Polished marble flooring by newbie / amatuer

[Martyn Leeds]

So it sounds like the job's all done??

Any pics of the finished bathroom?? Everyone likes pics...

 

[darron]

:mad2: HAHAHAHAHAHA Nowhere near :24:finished. Whole job's been one snag after another. Wrong thickness ply, stores all closed over the Easter hols. Wrong plumbing fittngs (relocation of toilet and sink and trying to match new metric sizes to old 1960's imperial plumbing!!!). Plus I'm having to learn new skills (?!?!?!?!) as I go along. Having a small room to work in means everythings in the way of everything else (its only a 2 bedroom house so not really anywhere to store tools / equipment / materials)
I've taken a few photos with phone-camera of before and during work so far. Will upload when I can find the cable that connects my phone to my computer!!!!
Oh, I've also discovered that tile spacers dont really work that well with tiles that have rounded corners hopefully it wont look too bad when its all grouted in. At least the floor looks nice :8:
Did I say that I was learning as I went along?

 

[darron]

Start of project
Before Armageddon
Bath removed, parquet flooring removed
New toilet installed along with sink pedestal on top of polished cappucino marble flooring (not fully grouted)
Right hand wall (plasterboard) - old tiles removed and starting to put up new ones with mosaic inserts (actually left-overs from kitchen... NOT burnt waffles!!!:smilewinkgrin
Left hand wall (external wall, brick with a veneer of plaster) still has old tiles on. They are well and truly stuck so am considering just tiling over them (I've gotta go back to work asap!). They have been horizontally, vertically and diagonally deep scored with a diamond cutter so hopefully the new tile cement can grip and not let the new ones slide to the floor! - if anyone has a better idea that doesnt involve ripping old tiles off and replastering the wall I'm all ears :bigear:

 

[darron]

Wise man (not me sadly :dunce2: ) once said: Man who uses 4" tiles will be tiling forever!!!

Methinks should've used bigger tiles (but the liitle ones were a hell of a lot cheaper!!!!)

:beatdeadhorse5: Ever get the feeling a job's never gonna be finished :bigcry:

 

[Dan]

Take your time and make sure you're cleaning as you go!

 

[Oliver3]

Hi,
On the marble sublect, i've got porch to tile in polished marble, can anybody reccommend a decent sealer?
Cheers.

 

[darron]

the sealer I've used is FILA 'Polished Travertine and Marble Protector ~ Stain Protection'

500ml tin covers 20m2. Easy to apply, just brush (make sure its a real good quality soft paint brush with no loose hairs) or use a gloss roller (more even coverage). Leave it to dry (it says 12 hrs on the tin but mine was dry in less than 3 hours ~ warm room ~) then polish off with a nice clean soft cloth or use a polisher ( I cheated and used a cheap twin handle electric car polisher with a new pad - worked brilliantly!!!! :8:

MY Note apply a small amount in a inconspicuous area first to check for any possible colour change.

Good luck!!

EDIT::: You might want to use a few coats in a high traffic area and can I suggest a mat outside the door to limit the amount of grit / dirt being walked in as this may well scratch the surface of the marble??