Hi all
I was a bit too enthusiastic with my kitchen refurbishment. I feel I may have bitten off a bit more than I can chew.
I ripped up the old ceramic tiles and proceeded to lay the new ones. We went for natural slate tiles. Two things about these buggers:
1) They're not all the same thickness, so I'm trying my best to match them up as best as possible. This isn't the worst thing in the world.
2) They're not all perfectly square. They're supposed to be 30cm x 30cm, but some of them are 30.5 one side and some are 30.2 etc etc. This is going to make obtaining nice straight grout lines almost impossible. Is this to be expected with natural slate tiles?
The other thing is that I started tiling in the corner of the room, not by laying a straight edge down the centre of the room from the doorway. This means that at the doorway, the grout line runs off to a slight diagonal. My girlfriend thinks I'm being fussy, but I fear it will look crap once it's all done.
So, my main question:
Could someone please either post here or PM me a complete ballpark figure to rip up what I've done so far (2 sq M), level the floor (if necessary) and tile the thing properly? The room is just over 3 metres by just over 2.5 and is almost perfectly rectangle in shape. No funky curves or anything like that. Could you also advise if you will be able to use my not perfectly square slate tiles, or if you will have to source your own?
Many thanks
Stu
(depressed)
I was a bit too enthusiastic with my kitchen refurbishment. I feel I may have bitten off a bit more than I can chew.
I ripped up the old ceramic tiles and proceeded to lay the new ones. We went for natural slate tiles. Two things about these buggers:
1) They're not all the same thickness, so I'm trying my best to match them up as best as possible. This isn't the worst thing in the world.
2) They're not all perfectly square. They're supposed to be 30cm x 30cm, but some of them are 30.5 one side and some are 30.2 etc etc. This is going to make obtaining nice straight grout lines almost impossible. Is this to be expected with natural slate tiles?
The other thing is that I started tiling in the corner of the room, not by laying a straight edge down the centre of the room from the doorway. This means that at the doorway, the grout line runs off to a slight diagonal. My girlfriend thinks I'm being fussy, but I fear it will look crap once it's all done.
So, my main question:
Could someone please either post here or PM me a complete ballpark figure to rip up what I've done so far (2 sq M), level the floor (if necessary) and tile the thing properly? The room is just over 3 metres by just over 2.5 and is almost perfectly rectangle in shape. No funky curves or anything like that. Could you also advise if you will be able to use my not perfectly square slate tiles, or if you will have to source your own?
Many thanks
Stu
(depressed)