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[QUOTE="Stuart_AC, post: 885299"] Hi All, Thought it would be good to give an an update on how I’m getting on with my project. I’m about 1/3 of the way through and thought I’d share some observations. [B]Tile[/B] Cutting the stone is easy – I bought a cheap ebay bridge saw for £300 which chews through it no problem. A small grinder also makes short work of it. When handling you have to be careful as the edges are fragile. It’s easy to pop a corner by standing it up without protection. A dollop of paint on the concrete floor even caused enough pressure to chip an edge when a tile was stood up momentarily. The tolerance of the tile has its own set of challenges. They’re 800x800 but on the odd occasion a tile can be +/- 1mm. So I have to be careful with tile selection when laying. They’re also honed and I’ve found that a few tiles have slightly bowed where the grinding operator has maybe run off the edges a bit too vigorously creating a bowed effect a bit like you’d see in a ceramic. It’s so minor it’s difficult to perceive but it left me scratching my head once or twice when I had 3 corners matching height perfectly and the 4th sitting high or low. [B]Laying the tile[/B] I’m using BAL PTB Rapid set adhesive and finding it good to use. This stone can be susceptible to moisture staining from the underside if rapid set isn’t used. There’s also the option to mix the PTB with an additive to quicken the set but I didn’t bother with that and have not had any issues. .... cont [ATTACH]94149[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]94150[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]94151[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]94152[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]94153[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]94154[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]94155[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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