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

 

[cutmore]

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.

 

[cutmore]

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.

 

[cutmore]

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

 

[protilers]

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

easy to maintain, flat as in "honed" apperance and should be the same price to install as honed slate, the main difference is you can spill almost anything on it and it will not mark (after sealing naturally)

slate will need a reseal about once every 12-18 months, which depending on the product you use to seal the slate for you required asthetic, may or may not need to be stripped off first....