travertine bathroom

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spaced69

Hi guys

this is my 1st experience with travertine :)
i am tiling my upstairs bathroom 1.8m x 1.8m completely. The tiles, adhesive, sealer are being delivered next week. The supplier has assured me that it is ok to fix to new plaster as i recently plastered all walls. And he suggests usin acrylic primer on walls and also suggests using 1/4 marine ply for the floor.

Does this sound ok or any tips welcome.

Thnx Carl

ps on a strict budget as bloody mrs talked me into travertine as oposed to std ceramic
 
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Rich

I dont use tub and Im not saying to use tub... Tub is the devil.

I have always primed plasterboard before tiling (with powder as I dont use tub) because I thought it was what mapei recommened but after having a look it says that their powder addys need all gypsum substrates primed, I took that to include plasterboard.

So just to sum up, dont use tub, tub is bad. :smilewinkgrin:
 
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spaced69

thnx guys for help

i have bought platerboard adhesive to fix board to block...i will then secure with screws/plugs
the supplier is sending pro flexible adhesive 20k bags
im sure someone mentioned i should prime with acrylic as to prevent moisture....but if you guys say it ok to use adhesive staight on bare board...i can live with that
i also orderd another litre of sealer as i believe they need sealing twice...once after fixing...then again after grout and cleaned
still concerned that 2x 1ltr of sealer doesnt sound enough...but guy said one should suffice
 
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oneburge

Stumbled across this thread and coincidentally have been looking to purchase the same deal as in the aforementioned ebay link. Have asked a few questions from the supplier (like the manafacturers of the supplied products) and have found out the following: " The adhesive is made by Palace Chemicals, the grout by Ceresit and the sealer is made by Rubinet". Pretty reasonable manfacturers from what I can research, anyone beg to differ?

I'd be interested to hear from OP as to the quality of the travertine. Ordered a sample so lets see what shows up, as you say, could be anything...
 
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Scott

A sample of the travertine wont mean anything unless its from the crate you are buying! I will never buy stone again unless i have seen the crate or a guaranteed sample of a decent size from it first. Having said that with stone like travetine they can send you a lovely piece and the rest of it could be full of filler. You certainly get what you pay for with travertine and i for one wouldnt spend anything less that £25/30 metre. So dont expect too much for your money when buying from the internet.

That of course is just my opinion :)
 
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oneburge

Appreciate your opinion Scottley.

And hence the dilemna. I have about 2 weeks to buy wall tiles and am not sure what to go for; my budget is fairly restricted (about £15 per m2) and I need about 20m2 of tiles. I could go for poor - average quality travertine online, or a travertine effect ceramic. However, the ceramics I've seen are fairly obviously just printed, with no real depth to them. Need to get myself to some more tile stores methinks...
 
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