Walking on Floor tiles before they are set....

[compact]

The quick drying adhesive still hasn't dried
5hrs later.
(probably as i mixed it too wet...)

I need to fit the toilet back on, before I head off for the week, leaving my housemates without a toilet.

Can I walk on them and place the toilet?
(i.e. not screw it down and tell my housemates to be very careful)

Some tiles are solid, others move a little.

 

[compact]

Oh and second question

These are natural stone. Should I grout then seal?
someone said seal, grout and seal again..

And third, can I grout before the tiles are 100% set?

 

[Trazor]

If you want some to end up not level, and some to stay loose, then by all means walk on them.

Seal...Grout...Seal.

Can you grout before they are set.....You are joking aren't you.

 

[gcol]

What adhesive did you go for compact? Also, why didn't you continue the original thread you started?

 

[compact]

I couldn't find BAL, but got Profix instead.
http://www.trades-direct.co.uk/modules/shop/view.asp?Prodcode=profix-largef-nat

(thought different qustion, different thread)

 

[toptec]

Compact

I have just recently finished laying 25 odd sq metres of natural slate. Let me warn you, if you don't Seal - Grout - Seal, or even seal twice before you grout - you will regret it in the end.

A rushed job will always look pants.

If you absolutely have to walk on them before you think they are dried lay a scaffold plank or similar across them to spread the load.

 

[compact]

Ok, well it's 17ish hrs after laying them and they seem soild.

When i push hard on the corner of the slates, there is the tinyest of movement.
This is less than half a mm, is this normal?
I presume this is either the 'flexible' adhesive?

Now it's just clean, then seal grout seal, any maybe seal again

 

[compact]

Right sod it (seems like i'm talking to myself

I'm going to take up the semi-loose ones, clean it all down and lay them again..

Try to do a proper job of it and keep everyone off it for 24 hrs....

 

[LLA]

Rapid set should dry very fast, but how wet was your mix? I would hold up the electric mixer above the mixed tub with adhesive on it. If it runs off/down its too wet. It should basically stick to the mixer blade with slight drips/droops only.