Quartzite white wall tiles ......help please

[blocko]

Has anybody fitted any Quartzite white wall tiles/ ledge stones or have any photos of these fitted. I can only find photos of them cut or stacked in some remote chinese quarry!!!

Also what adhesives were used if you did fit these?

Thanks in advance....got a kitchen to tile so these are to be fitted on splashbacks as well as a feature wall

[Dave]

As in heavy overhang style..?

[blocko]

Yes Dave, I think some quarries call it the snow white/super white/statuario ledge wall stone/stack stone/ cladding panel. The type that has the dramatic shadow effect when up (or down) lit

I can only find very limited info on these despite hours of searching

[Dave]

Never fixed them but i do know you don't grout ffs.


Honestly though.. stagger the fixing on alternative rows and keep it clean.. the ones i have seem are flat'ish backed.. so use a suitable depth trowel to suit thickness..

[blocko]

Yes, I have heard of a few people who have tried grouting them

The sample I have seen is very good quality, and the individual fingers seem to be resin bonded to form a 600x200 slab (weighs a tonne!!!). The back seemed very flat too. Im interested in getting as much info as possible and images to show client

[jay]

Depending on the style you may need tile wedges to try and space evenly . try to keep adh to a minimum so as not to squeeze out between fingers

[Dave]

Same here.. the ones i have seen are megga weight..

Seems a few comps are importing them.

[jay]

Might be worth using a C2 adh as well depends on the amount of resin on the back

[jay]

Try this link scroll down to installation and click there might help Rock Panels | Stacked Stone Veneer Wall Cladding for Interior and Exterior Feature Walls

also if you google stack rock might help

[blocko]

Might be worth using a C2 adh as well depends on the amount of resin on the back

Very little resin Jay, just a tiny bit of resin squeezing out of each joint of finger.

Was thinking of the old faithful Mapei Kerquick (with Latex plus) to achieve C2FT (S2)

I will be putting marmox on walls for strength. The weight of the slabs alone is the weight of an average family car

[blocko]

Try this link scroll down to installation and click there might help Rock Panels | Stacked Stone Veneer Wall Cladding for Interior and Exterior Feature Walls

also if you google stack rock might help

Thanks Jay, they have some great images on there

[kilty55]

nano lite sounds a good addy for that job blocko

[Tomtiler]

i have used these a few couple of feature walls in a hotel in cumbernauld round a fireplace in ayr and also in the same hotel i fixed with a 4mm trowl with keraquick adhesive with the latex no pictures tho sorry