Marble Tiles

[BARRONBATHROOMS]

Hello, i need some advice on marble tiles.

we have 80 sm of marble to lay onto part ply part bitumen floor, what flexi adhesive and grout would you recommend we usually use granfix for porcelain. is it better to seal before and after. Will wet cutting stain tiles?
Never laid marble floor before thanks for any advice you can give me.

[nybor62]

how thick is the ply that is down. you said part of floor is bitumen , was there some vinyl tiles down originally i would use mapei white powdered adhesive flexible , is the ply floor solid it might be a better option to over lay the floor with insulation boards. firstly how thick is ply is it solid, is the bitumen floor solid ,the bitumen floor im not 100% sure about, some one on here will be along soon im sure.

[nybor62]

sorry has for the marble i would seal before and after, i usually dry cut marble floors using grinder, thats just my preference though

[diamondtiling]

You can lay on bitumen if it is stable, use a good quality Sbr and allow to dry, remove dust etc. You will need an movement joint between the two different substrates.
Can you post some pictures of the floor and the marble?

[BARRONBATHROOMS]

thanks for your advice. The floor we are laying on is actually ashfelt not bitumin. we'll be laying on 12mm ply.

[whitebeam]

I would do a slurry coat with sbr and use a decoupling membrane for the marble on the ashfelt