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thank you. I got the BAL adhesive today. Was told £45 per bag retail? Did manage to get it down to £207 for 9 bags. Have I still paid too much?

Hi again. The landscapers are back and have agreed to lift the tiles and relay using a modified thin set mortar, which they have now been told is the best product for external use. While looking for help I have read that this is a good adhesive and works well with natural slate tiles. My...

Thank you guys. The contractor hasn't turned up this week because he is waiting for the chap who is going to brake up the concrete road that runs down the side of my house before he can finish laying the patio and the new path that will replace the concrete road. I am hoping he will see all...

Thank you for your advice. The supplier of the tiles does offer advice and supply the necessary products to lay properly. I should have been firmer at the beginning. When the landscape guy commented on how slim they were he only said tapping down would be slow because they wouldn't withstand...

Thank you. I think I told the guy I was buying slate and did not specify flags or tiles. When I was originally looking I was searching for 20mm min. The original supplier ran out of stock and I could only find the rustic slate Brazilian rather than Chinese from this supplier. When the guy saw...

Hello Thank you guys for responding. Cannonfoder, you have said exactly what I thought from reading different internet sites. Yes the tiles are natural slate, so too late now to seal before laying. The tiles do not rock around as such as they have been tapped down into a wet sand and cement...

I am having an 8-12 mm thick slate tile patio laid outside. The landscaper has used a sand and cement base then brushed a PVA solution on the back of the tiles and tapped down. It is 6 days since he laid the first tile and they have not adhered to the base. He is telling me once he's grouted...