Recent Job

[jonnyc]

I think I would have either replaced the skirting with a stone upstand or painted the skirting and wood across the riser the same colour as the stone to make it 'disappear'

You may lose the symmetry with the r/h/s skirting but I still think it would look better than it standing out like it does now

On left side it would look right with all stone skirting but then not be in keeping with wood skirting around rest of landing.

 

[jonnyc]

Different thicknesses not a problem but the guy who started the job used all the thin ones and then we had to try and patch up with thick tiles and he only had abut 2-3 mm bed of adhesive under them. There were a few with honing marks on them,mainly along the short edge of them for about 4 inches.nice heavy tiles though definitely a 2 man job

Ok I understand now . Really nice stone . Did yours come from artisans or somewhere else

 

[John Benton]

On left side it would look right with all stone skirting but then not be in keeping with wood skirting around rest of landing.

That was my thought but maybe keep the white skirting on the left but paint the white on the riser, to me it just looks like it spoils the fantastic work you have done and looks like it's just stuck on to fill a gap

 

[John Benton]

Just done some of that limestone from Oman myself. Same size but thicknesses varied from 17 to 23 mm. The stone had string spacers as well but I didn't notice any stains on the stone. The original tiler had started with all the thin stone first though and no decoupling mat. It had cracked all through kitchen and conservatory within a couple of months so we had to rip out lay ditra and get the limestone thinned out at a quarry. Lovely stone though when it's down. Think it comes from ca pietra down south west way

@wayne Just found out this week that Tiles and Mosaics are now supplying Ca Pietra, if you ever need it

 

[jonnyc]

That was my thought but maybe keep the white skirting on the left but paint the white on the riser, to me it just looks like it spoils the fantastic work you have done and looks like it's just stuck on to fill a gap

Why cover the riser at all .that is part of staircase

 

[jonnyc]

@wayne Just found out this week that Tiles and Mosaics are now supplying Ca Pietra, if you ever need it

I'll look it up thanks

 

[John Benton]

Why cover the riser at all .that is part of staircase

Exactly, is it to cover an expansion joint, was the floor laid after the tiles were fixed?

 

[jonnyc]

Yes

 

[John Benton]

That strip across the riser must be to cover the expansion joint

 

[wayne]

Cheers John. It's mainly supplied when we get to the jobs but always handy to know I can get it local. The adhesive they send is called stone essentials I think. 6 hour set time and 90-120 minute pot life. Nice gear to use as well.