Stepped slate cladding

[wayne]

Anyone on here fitted this? It's the one with staggered joints. Do you half bond the next course or use the off cut as the next course. Customer wasnt sure so I thought I would ask on here. Any advice would be welcome as I'm starting job tomorrow night cheers

 

[Tony73]

do you mean brick style tiling wall?

 

[wayne]

They are 600x150 strips stuck together solid with different thicknesses. There from mrs stone website I would post a link but don't know how to.Stepped Slate Wall Cladding Panel Brazilian Black 600x150 | MO060 | Products | Mrs Stone Store

 

[wayne]

Hope that works

 

[Tony73]

what are you tiling? Done some bathrooms but with max. 2mm lippage and used 600x50x10mm slate

 

[Tony73]

I'd say less then 2mm :smilewinkgrin:

 

[wayne]

It's an entrance to a dentists. They are like a solid mosaic but some tiles are ten mm and some are 20mm on the same sheet so they are stepped.no joints as its a feature wall 1m x2.2m

 

[Tony73]

no joints? i think you could use off cut as next course as they all random. don't forget to seal them. Is there mesh on back side? maby some other members will give you some more advice

 

[jonnyc]

ive seen this before but never fixed it.
but have fixed plenty of the porcelain slips/fingers that interlock.
i would say these will be easier.
first you dont have to grout them.
dont have to worry about lips because that part of the feature.
secondly with the porcelain that are on interlocking sheets you have to pin them up to stop them slumping down .
in your case looks like you only have lay on top of each other.
probably worth using grey in case you get adhesive squeezing out, and less obvoius if bits of gey get stuck in tight joints.
the one problem i do think you should be careful of is if you are asked to seal. there will always be a danger of sealer running down face and leaving marks.
you could using someting like stainstop in a bottle and spray on but make sure you wear a mask.
stainstop will be more user friendly than say hg impregnator or slate seal which are thicker and more dificult to use without run marks on a face like that.
regarding how to set out courses, ithink i would stagger each course randomly otherwise you get this repeat step effect.
i will see if i can post a couple of pics in aminute of how i set out two feature walls in slips at random stagger.
and maybe can fins one where asked to lay in line underneath which didnt look so good.

 

[Tony73]

usualy i use small roller to seal slate, and seal tiles before fit, so no running. Or he could use cloth

 

[wayne]

Got to seal them with ltp mattstone. The sheets are all the same pattern so just wasn't sure to line a thick one next to a thin one or if it will look better totally random

 

[jonnyc]

random better . still looking for a photo to post to show difference

 

[Stef]

We used something very similar in a pub refurd a few months ago.

When we tiled the front of the bar & i stood back you could see a line carrying up over 4/5 sheets as we just cut the end off square.

Next time we do them i would stagger all joints even though they are very hard to see. We used a grey addy for the same reason jonny states.

We sealed with stainstop. bought a hozelock pressurised bottle & i sealed 15m2 in under a minute, perfect for the job.

 

[Tony73]

And i allways clean slate with fine wire wool before seal

 

[jonnyc]

sorry cant find the other set which were exactly the same tiles but in next plot , but those were laid on top of each rather than staggered. think you will see from this that you dont really seea repeat or least i dont think you do.

 

[Tony73]

looking good jonnyc