexible white adesive then grout with limestone type grout but here is the twist..

the client wants them butted up together with no grout like in europe.
if any one knows how the propper way of doing this could they please shine some light on the situation for me.

they already have the tiles and they are antalya polished limestone all roughly the same depth

 

[brummie tiler]

makes your job easier, no grouting,lol. Ive never really heard of this with limestone. With tiles such as granite i put the minimalist of grout lines in, but i have never heard of not using grout at all, maybe one of the more experienced lads will help you out with this one

 

[guy1976]

you will need a grout joint for movement in floor even if its only 1or 2mm the temperature on the continent in southern europe spain, portugal doesnt fluctuate as much as it does here so the floors arnt expanding and shrinking as they do here with the hot in summer and icey cold here in winter

 

[amcrozier]

if i do 1 -2 mm of grout will that be ok if the customer
SANDS THE LIMESTONE AND POLISHES IT AFTER CAUSE OF ALL THE SHARP EDGES

 

[GazTech]

hi every one , i am a novice tiler, getting experiance before i go it alone for a full time job,

i have been asked to lay a kitchen and conservatry with limestone tiles,
i have told the client to get the floor as level as possalble and i was going to lay them with flexible white adesive then grout with limestone type grout but here is the twist..

the client wants them butted up together with no grout like in europe.
if any one knows how the propper way of doing this could they please shine some light on the situation for me.

they already have the tiles and they are antalya polished limestone all roughly the same depth

in Europe where temperature isn't a severe...they but the tiles up and they all come different thickness.....then they use a machine fitted with stones to hone it all flat then polish.Your tiles are already finished ...so use minimum 2mm joint ..flexi white adh..and gt1 adflex in your grout.........oh and don't forget to seal them twice before fitting if they are unpolished........Gaz

 

[devonmark]

Scary first job,,, take your time and don't panic.. good luck..put up some pics when you are done...Mark.

 

[Bixley Tiling]

Hope you're charging them well for it!! :wink_smile:
Good luck and look forward to seeing some pics.
Mark.

 

[Fred]

I put in a 2mm grout joint with limestone. The punter has probably seen limestone laid, worn in, and that makes the joints look like they are not there.

 

[SP Tiling Plc]

ps dont 4get ur wet cutter lol

 

[Fekin]

Hi and good luck

 

[amcrozier]

i am going to start next week , will be ok fingers crossed, thanks for all the advice and support
will post pics when all done

 

[enduro]

Tell him we are not in Europe, here we do the job properly:shades_smile:

 

[actiling]

hi amcrozier,the only thing icould add to the already very decent tips,select a couple of tiles out of each box and check the sizeing...this is important for any tiling,however the smaller the joint the more importance....the other thing of note was that you wanted the client to level the floor...................YIKES SCAREY......levelling the floor yourself makes life easier later and you get to charge for it to.........good luck with the job ................chris

 

[DHTiling]

hello and welcome to forums........dave..

 

[Varley]

Hello mate, welcome to the forums

Even if you were to but join the tiles, you still need to run grout over them, personally I would put a 1mm-2mm grout line in.