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cutmore
hi all.i want 2 put slate flooring in my kichen.can anybody give me advice because i would like it as smooth as posssible is it called callerbrated and is it exspensive?
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wivers
If ya want a smooth finish then yes get Callerbrated.
Can be expensive all depends on where you buy.
What will you be tiling to?
Can be expensive all depends on where you buy.
What will you be tiling to?
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enduro
I have slate on my kitchen floor, its a bloody nightmare keeping clean. Going to rip it up this summer and put something else down. Sorry thats not the answer you wanted to hear.
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White Room
Just done a calibrated slate the guy got them for £10m2 of e-bay for the hallway and kitchen, They where rubbish, Agree with enduro they are going to be a nightmare to keep clean
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cutmore
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JOHNNYCLARKE
im starting an 80.00 sq mt slate floor tomorrow.
=I think the best stuff around is from brazil if you want a slate that is calibrated , fairly smooth on top and easy to look after.
Done all the others ,s.african/indian/ chinese/welsh/delabol:
thousands of metres for Fired earth years ago but this brazilian stuff is great.
You can even get a honed version calibrated which is stunning for bathroom walls, splashbacks /feature walls.
And they dont even cost much!!
Mandarin sell it. european heritage sell it cheaper .
Andulasian slate do it as well.
in fact loads of people do it and I have tried at least five different suppliers and quality seems to be very similar.
Maybe the same importer supplies everyone.
Its that good that i would fix with an average 3mm joint and not get lips worth worrying about.
jOhnny
=I think the best stuff around is from brazil if you want a slate that is calibrated , fairly smooth on top and easy to look after.
Done all the others ,s.african/indian/ chinese/welsh/delabol:
thousands of metres for Fired earth years ago but this brazilian stuff is great.
You can even get a honed version calibrated which is stunning for bathroom walls, splashbacks /feature walls.
And they dont even cost much!!
Mandarin sell it. european heritage sell it cheaper .
Andulasian slate do it as well.
in fact loads of people do it and I have tried at least five different suppliers and quality seems to be very similar.
Maybe the same importer supplies everyone.
Its that good that i would fix with an average 3mm joint and not get lips worth worrying about.
jOhnny
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enduro
Still wouldnt have it on a kitchen floor again.
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JOHNNYCLARKE
what slate do you have on your kitchen floor, enduro?
i bet its not brazilian !
Johnny
i bet its not brazilian !
Johnny
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enduro
I have laid all types of slate, and i haven't found any i would lay in my kitchen, also done a bathroom walls for a customer with fired earth slate, beautifully flat, looked really good when finished..But customer told me its a nightmare to keep clean...the only good thing that slate has going for it is I'm starting to get a lot of calls for my new buisness stone floor cleaning as i have a very good machine for cleaning it
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cutmore
thanks matey
