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Discuss travertine tiles... what adhesive and grout?? in the Tile Adhesive, Grout and Substrate Preparation at TilersForums; Hi I have small wall to do with hound filed stone tiles ... very light orange colour. What kind of adhesive and grout would be best ?? also i have ...
          
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    Hi I have small wall to do with hound filed stone tiles ...
    very light orange colour. What kind of adhesive and grout would be best ??
    also i have to seal them after... do not know what is best paste to do it.
    I'm not familiar with chemicals here.
    thanks for all the answers.

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    Default Re: travertine tiles... what adhesive and grout??

    sorry... another thing is... the tiles are 12 mm thick and 14by14 inch , what do i past my walls before i fix them ?

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    white flexible adhesive and a probably jasmine grout(mapei) they need sealed before and after grouting
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    Pol...please answer your pm's..

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    Default Re: travertine tiles... what adhesive and grout??

    Whats the substrate on the walls, 12mm stone is a fair chunk of weight
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    hi ... the wall has an old render and skim on ...do not know how long ago its been done.
    obviously its a brick wall. 2 of the walls r external .

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    Default Re: travertine tiles... what adhesive and grout??

    Quote Originally Posted by pol View Post
    hi ... the wall has an old render and skim on ...do not know how long ago its been done.
    obviously its a brick wall. 2 of the walls r external .

    get the weight remember a skim can only take 20kg per m2.

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    Default Re: travertine tiles... what adhesive and grout??

    That stone will be about 36kg with addy, anyway the finish could be scraped off and go direct onto the render
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    is it not faster to fix cement based board straight on top of the walls ?

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    Make sure you use mechanical fixing as well as using sticky
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