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Once your old floor has been removed, check that the floor's surface is level, dry & free of grease, oils & dirt.

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If you have to remove an old floor prior to your slate tile installation then you must ensure that the underlayment is solid, not crumbling or deteriorating in any way, if the subfloor looks in a bad way then I suggest you seek the advice of a professional builder before laying a single tile. You may have to begin by removing any old floor tiles to reveal the substrate beneath it, this would be the perfect situation for most floors prior to your slate flooring installation. I suggest that you do a dry run to familiarize yourself with the overall colour variation & to get a feel for the thickness & spacing of each tile, time spent here will save you from rushing when you start to apply your tiles with the adhesive, any mistakes can easily be rectified at this stage, as once adhesive is mixed you will only have so long to use it.Īnother way of making your Slate Flooring Installation easier would be to grade your tiles by thickness, this can easily be done by the eye & I would suggest that once this is done that you start to lay your tiles with the thickest first, this will create a much flatter floor with no raised edges from tile to tile on completion of you slate flooring installation.ĭo not worry about dust or dirt on the surface of your slate tiles as you are laying them, this can be removed/cleaned after installation on to your adhesive. Once you are ready to begin your Slate Flooring Installation, I suggest that you lay your tiles according to the selections you have & blend the tiles well, try to mix the tiles in evenly as you go, making sure that when you come to the last few tiles in each stack, you have an equal number left according to how many was in each stack to begin with.

If you have chosen tiles that are heavy in variation then I suggest that they are sorted in to there appropriate colour/mix variation, you may end up with 5 or 6 different piles but this is good, it is better to sort the colours now for your Slate Flooring Installation rather than to just lay them without sorting & have a floor that has not been blended very well, this can be very disappointing to see after completion & to be honest it doesn't take very long to do. Upon delivery of your new slate tiles, I recommend that all tiles are taken out of their packaging/boxes and stacked vertically against a wall. Below is a guide to installing single sized tiles only - if you are installing a pattern, due to the sizes of the tiles used in these patterns, regulated grout lines cannot be guaranteed and therefore the laying by eye rather than using spacers is recommended.įollow the steps below & you will achieve a better looking floor for your efforts.

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