First Time Limestone Floor

[J Sid]

assuming they get fixed correctly, what about the cleaning and sealing procedure @Makone

 

[Stef]

See - I don't get it with some of you folk - I have fixed thousands of metres of stone without decouplers, many times directly in a sand and cement bed.

All you have to do is make sure is that everything you do is compatible with your workflow.

& here's a limestone floor fixed to a screed without a decoupler, all be it a badly laid screed.
I have repaired this floor 3 times, they were told at install to decouple but I'm only a daft tiler, what do I know.

 

[Spare Tool]

& here's a limestone floor fixed to a screed without a decoupler, all be it a badly laid screed.
I have repaired this floor 3 times, they were told at install to decouple but I'm only a daft tiler, what do I know.

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...and here's another

 

[Stef]

...and here's another View attachment 81780

Stone is too soft to fit without decoupling it from the substrate.

 

[Italy]

Anti-fracture Matting for Floors Subject to Limited Movement | Tilemaster Adhesives

thanks marc.
tile master. there is no in Italy.
similar products. There are ?
mapei seen. but it seems not. specific like tilemaster

 

[Camper]

The Anhydrate-Screed needs to be prepped properly!

1) Calcium-Carbide Moister measurement test. The moisture can't exceed 0.5% (with UFH 0.3%)
2) Laitence layer removed
3) Prime
4) Tiling can begin
5)Decoupling is not needed, to avoid cracking(longevity) movement joints need to be installed correctly!

 

[Bill]

Stone is too soft to fit without decoupling it from the substrate.

nonsense...s'pose the Egyptians were wrong too?

 

[Bill]

& here's a limestone floor fixed to a screed without a decoupler, all be it a badly laid screed.
I have repaired this floor 3 times, they were told at install to decouple but I'm only a daft tiler, what do I know.

So this, in your own opinion, was a badly laid screed....so maybe that was the problem and not the actual fixing?

 

[Stef]

nonsense...s'pose the Egyptians were wrong too?

& how did they fix???
They fixed on top of a layer of sand that acted as a decoupler.

 

[Italy]

& how did they fix???
They fixed on top of a layer of sand that acted as a decoupler.

exact