Travertine Stairs

[Dimbo]

I have been asked to tile a concrete staircase with Travertine tiles inside a small block of flats (2 risers of 6 steps and a small landing)
not a huge job but the thing that is worrying me, is the time the stairs will be out of action, can I use rapid set adhesive with travertine? as people will want to use the stairs (there's always one!)
And what about the "slip" of the tiles when wet? (from rain) is there a "anti slip" solution I could coat the tiles with?

Thanks in advance for any help or insights you may give me

 

[diamondtiling]

You can use rapid set for travertine, as for someone wanting to use the steps whilst I was tiling them the polite answer would be "find a lift" or impolite answer would be "where would you like this piece of tile shoving"

:smilewinkgrin:

 

[nybor62]

you could use a none slip strip at the front edge of each step .you can get various colours & sizes . recently did a large apartment block in london .6 storey all stairs tiled .we had 2 use the edgeing strip + it had to be in a different colour . as it needed two stand out from the floor tile.even though the tile was none slip we had two use it

 

[Dimbo]

Non slip "treads" will spoil the tiled effect (I did mention taking the treads from the carpet and re-attaching to the tiles, but they were not keen on that, as it would detract from the tiles!)
and yes I would like to stick tile splinters in there eyes, but there is always one awkward ************ who just has to ask!
but using rapid set will solve that problem (and only that one!!)

 

[Scott]

Arent there self adhesive strips that can be stick over the edge? Im sure ive seen two tramlines on concrete stairs?

 

[DHTiling]

You could bespoke some 3mm grooves into the tile face to prevent slippage..

 

[Scott]

Good idea Dave, if you cant do them yourself then you can get them routed by companies that make granite kitchen worktops. They have cost me £25 each groove before though for draining grooves in work tops

 

[DHTiling]

I have the Dewalt D24000 and i can do them on there with the adjustable plunge feature..

 

[White Room]

rrr:rrr:

 

[Scott]

Of course, but the cuts for draining rooves are half round and are pitched in depth too.

 

[DHTiling]

What's that got to do with stair treads..:lol:... OH! and you can get fluting wheels for the Dewalt..:smilewinkgrin:

 

[hillhead]

steps:drool5:
lol.
Litofin do an anti slip polish type gear,i think it might be for polished surfaces though,
it's also irreversible.

 

[Scott]

Pitched depth from one side to the other to drain the water so you dont get a puddle :drool5:

 

[DHTiling]

Pitched depth from one side to the other to drain the water so you dont get a puddle :drool5:

On an encased stair tread..imp2:..

I see your point on worktops.. they look good.

 

[stoner]

In my experience you need to put some kind of stainless steel edge on trav anyway, trav is very soft and the edges will look like an hamster's been at them within months.