Travertine ? - Domestic Kitchen floor tiles material

[sranners]

put some pics on, have a look. the pic with no bath pannel on and bumpy white on the wall is tops trave but i picked it. have fun laying it and take your time.
see ya.

 

[Gazebo]

Just off the top of my head and if you are doing it yourself, travertine is quite brittle and requires to be wet cut which adds time. It also generally requires to be sealed before grouting and after. The substrate has also to be well preped. Don't let this put you off as it's nice when it's down.

Is this right.? i have 200x100mm honed and filled travertine on 10sqm of flooring to do and do i need to wet cut all cuts.? some of you say seal after grouting only, or should i seal top of tile 1st before fixing.?

confused now.
Gary

 

[merlecollins]

As sranners has previously said, always check the back of eacn and every tile and fill the backs, i.e.with your adhesive spread a layer to fill all the voids left in the stone, - just use the flat edge of your serator and scrape all the excess of leaving only the holes filled, so that you keep a uniform thickness for fixing.

Also, I would check for snips in rectified stone and remove any for cuts or areas under tables, etc if you're tight for tiles. :8: I like to use a nice tight joint with a rectified tile.

Lithofin MN Stainstop has always proved to be the best sealer for Trav. IMO, as it is more watery than others and soaks in better, with honed trav. being quite a dense stone.:hurray:

Deffo use a wet cutter.

 

[doug boardley]

Is this right.? i have 200x100mm honed and filled travertine on 10sqm of flooring to do and do i need to wet cut all cuts.? some of you say seal after grouting only, or should i seal top of tile 1st before fixing.?

confused now.
Gary

I seal after grouting gary

 

[sranners]

Hi again, as you dont tile all the time i would seal befor tiling then they will wash up better and quicker after grouting. A big yes to the wet cutter but the other way is to use a angle grinder with a tile disk but it can be dangerous.