slate

[cutmore]

hi all.i want 2 put slate flooring in my kichen.can anybody give me advice because i would like it as smooth as posssible is it called callerbrated and is it exspensive?

 

[wivers]

If ya want a smooth finish then yes get Callerbrated.

Can be expensive all depends on where you buy.

What will you be tiling to?

 

[enduro]

I have slate on my kitchen floor, its a bloody nightmare keeping clean. Going to rip it up this summer and put something else down. Sorry thats not the answer you wanted to hear.

 

[White Room]

Just done a calibrated slate the guy got them for £10m2 of e-bay for the hallway and kitchen, They where rubbish, Agree with enduro they are going to be a nightmare to keep clean

 

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[JOHNNYCLARKE]

im starting an 80.00 sq mt slate floor tomorrow.

=I think the best stuff around is from brazil if you want a slate that is calibrated , fairly smooth on top and easy to look after.

Done all the others ,s.african/indian/ chinese/welsh/delabol:
thousands of metres for Fired earth years ago but this brazilian stuff is great.
You can even get a honed version calibrated which is stunning for bathroom walls, splashbacks /feature walls.

And they dont even cost much!!

Mandarin sell it. european heritage sell it cheaper .
Andulasian slate do it as well.
in fact loads of people do it and I have tried at least five different suppliers and quality seems to be very similar.
Maybe the same importer supplies everyone.
Its that good that i would fix with an average 3mm joint and not get lips worth worrying about.

jOhnny

 

[enduro]

Still wouldnt have it on a kitchen floor again.

 

[JOHNNYCLARKE]

what slate do you have on your kitchen floor, enduro?

i bet its not brazilian !

Johnny

 

[enduro]

I have laid all types of slate, and i haven't found any i would lay in my kitchen, also done a bathroom walls for a customer with fired earth slate, beautifully flat, looked really good when finished..But customer told me its a nightmare to keep clean...the only good thing that slate has going for it is I'm starting to get a lot of calls for my new buisness stone floor cleaning as i have a very good machine for cleaning it

 

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thanks matey

 

[protilers]

calibrated means each tile is the same thickness i.e 10mm.

rectified means they are the same size i.e 305 x 305

dead flat means you want "honed slate" like what they use under snooker tables!!!!
if you want it with a texture you need to buy "riven" slate.

P.s always buy calobrated slate,uncalobrated slate is cheaper to purchase, but it will cost you a lot more in adhesive and labour due to the extra work involved in getting a solid bed of adhesive!!!!!!!! unless the tiler is chancing his luck!, all professionals will qoute a higher price for tiles that are not square and/or not equal thickness.....good luck!

 

[Ric]

ive got that cheap topps slate on my kitchen floor, wish i hadn't bothered now. Shows up every speckle of dirt! although when it is clean for the 10 mins after its been vacummed must say it looks quite nice.

 

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ok matey

 

[enduro]

My very first tiling job was 95sqm of uncalibrated slate, i was on day work luckily, but it took me nearly two days just sorting the slate out before i even started to lay any.

 

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do have any other ideas.how abuot matt black unpolished pocailin.