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#4754 - 06/26/07 12:06 PM Re: Travertine Project Questions
Just Some Guy Offline
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Registered: 04/02/07
Posts: 23
Loc: Norhtern Ontario
Everything is laid & grouted, and I just need to install the transitions at the stairways & hallways...(going with a hardwood trim) do you normally caulk these joints with colour-matched caulk or grout these areas?

I'll update with pics shortly \:\)

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#4755 - 06/26/07 06:05 PM Re: Travertine Project Questions
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Registered: 06/07/07
Posts: 16
Loc: Toronto
Hi,
Just curious. Did you grout your travertine marble first and seal after ? How did it turn out ?
I'm putting 16 x 16 filled & honed travertine and I have had some say seal first and others say seal after grouting.
I'm still not sure. Any advice ?

How high is your transition ?

Cheers,

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#4756 - 06/27/07 08:02 AM Re: Travertine Project Questions
Just Some Guy Offline
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Registered: 04/02/07
Posts: 23
Loc: Norhtern Ontario
 Quote:
Originally posted by KayMan:
Hi,
Just curious. Did you grout your travertine marble first and seal after ? How did it turn out ?
I'm putting 16 x 16 filled & honed travertine and I have had some say seal first and others say seal after grouting.
I'm still not sure. Any advice ?

How high is your transition ?

Cheers,
It was recommended that I seal after grouting, so I've done the grouting aspect, and am just waiting out the manufacturer's 21-day cure period (dang you Flextile!) I had been looking at Mapei which had a shorter cure time, but they didn't have the colour in stock locally when I needed it so I went with the Flextile... The pain of it is waiting to install the baseboards until after I seal, so the wife isn't the happiest being on the planet at the moment ;\)

There are several transitions:
1. One is flush to some hardwood I installed at the same time with 1/4" gap, so I was thinking of trying grout-matched caulk & if that isn't too hot, then maybe a small hardwood strip over the seam
2. Two of them are to the top of stairs (one set to basement, one set to sunken living area) so I got some oak trims made to suit my application
3. One is a transition to hardwood in the dining room which has a ceramic inset. This hardwood is ~7/16" lower than the tilebed
4. The last is to the bedroom area hallway hardwood which is ~3/4" lower than the tilebed

I've got some photos here, and I'll have to add the story after lol:
The lovely original puke-coloured linoleum:

Resecuring the original plywood:

Laying out the heat wires in the kitchen:

1st layer of mortar on the heat wires in the kitchen:

Ditra laid, with some tiles laid out in the kitchen to test the pattern:

Grouting the floor:

Tiles laid in the kitchen area:

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#4757 - 06/27/07 08:04 AM Re: Travertine Project Questions
Just Some Guy Offline
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Registered: 04/02/07
Posts: 23
Loc: Norhtern Ontario
And two more....
Tiles laid in the kitchen & hallway:

Entry mosaic and tiles laid:

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