Neil Jones wrote:

"Christian McArdle" wrote in message
et...

I'm going to install a slate floor in my kitchen. I'm planning:

1. 6mm plywood sheet over existing hardboard.
2. Adhesive
3. Slates
4. Lithofin MN Power-Clean
5. Lithofin MN StainStop
6. Lithofin MN Colour Intensifier

I'm planning to use Indian/Chinese style slate. The rough stuff with

red

streaks in, anyway. Is this a reasonable sequence? The floor will be a
fraction over 10m2.

Some questions:

1. Is 6mm plywood a good base to start on? Should I PVA it first?
2. What adhesive should I use?
3. How many coats of StainStop and Colour Intensifier should I use?
4. How many litres will I need of each?
5. At what point in the sequence do you grout? (i.e. before, after or

in

between coats of the StainStop?)
6. Do I need a particular type of grout? What colour looks good and

won't

look manky in five year's time?

Christian.




Not entirely relevant, but I laid a limestone floor in our kitchen onto
a concrete/screed floor, so obviously I didn't bother with plywood.

I used the flexible adhesive supplied by the stone supplier, Stonell. If
you're installing onto relatively thin ply I imagine you'll need a
flexible adhesive as well.

I used Lithofin's Wexa to clean the tiles after fixing, then a coat of
StainStop. This is before the grout to stop the grout from staining the
tiles.



Actually I forgot to say that descalers work well in getting dried
cement off, and brick acid is even better.