Marble Floors!!!!!

[cityone]

Evening lads, I,ve layed over a hundred floors but never marble, I know it,s the same principle as any other floor tile but I,ve just come back from Tenerife and noticed that there is not even a 1mm step in any of the floor tiles, now no tiler is that good, I presume that because marble is quite soft the constant polishing of the tile by machines takes away any slight difference in levels????? Am I right or is there another reason.???? Thanks in advance for any feedback!!!!

 

[Sean fsy]

now no tiler is that good, !!!

lot of people on here would like to differ with that comment.

 

[EH TILING]

Cityone I know what you mean when I have been to various places throughout the world or even in some posh shops etc over here the floors look perfect! Id love to work on something like that!

 

[Daz]

Marble is as easy as any other tile to get perfect. Fixing techniques will vary from ceramic to procelain to stone but the finished result should always be lip free.
Cappuccino Marble

Polished Porcelain

No floor honing required :lol:.
Take your time and take pleasure in the end result.

 

[DHTiling]

Evening lads, I,ve layed over a hundred floors but never marble, I know it,s the same principle as any other floor tile but I,ve just come back from Tenerife and noticed that there is not even a 1mm step in any of the floor tiles, now no tiler is that good, I presume that because marble is quite soft the constant polishing of the tile by machines takes away any slight difference in levels????? Am I right or is there another reason.???? Thanks in advance for any feedback!!!!

The floors are honed and polished flat with machines...I thought tilers knew this..?

A bit like this.. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LN7-jj3Qhs]YouTube - Grinding Travertine Lippage[/ame]




But as daz mentioned above a correctly prepared floor can be laid flat and lipless..but for that complete slab look it is a different method.

 

[Terry Cottar]

Marble is as easy as any other tile to get perfect. Fixing techniques will vary from ceramic to procelain to stone but the finished result should always be lip free.
Cappuccino Marble

Polished Porcelain

No floor honing required :lol:.
Take your time and take pleasure in the end result.

Sorry captain but I have to disagree. I have never met a tiler who can lay a floor completely flat. That is not a slur on you or anyone who fixes natural stone. But it is impossible to lay a large area with large format tiles completely flat. It may look flat but If I go on it with a Levighetor and a planetario head my machine will find lippage. The difference in what we do is we leave the floor so flat you cannot even see the grout lines and that is how the Monolithic look is achieved.

tel

 

[Terry Cottar]

Evening lads, I,ve layed over a hundred floors but never marble, I know it,s the same principle as any other floor tile but I,ve just come back from Tenerife and noticed that there is not even a 1mm step in any of the floor tiles, now no tiler is that good, I presume that because marble is quite soft the constant polishing of the tile by machines takes away any slight difference in levels????? Am I right or is there another reason.???? Thanks in advance for any feedback!!!!

Marble and other natural stone is laid abroad and then flood grouted. It is left for a few weeks and they then get a Grinding and honing company in to grind, hone and polish it flat. That is how the floors get a Monolithic look as indicated by Daves post below.

tel

 

[basshunter]

what a rubbish video!my nan could do better than that

 

[Gazzer]

what a rubbish video!my nan could do better than that

????? Why ?

 

[basshunter]

you try to explain something complex by showing a video like that....rubbish.

try this [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWLptlXVdng]YouTube - Norton Diamond Disk Stone Polishing Pads Training Video[/ame]

this is the last step in a long process-producing the monolithic look

 

[diamondtiling]

what a rubbish video!my nan could do better than that

Thats how the job is done, hours and hours of polishing. What part of that process could your Nan improve on?

:20:

 

[basshunter]

my nan would grind and hone first.she is nearly 90

 

[diamondtiling]

I do like that second video though..

 

[Terry Cottar]

you try to explain something complex by showing a video like that....rubbish.

try this YouTube - Norton Diamond Disk Stone Polishing Pads Training Video

this is the last step in a long process-producing the monolithic look

Actually you are wrong and Dave is right. The video you are referring to is only a maintainence system not a grinding and honing process. That machine is absolutely no use to grind lippage.

tel

 

[basshunter]

ok i am wrong.that video is rubbish though😛rrr:

 

[Terry Cottar]

ok i am wrong.that video is rubbish though😛rrr:

No mate you are not wrong! It was just a small misinterpretation

tel

 

[Spud]

Sorry captain but I have to disagree. I have never met a tiler who can lay a floor completely flat. That is not a slur on you or anyone who fixes natural stone. But it is impossible to lay a large area with large format tiles completely flat. It may look flat but If I go on it with a Levighetor and a planetario head my machine will find lippage. The difference in what we do is we leave the floor so flat you cannot even see the grout lines and that is how the Monolithic look is achieved.

tel

I have seen alot of well laid floors rippled by poor grinding and badly polished room corners where the guys polishing just use wax instead of getting right into the corners with a smaller machine, a well laid floor makes the polishers life far easier and a well ground floor does give a better finish as the floor looks more solid

 

[CBTC]

I'd agree with Terry C's comments above. I might add to the OP that a great deal of floors that are commonly termed ' marble ' or ' stone ' are terrazzo, which requires the grinding process whether for the tile type or the flow out type with brass sectioning, as a required final step. It is this that some clients describe when asking about 'stone tiles' having seen them on holiday. (They don't usually have the required floor depth!)
I assume he knows the dif, having laid floors, though others may not.

 

[Dontiler]

agree with Terry! for grinding and honing need to use diamond pads