help laying slate tiles

ade1882

having bought a house which requires a lot of work to be done to it ,one of the tasks i am taking on is floor tiling. i have tiled the kitchen floor with great success. i layed 6mm ply board onto the floor boards nailing it down every 100mm then layed the tiles using a flexible adhesive. i am now going to attempt to lay slate tiles in the vestabule a 2.5x1.5m area. i have layed the ply but my worry is that the slate tiles are very wobbly and uneven on both sides i am worried they will not stay in place.
Any help on this matter will be much appreciated. i am now racing against time to get the tiling done before the carpeter comes in.

Boohbah

It sounds very much to me that the tiles/slates you have need to be bedded firmly in a mortar, a timber floor is not suitable.

Seek advice from were you brought the tiles. (A tile merchant hopefully)

ade1882

B&Q unfortunately

DIRK_GENTLY

having bought a house which requires a lot of work to be done to it ,one of the tasks i am taking on is floor tiling. i have tiled the kitchen floor with great success. i layed 6mm ply board onto the floor boards nailing it down every 100mm then layed the tiles using a flexible adhesive. i am now going to attempt to lay slate tiles in the vestabule a 2.5x1.5m area. i have layed the ply but my worry is that the slate tiles are very wobbly and uneven on both sides i am worried they will not stay in place.
Any help on this matter will be much appreciated. i am now racing against time to get the tiling done before the carpeter comes in.

This is really a job for a pro but if you do take it on use a very thick bed of flexible adhesive, laying the thickest tiles in the centre and the thin ones at the edge using more adhesive to keep them level.

ade1882

Thanks. i'm going to try tonight.