March 7, 20224 yr So I have acquired some 600x400 limestone for a bathroom floor and walls. Which bond pattern do you think looks better? On walls.. straight, brick bond or 1/3rd stagger? On the floor.. parallel with walls? diagonal? Only thing I can't really do is diagonal on the walls because the ceiling slopes and its not 45 degrees. I'm up for a challenge!
March 7, 20224 yr brick bond on the walls every time, just looks wrong when straight. how about 30deg angle on the floor to be different? 😉
March 7, 20224 yr I’m just doing six bathrooms on a house They have gone for straight and floor joints to correspond with walls They look ok Personal choice Try not to make it look busy
March 11, 20224 yr Author Started planning the tile layout in Fusion360. After some hours the best arrangement I've come up with puts some holes fairly close to the edges of one or two tiles. The big vertical slot is for the mixer valve. The smaller circles are 25mm holes for body jets and shower hose. Tried moving tiles around but that doesn't look good elsewhere. Think I best get some nice new holes saws 🙂
March 16, 20224 yr Author @nod looks like I need a new diamond blade for my Norton wet tile cutter. Got any recommendations for cutting stone (limestone/travertine) ?
April 13, 20224 yr Author Getting there slowly. The bond pattern is working out ok. Main issue I'm having is that the stone isn't a constant thickness. The difference between thick ones and thin ones is 3mm. Overall I don't think its great quality stone but it will look ok when done. Lucky I have so many to cut I can cut off defects. Any tips for removing these levelling spacers?
April 14, 20224 yr The levelling spacers are typically removed by hitting them side on with a mallet (or kicking them if on the floor) Edited April 14, 20224 yr by wozza
April 14, 20224 yr Author 7 hours ago, wozza said: The levelling spacers are typically removed by hitting them side on with a mallet (or kicking them if on the floor) I haven't tried yet but they felt suspiciously strong when I was putting the wedges in.
April 14, 20224 yr 3 hours ago, Temp said: I haven't tried yet but they felt suspiciously strong when I was putting the wedges in. They are designed to snap off with a sharp blow from the side along with the grout line (do not try against the grout line) - you should be able to see the break point. YouTube has lots of videos. Edited April 14, 20224 yr by wozza
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