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What type of adhesive did you use...?...will get to the other questions in a min..
is the travertine honed and filled?I used SPF adhesive applyed with a mosaic trowel and pressed it on with the back of the trowel.
I set it out right so I had decent cuts around the toilet sink walls etc. the cut around the toilet was a nightmare mind. The line at the door is a Jaunty angle but thats just the way of of the dor frame. the floor is straight I believe
Sorry I said I was doing a tile border I am doing tile skirting around the outside.
quite concerned about this brittle travertine, I use a genesis cutter will this be adequete for the job? I really sont want to put everything through the wet saw...
the conservatory is dead square huge tiles so less to lay I thought I could do the job in 3 days (and an evening for the sealing) so £200 is good. or mybe the real reason is that I have no balls to charge top coin yet...
are you going to use an uncoupling membrane such as ditra matting?i would recommend it with travertine.yes it is. i`ll be using limestone grout 3mmand using a colour intensifier sealer
you are correct to use it between two different substrates but because travertine is brittle by nature then the decoupling will give extra strength in cases of movement(deflection) in the floor.I think you did mention that you were going to use a flexi adhesive...i think a two part flexi would be better.Also i would use the wet cutter for all cuts....hope this has been helpful to you.affraid not. although i am aware of a decoupling membrane my knowledge aint to good. I thought I only needed one if the subfloor changes like concrete to wood for example. the longest length is 6m. please correct me if I am wrong, still learning!!
I'd put trav through wetsaw unless you can hide the cuts under skirting (not forgetting perimeter expansion joint) it tends to cut like crumbly lancashire cheese sometimes. Silly price to charge tho' you should maybe try for an hourly rate 'til you build your speed and confidence up.I used SPF adhesive applyed with a mosaic trowel and pressed it on with the back of the trowel.
I set it out right so I had decent cuts around the toilet sink walls etc. the cut around the toilet was a nightmare mind. The line at the door is a Jaunty angle but thats just the way of of the dor frame. the floor is straight I believe
Sorry I said I was doing a tile border I am doing tile skirting around the outside.
quite concerned about this brittle travertine, I use a genesis cutter will this be adequete for the job? I really sont want to put everything through the wet saw...
the conservatory is dead square huge tiles so less to lay I thought I could do the job in 3 days (and an evening for the sealing) so £200 is good. or mybe the real reason is that I have no balls to charge top coin yet...
I used SPF adhesive applyed with a mosaic trowel and pressed it on with the back of the trowel.
I set it out right so I had decent cuts around the toilet sink walls etc. the cut around the toilet was a nightmare mind. The line at the door is a Jaunty angle but thats just the way of of the dor frame. the floor is straight I believe
Sorry I said I was doing a tile border I am doing tile skirting around the outside.
quite concerned about this brittle travertine, I use a genesis cutter will this be adequete for the job? I really sont want to put everything through the wet saw...
A genesis cutter wont cut stone and you will need a wet cutter with a bed that has a 600 cutting length to cut skirtin, they are big and when wet they are brittle.
the conservatory is dead square huge tiles so less to lay I thought I could do the job in 3 days (and an evening for the sealing) so £200 is good. or mybe the real reason is that I have no balls to charge top coin yet... I think the real reason is your chasing the buck supported by huge tiles so less to lay. You only have a vague or no comprehension of what you think you are doing. If you had the slightest idea then you would realise that on floors big tiles can be a tottaly different ball game to 30x30 bathroom floors
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