Pebble mosaics - a first - ways to tile with pebble mosaics - Tile Advice

[andy8758]

Visited a commercial renovation project in Bath on Friday. The artist designer wants to tile the communal (male/female) customer toilet floor with pebble mosaics (its a seafood restaurant).

Never tiled using pebbles, but cannot see a problem until it comes to grouting...

But would you put a pebble floor in a toilet? Is that really going to be hygienic? And what about customers in high heels, after drinking a bottle of wine with their meal tottering across an uneven floor? The main contractor has doubts, even more so when I told her it will cost four times as much to tile!

PS. I stopped wearing high heels when drinking on a night out - too risky.

 

[Dan]

On their head be it. Epoxy for hygiene.

 

[hmtiling]

Epoxy with pebbles would be enjoyable! Not to mention super pricey. If you go ahead heavily seal the grout or it'll look awful very quickly in a commercial toilet. I've done loads over the years and not a fan. The sheets don't tessalate very well so you end up stripping them and becomes time consuming.

 

[hmtiling]

Tessellate

 

[Dumbo]

I've not done pebbles but if I was going to do it I would be using an old skool type floor grout for grouting such as bal superflex wide joint .

 

[andy8758]

Tessellate

hey. I had to look that up. to form of small squares or blocks, as floors or pavements; form or arrange in a checkered or mosaic pattern

No wonder you are a Trusted Advisor!

 

[hmtiling]

hey. I had to look that up. to form of small squares or blocks, as floors or pavements; form or arrange in a checkered or mosaic pattern

No wonder you are a Trusted Advisor!

Haha

 

[Dan]

hey. I had to look that up. to form of small squares or blocks, as floors or pavements; form or arrange in a checkered or mosaic pattern

No wonder you are a Trusted Advisor!

Tuuuune

 

[Old Mod]

Pebble mosaics are massive in the states Andy, especially for shower areas.
Some lay sheets and in fill the bad areas, but it seems that most strip them clean from the sheet.
Probably find some extra info on John Bridges site or the 'floor elf'
Never done them, wouldn't want to try either I don't think haha

 

[Flintstone]

I did a full shower area in pebble mosaics, they didn't fit together too well so ended cutting the mesh a lot to tweak them about. Think they got them from porcelanosa, they came with some expensive rapid setting grout

 

[Kyle Knowles]

I think they go by the name river rock in the states look up sal diblasi on YouTube he's a gooden

 

[andy8758]

You would never expect anyone to write a song about tiling, but in Jazz Club cool they write music for pretty much anything abstract.

The tiling Song

Right on man.

 

[andy8758]

Pebble Mosaic Tiles | Pebble Flooring | UK | Bathroom - http://www.marble-mosaics.com/pebble-mosaic-tiles-8-c.asp

The Asian Tan pebbles were being considered.

 

[peteablard]

Last time I did them I stripped the sheets completely as no matter how you tried to lay them the joins stood out a mile

 

[Dumbo]

Last time I did them I stripped the sheets completely as no matter how you tried to lay them the joins stood out a mile

people buy this crap and then wonder why you want so much to fix it.