Limestone flagstones - Price for laying

[Jason Spencer]

Gentlemen,

Thanks for all your replies and advice.

I've had one tiler quote for the job. He certainly wasn't cheap but as most of you said, "don't expect a cheap price".

I was surprised that he said it would take between 8 and 9 days for two of them to lay the floor. Effectively this is 16 -18 man days; I thought it would have taken less time than that?

 

[J Sid]

8 to 10 days for one person

 

[Flintstone]

In your first post you mentioned needing a 10mm adhesive bed, where has that info come from ?

 

[Italy]

In your first post you mentioned needing a 10mm adhesive bed, where has that info come from ?

same

 

[Jason Spencer]

Hello Localtiler

The build is a timber frame. The concrete slab foundation has a 30mm timber plate around the perimeter. This timber plate is flush / level with the threshold.

Whatever flooring I lay, will need to have an overall thickness of 30mm to ensure the floor is level with the threshold, (a building regulation).

My limestone is 20 - 22mm thick, therefore I'll need an adhesive bed of up to 10mm. Hope this makes sense?

 

[Flintstone]

It's not a set up I'm familiar with but I would suggest laying a 6mm insulation board then tiling onto that to get your 10mm rather than trying to get 10mm with adhesive which you will not be able to do successfully.

 

[Jason Spencer]

The tiler who gave me a quote advised that he would use "Norcros Thick Bed Stone and Porcelain adhesive".

Apparently this adhesive can be troweled on up to 25mm thick?

 

[hmtiling]

The tiler who gave me a quote advised that he would use "Norcros Thick Bed Stone and Porcelain adhesive".

Apparently this adhesive can be troweled on up to 25mm thick?

It certainly can but as local said it would be easier and quicker to ensure solid bed using a 6mm board first.

 

[Old Mod]

Apparently this adhesive can be troweled on up to 25mm thick?

I don't know Norcros adhesives, and I'm never likely to, but in my experience the maximum bed depth of an adhesive will relate to small isolated areas and not the whole install.
It could well be cheaper to use a board or latex to make up the deficit.
I'd probably go with latex, to obtain a perfectly level substrate.

 

[J Sid]

with slc and adhesive being about the same price why wouldn't you!
yes, you may have to pay an extra days labour to lay it but your save that on fixing the stone.