Natural stone tiling

[Tiler Blackpool]

No...i did sugest in an email that he left me a key after he mentioned taking time off work but he ignored it. I wont be rushing this one either so we'll see how he is!! Although dont get me wrong i'll do what i can to keep the customer happy.

 

[Tiler Blackpool]

Any idea of wether he can use a steam mop on the slate after its been sealed?
Im going to start coming on here more often. was on until 1am this morning looking at some posts. more addictive that candy crush!!

 

[aytiling]

To be honest 9 days sounds excessive for a seasoned stone fixer, but you had to get it right and not knowing the product well probably didn't help. I would have been looking at no more than 4 days tops, even if the walls were bad, but then I have been doing stone for 40 years and I work 8-10 hours a day without a break

 

[Tiler Blackpool]

Hi All.

Just wanted to thank you all again for the advice. sorry i havent put the slate pics on sooner. the guy wanted me to wait before taking pics so he could have his doors rehung and his kickboards trimming down. Il put them on now....if i can work out how to......
There we go!
Uncalibrated Modular Slate from Topps. First time laying it. Had fun but wouldnt do another one in a hurry!!

Thanks Again

 

[thompsonbrown]

Looks great
I used the same tiles from topps and found them a nightmare. Had to use 9m2 to do a 5m2 bathroom floor. Most packs had at least 1 tile that was either bent, fell apart or was so heavely stained with rust it was unusable.

Your other bathroom that took 9 1/2 days should have left you feeling proud, not left questioning your tiling speed.
Without knowing the problems you faced with the state of the walls, it would be hard to estimate how long it should have taken.
Being your first time fitting limestone tiles, problems encountered with the walls and a customer constantally "clock watching", its credit to you that they got the finish they did.

Taking your limestone tiles around corner of walls and mosaic's against ceiling, could not have been have been done any better in my opinion.
I feel sorry that this thread is not listed as "how to tile correctly using stone"

 

[gamma38]

Like the other guys are saying, nice work there.

 

[widler]

Yup ive done the same tiles, about 50m2, bad bad tiles,but the end product looks the dogs .
Great job

 

[Ajax123]

If you're on a day rate then I guess the customer has a right to expect you to work to a good standard at a reasonable speed. If you are on a job job price what does it really matter how long it takes. Tricky jobs take time to do properly either way IMO.

 

[Tiler Blackpool]

Looks great
I used the same tiles from topps and found them a nightmare. Had to use 9m2 to do a 5m2 bathroom floor. Most packs had at least 1 tile that was either bent, fell apart or was so heavely stained with rust it was unusable.

Your other bathroom that took 9 1/2 days should have left you feeling proud, not left questioning your tiling speed.
Without knowing the problems you faced with the state of the walls, it would be hard to estimate how long it should have taken.
Being your first time fitting limestone tiles, problems encountered with the walls and a customer constantally "clock watching", its credit to you that they got the finish they did.

Taking your limestone tiles around corner of walls and mosaic's against ceiling, could not have been have been done any better in my opinion.
I feel sorry that this thread is not listed as "how to tile correctly using stone"

Thanks a lot for that. The tiles WERE an absolute nightmare. Although the customer wanted me to use all the tiles in the packs so i even had to lay the bent ones! and as you can see on the pics, there are all sorts of white blob like marks on them.some natural marks look great on natural stone but these look a bit ugly. Never the less the finished job as a whole looked great.:hurray: