Travertine tiles

[Radiantpaper]

How easy are the abouve to cut. Can it be done with a manual cutter or will i n3ed a dimond blade in an angle grinder?

 

[stusgsx]

:-/ never heard of them!

 

[Radiantpaper]

:-/ never heard of them!

Butter fingers Travertine

 

[kilty55]

hi there travertine tiles i assume radiant, yes a wet cutter or grinder...what substrate are you fixing them too and what addy etc?

cheers

 

[gamma38]

I presume you mean travertine?? you will need a wet cutter or a good angle grinder blade. They are very easy to cut but be aware of cheap tiles as they can be more filler than anything else and can fall apart easily.

 

[Radiantpaper]

Going onto sealed ply and BAL rapid set flexi adhesive.

 

[White Room]

How thick is the ply.....and a ditra should be used as well.

 

[Radiantpaper]

Not very thick about 5 mm whats ditra?

 

[area tiling]

Not very thick about 5 mm whats ditra?

You'd be better with nothing at all than 5mm plywood! Waste of time

 

[Rookery]

Presumably this is a timber floor such as t & g or chipboard over joists? Your ply overlay should be min 15mm thick WBP grade to comply with BS. Alternatively you could use a cement board such as Hardie. Ditra or the similar Durabase is an uncoupling membrane glued to the substrate onto which the tiles are glued. It is designed to prevent cracks in the tiles or grout and has waterproofing properties too. However, if the subfloor is not rigid and your prep is inadequate, products such as Ditra and flexi adhesive will not prevent cracks.

 

[andy8758]

I have always found that the best cutting of travertine (which has a habit of disintegrating in your hands) is to use a wet overhead electric cutter for all cuts - cleanest cut and minimal risk of causing tile to break.

However, any electric cutter will do a good job - although I find the dust generated by an angle grinder on travertine is hell (like a white cloud on everything) with a wet cutter most of the dust clogs up the waster tray in the cutter instead.

A manual cutter needs a lot of breaking power, and results in a lot of travertine disintegrating as you break it.

As for 5mm ply - no.no.no.no.lol!

 

[kilty55]

is the adhesive you ve bought grey or white, i wouldnt lay trav on 5mmply it will most probably fail

 

[Radiantpaper]

White was advised against grey. How would 9mm marine ply be?

 

[Martyn Leeds]

Diy??

 

[Radiantpaper]

Lol yes practice makes perfect

 

[area tiling]

As mentioned before 6mm tile backer board screwed and glued , with de coupler laid over the top! Do the job once !

 

[Bradma9]

Don't forget to seal the the tiles before and after grouting.