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The Legend; Phil Hobson RIP
Hi peeps, just a question and would appreciate any input, I am pricing a un-calibrated opus pattern slate floor. This is over a wet ufh system, my concerns are , would you think slate, given it's quite fragile nature would stand up to the heating / cooling cycle without shelling / flaking etc.? I have convinced the client to go with a de-coupling membrane.
As I have never laid slate over ufh, although I have laid loads of slate, I would like some other opinions. The other nagging question is, the slate is very bad for shape, riven finish both sides. I have pointed out to the client that even after grading the tiles and lots of bedding up etc, there will be some lippage. To which she replied " I don't want any lips".
The slate is from Tile Giant, I asked her to go back to the showroom and check out the display, telling her that the display tiles would have been chosen for their uniformity, even so there are 4mm/5mm lips on the display. Having returned to the TG store she is adamant she wants to use this tile.
As the pattern is opus ( five sizes) I am governed by the pattern for joint size. Normally with slate I would give 10mm/15mm joint, but in this case I am limited to 4mm/5mm joint. Any thoughts? Thanks, Phil.
As I have never laid slate over ufh, although I have laid loads of slate, I would like some other opinions. The other nagging question is, the slate is very bad for shape, riven finish both sides. I have pointed out to the client that even after grading the tiles and lots of bedding up etc, there will be some lippage. To which she replied " I don't want any lips".
The slate is from Tile Giant, I asked her to go back to the showroom and check out the display, telling her that the display tiles would have been chosen for their uniformity, even so there are 4mm/5mm lips on the display. Having returned to the TG store she is adamant she wants to use this tile.
As the pattern is opus ( five sizes) I am governed by the pattern for joint size. Normally with slate I would give 10mm/15mm joint, but in this case I am limited to 4mm/5mm joint. Any thoughts? Thanks, Phil.