self build completed 10 years ago, large kitchen diner on 65mm hand mixed screed, with no stress relief joints & wet UFH!
Tiled with limestone, found that the tilers switched to cheaper adhesive not suitable for UFH approx a third of the way through the job, they then added flex fluid to the...
Builder on the job I'm on has blobbed these limestone on two window cills, not sure what adhesive was used but he was using grey rapidest on a bathroom so presume it would be that.. They were fitted six months ago and never been sealed, they have no tiles left so any ideas to sort besides...
Got some beswick tumbled limestone slabs to do in the new year, I have to cut a curve in some of them and dress the edge, was going to use a polishing pad from ATS what grit would you recommend for limestone.
Or anything else that I could attach to a grinder and use...
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I really would like some advice on installing limestone tiles on my kitchen floor.
After doing some research (i.e. google and talking to a few tilers) the order of install seems to be: ply, UFH, levelling compound/adhesive, white tile adhesive, limestone tile. Is this the right way...
It's been a while since I've laid an opus layout, probably 3 years, they don't seem as popular as they once were, I think it's a timeless layout, anyway I have just completed this one in Derbyshire and thought I would share it. 185w underfloor heating fitted first, then the stone, which took on...
It's all gone wrong... we were trying to do a Chanel style soft white limestone with real limestone tiles on the wall and the sealant has turned it yellow and with a nasty sheen. Looks even yellower against the slate effect floor. Can we get it looking chalky matt finish off-white again? Is...
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The customer has decided to have the new kitchen floor tiled in the above tumbled limestone, 600 x 400, what is the best way to cut the tiles, I assume a wet saw will stain the limestone? or do I need to seal them before cutting?
I was going to put detra matting on top of the existing floor...
Having some limestone tiles installed, they are very porous. For the floor they are 450x450x20mm and walls are 600x300x15mm.
Currently only the floor area has been laid with part of the entrance to the hall. The wall area has had part laid and grouted. Unfortunately the installer was under...
Good afternoon guys I need a bit of advice or recommendations of what to do next regarding my black limestone in my garden as it looks like a catastrophe.
I was informed by the previous homeowner that the black limestone was on treated and it just naturally faded and was informed by someone...
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Have a large area 110 Sqm to be tiled on new screed on Ditra with an 18mm limestone with small sized opus pattern.
My concern is the joint size, the floor has wet heating, and due to the normal issues of opus pattern the joint size needs to be kept very small to accommodate the...
I have recently completed a kitchen floor comprising of 600 x 900 x 15(ish) polished limestone.
The limestone came as part of a 'bespoke' kitchen order and the floor was part of a very tight schedule!
The stone came in 2 crates. In one crate the tiles looked nice with neat edges and an obvious...
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I am looking for the best way to joint Limestone paving after having sealed it.
If I were to use a sand and cement mix, I am from various sources and info gleaned, thinking of:
A dry mix of 2 dry building sand, 1 cement, plasticiser, SBR (quantity?) and possibly some cement colouring...
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From this forum I understand that I need to seal before jointing and understand that I need a combined impregnator and sealer.
My intention is to colour enhance the stone to get it back to black. I have come down to a choice between 2 products:
Romex colour enhancing sealer
Miracle 511...
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I have laid black limestone :-( and now have quite bad cement staining. I power washed it which I think has made things worse! Images below.
I have not yet done the jointing and on reading this forum know that I need to seal the flags before jointing. However, first I need to remove...
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Hi Folks. I am due to lay Dijon limestone tomorrow. In the past i have had to seal the reverse side of some limestone tiles prior to sealing as per the supplier instructions. But cant get this supplier to commit to saying yes or no to pre sealing. Normally the ones i dont seal just get back...
Hello everyone, just had my kitchen tiled with Dijon Tumbled Limestone, using Kerakoll Biogel white adhesive, on 50mm screed (dry), self levelled in places. My problem being is that nearly every tile has white streaks/ veining on it,(rough to the touch) making the floor unpleasant on the eye at...
Have a kitchen floor coming up using 15mm thick Polished Limestone.
Can anyone recommend the most suitable way to cut them.
Have a Sigma and a variety of grinder blades but would like to turn up with the correct tools and more importantly....knowledge.
Thanks!