Tiler messed up laying natural slate

[doug boardley]

..... and if you've got a fireguard, place that where chips will be flying off at, don't want fixtures and fittings damaged

 

[tim222]

What is happening is its taking the tile down level with the grout line in about 2 or 3 inches so instead of the toe stubber it slopes up to the edge of the tile. is this right ?
Just going to try to take a picture
Tim

 

[tim222]

Have tried to attach here

 

[DHTiling]

If you wanted a flat tiled floor then why choose natural split slate..?

It is a riven stone and these are characteristics of natural split...

 

[tim222]

Hi Dave,

You mis-understand me ! I did not want flat, thats why I chose it, however I did expect the edges of the tile to meet flush, the pictures do not really tell the story, on some of them there is a 5mm or more discrepancy on the edge of the tile sticking up above the other.
If this is normal then fine I can live with normal and stop stressing about it :8:

However if its bad workmanship which I suspect it is then it will bug me forever and I need to change it so it won't.

In the picture where I chisled the edge of do you think that it will look ok when its sealed ?

Tim

 

[DHTiling]

Depending on the quality of the slate you can get warped pieces and that can cause lipping that is removed as already mentioned and also by giving a slightly wider joint and not washing to much grout out as hollow joints will make it look worse..

Just remove the worst bits with a chisel and it will sheer the top of another layer...then seal and it will look fine...that is the best thing with riven natural split and it doesn't show..

 

[tim222]

Thank you, I will knock the edges off and report back when its sealed.

Thanks to all.

Tim

 

[CJ]

To be honest.............It looks ok to me. For riven slate.

I would'nt really say that that is bad workmanship.

Unless you go for honed slate...........you are going to get the slight lipping.

You will never get riven slate with all 4 edges the same thickness.

If you wanted flat..........you should have gone for Honed :dizzy2:


Although, in the picture, it looks flat..............believe me, there are more lips than a gospel choir

 

[tim222]

Thanks to all, I dressed the steps and sealed it with Lithofin and they look good at the moment ! My house is very old and they look like they have been there forever !

Tim

 

[doug boardley]

is that a result then Tim?