how do you tell

[stevee]

ello, well the travertine i was suppose to be laying has turned into wickes RIGA, slate effect porclain

its a tan coloured tile with a black top on it,looks like itd been added on top afterwards sort off, with a grid profile underneath

done a water test,virtually no absortion

so my question is,how do know which porclains need sealing,or do they all? cheers ,steve

[whitebeam]

Seal it if it's polished,yours sounds like a porcelain glazed tile, I'd back skim the tile with deep profile on it.

[timeless john]

Stevee - whatever you've got the top is glazed. The biscuit could be double fired to make it highly impervious and the box could make it sound porcelain ie porcelater/porceram etc.
Solid porcelain is the same colour all the way through.
IMO it will not need sealing.

Timeless John.

[stevee]

thank you kindly ,masters muchus gracious

[larmar]

sounds as if its glazed so won't need sealing polished porcelain would need sealing and would be the same colour all the way through

[stevee]

hiya lads, layed these glazed porclain tiles today with the flexi addy the customer got for the travertine he was, having, would i have been ok with non flexi, and can i use non flexi grout,as ive got some left over from another job,cheers ,steve

[larmar]

No. Use Flexi grout and because they are glazed you wont need to seal them ,,,,,, Nice Job Though well done

[stevee]

well thanks for all your help boys,heres the finished ariticle

[whitebeam]

Nice one stevee

[brian c]

job looks good except for one thing...why did you not finish with a full tile on the end of the third row from the right?sorry but i spotted it.

[whitebeam]

Did'nt notice Bri

[stevee]

fair play brian, cut all 8 at 400mm ,then realised when i got there,, good recovery tho,eh?,cheers boys