travertine

Travertine ( TRA-vər-teen) is a form of terrestrial limestone deposited around mineral springs, especially hot springs. Travertine often has a fibrous or concentric appearance and exists in white, tan, cream-colored, and even rusty varieties. It is formed by a process of rapid precipitation of calcium carbonate, often at the mouth of a hot spring or in a limestone cave. In the latter, it can form stalactites, stalagmites, and other speleothems. It is frequently used in Italy and elsewhere as a building material.
Similar (but softer and extremely porous) deposits formed from ambient-temperature water are known as tufa.

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  1. J

    Grey adhesive on natural Travertine tiles and grout applied before sea

    Hello everyone. My builder has just laid and grouted natural travertine tiles in my cloakroom and has told me that I need to seal them. When I bought the sealant I was chatting with the sales advisor and he said that the golden rules of laying travertine tiles are:- Apply sealant before...
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    • adhesive aus grey grout natural tile tile adhesive tile grout tiles travertine usa
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  2. J

    new build house travertine ivory light

    just dropped in on a project i finished in october to take a few photos. plot 1 from which photos appear below has been dressed with furniture on hire and on the market . this way of showing off a new house is very popular now as it gives a much better impression as to what new home owner house...
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    • aus house light new build travertine usa
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  3. Sean Kelly

    Travertine not square.

    Arrived at customers house this morning to find dots of lipstick on the tiles I set the previous day. Apparently the customer want’s the tiles changed because the tiles do not have sharp enough corners. The tiles are Topps 30x30 honed and filled travertine @ £1.60 a tile. There are only a...
  4. E

    Why are my Travertine tiles cracking he asked!!

    Oh dear...:thumbsdown:
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    • aus crack cracking debonding tile tiles travertine usa
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  5. N

    Spillage of Travertine Floor

    Hi guys, i need a little advice please. I have accidently spllied some neat cillit Bang on my travertine floor. I got it up immediately with water. However now it has dried its left stain marks. Any Ideas on how to clean and remove the splash marks? Cheers Nick
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  6. D

    Paid for travertine, got filler

    Retail price of the travertine in our area (Cleveland, OH) was $11.99 but because we were purchasing so much, we paid $8.99 from TheTileShop. Once installed it became obvious that not only was the filler applied ALOT, but it was done very carelessly with long lines and blotchy areas all over...
  7. R

    Prep ready for Travertine

    Hi all I am currently undertaking the task of laying a new Travertine floor in my kitchen/dining room. Total area to cover is 65m2 and is a real mix of shapes and sizes room wise with a fireplace, nibs, nooks etc to negotiate. The floor is joist and 20mm tongue and groove floor board (mostly...
    • Richard
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    • aus prep travertine usa
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  8. T

    Light travertine floor what ceramic wall tiles would go nice with it?

    Hi Guys 1st post so be gentle, We are looking to strip and re fit our downstairs shower room. The room is 2.7m by 2.0m there is a shower, sink and wc in it. Floor is concrete walls and mix of stud and blockall plaster boarded. We have ordered the sanitary which white and showerframe chrome and...
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  9. A

    sealing a showere waste on travertine tiles

    Howdy y'all, been asked to re-tile a shower area. Cust wants travertine mosaics on floor, wht ceramic on walls. Thinking a bout using 'Homelux' sealing system on walls and floor. My questions are; With so many grout lines what is the best way to seal the shower waste on to travertine tiles...
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  10. N

    Cracked travertine foor tiles underfloor heating!!! help please

    Hello, advice needed I have recently moved into a lovely house, it is 8 years old and has underfloor heating. I have noticed that the floor in the Kitchen has started to crack the tiles (4"X4") just by the outside wall. I found 2 cracked at first but now a couple of weeks later I have found 3...
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    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  11. D

    Silver travertine tiles - but what colour grout?

    Hi all, I'm in the process of tiling our bathroom walls in a silver travertine (effect) ceramic tile. (36x28cms) I'm unsure of what colour grout to use. I was thinking grey but the wife is worried that the tiles will all blend in together giving no definition to the tiles, and that it will...
    • Danox
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    • aus colour grout tile tile grout tiles travertine usa what
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  12. D

    What you charging for Travertine per metre ,aus/uk and

    Is it the same regardless of size. i managed to negotiate a day rate for these 900x450 back breakers . Just working out how it compares to if I had to quote the whole job . Cheers
  13. C

    DIY Travertine in Bath

    Hello Everyone! First off, let me thank everyone for all the wonderful knowledge and more importantly, wisdom, on this forum. I am a DIY'er and not even much of that, I work in IT and well, I think that says it all. That being said, I'm hiring a family friend to remodel 2 bathrooms in my home...
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    • aus bath bathroom diy do it yourself floor kitchen travertine usa walls and floor
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  14. D

    Help locating post on Tips when working with Travertine

    Read a great post on this but can't find it - anyone ?? cheers Dave
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  15. S

    Travertine shower tray

    Hi we have installed numerous travertine shower trays with success , however ... Recently after a year or so i have had people coming back to us saying they have cracked ??? ... They have always been solid bed fixed with white flexi and we have used ditra matting too as an extra precaution ...
    • stonegallery
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    • aus shower shower tray travertine tray usa
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  16. O

    Travertine Bathroom

    Hi All Your thoughts ££££££££ on this first floor bathroom refurb... Remove 50m2 of existing wall tiles. Tile 50m2 walls with 600 x 400 travertine(with 2 windows) Overboard 13m2 floor with 10mm Marmox,SLC over electric UFH matting and tile the floor with 600 x 400 travertine To include...
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    • aus bathroom travertine usa
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  17. M

    Tiling the en suite, travertine onto tanked walls

    Hi all, I've been looking all over the site and I think I have a plan... So, I've fitted the shower tray, taped all the joints and tanked the lot as per the guidlines using the Mapei tanking kit. And it's been left to fully cure for about 3 days. The tiles are travertine 610 x 405 x 12mm and...
    • monkey3
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    • aus tiling travertine usa wall walls
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    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  18. C

    Unfilled Travertine Mosaic

    Fitted a travertine mosaic feature wall this morning (approx 4sq.m) - Its 'unfinished' rather than filled and honed - would you seal this before grouting or after? Obviously the grout is going to fill any holes but can't make up my mind if sealing before or after is going to be better? Cheers
    • CDS
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    • aus mosaic mosaic tiling mosaics travertine usa
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    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  19. B

    Cleaning a Travertine Floor

    I hope someone can help. I have a 25sqm Travertine Floor and was quoted lots of money to get this floor professionally cleaned. Thus, I was hoping to have a go myself. The person that quoted me said he would polish the floor so it will be waterproof, and will not need doing again for 6 years. I...
    • bunnycd
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    • aus cleaning floor floor tiling travertine usa
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    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  20. Y

    Walls, Travertine Tiles and Problems, advice and help needed!

    Hi All, I have for the past 24 hours getting to grips with a lot of issues with regard to tiling and how a job in my home has gone a wee bit wrong. So the story begins with a total bathroom refit. Quotes gathered picked the best company and the job commenced. The room was a bare room with...
    • YNWA2012
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