Hi everyone - grateful for a little advice
We are having a house extensively renovated, and our builders are (so far) doing a decent job. Budget for their part of the work is £90k - this doesn't include boilers, windows, doors, wiring, decoration, so it's a decent-sized project.
They are down to provide tiling for the bathrooms, with tiles supplied by us. We have a load of lovely limestone tiles left over from my parents' new house, which we'd like to use for two bathrooms. The builders are making a bit of a fuss:
1. There is a bit of flex in at least one of the bathroom floors, in a loft conversion that was done rather badly in the 1980s.
2. Laying limestone on a slightly flexible surface is problematic
- at best, requires extra work / expense
- at worst, may be impossible and result in cracking to tiles
My questions are:
1. With skill and careful preparation, should it be possible to lay limestone tiles on a slightly creaky floor, without them cracking? What is required to do this?
2. Given that they priced in for tiling, and given the scale of the project (and we did mention these limestone tiles during the quote process) can I reasonably insist that they get on with it and suck up the cost?
Thanks for any tips!
We are having a house extensively renovated, and our builders are (so far) doing a decent job. Budget for their part of the work is £90k - this doesn't include boilers, windows, doors, wiring, decoration, so it's a decent-sized project.
They are down to provide tiling for the bathrooms, with tiles supplied by us. We have a load of lovely limestone tiles left over from my parents' new house, which we'd like to use for two bathrooms. The builders are making a bit of a fuss:
1. There is a bit of flex in at least one of the bathroom floors, in a loft conversion that was done rather badly in the 1980s.
2. Laying limestone on a slightly flexible surface is problematic
- at best, requires extra work / expense
- at worst, may be impossible and result in cracking to tiles
My questions are:
1. With skill and careful preparation, should it be possible to lay limestone tiles on a slightly creaky floor, without them cracking? What is required to do this?
2. Given that they priced in for tiling, and given the scale of the project (and we did mention these limestone tiles during the quote process) can I reasonably insist that they get on with it and suck up the cost?
Thanks for any tips!