how are floors done?

[mrpetem]

I wondered how a marble floor is done if you cannot walk over the area but need to burnish it etc..? I have looked around the forum for this but couldnt find anything, appologies if I didnt search well enough..

 

[fcoff]

Try Andy at Goldtrowel he has a new venetian flooring course running in november, was in their wednesday there new facility looks really impressive he has some pretty decent stuff going on their.

 

[mrpetem]

Thanks. I went to gold trowel for plastering, thats where my whole carrer started in this game. So i no they are very good. Been wanting to do the venetian course for some time but I dont like the idea of spending money when there isnt great demand for it. But I still want to learn it cause if I eventually get a house I would put it everywhere lol.

 

[twitcher]

am I missing something here - isn't a venetian floor gonna get scratched to fcuk?

 

[mrpetem]

From what I gather you use a certain type of venetian plaster and also apply protective coatings.

 

[twitcher]

ah

sounds like it could some acrylic stuff. ie. not real venetian plaster?

 

[mrpetem]

um just had a quick look and it appears you can use marmorino. i dont know if this is acrylic stuff though, pretty suree its the real (german word).

update: Yes it is real venetian plaster, not acrylic. But i think you can use a resin over the top to help protect it.
I would be interested to know if you can use tadelekt on floors too?

 

[twitcher]

cheers

yeah you can tadelakt floors, but you can't walk on em with shoes on otherwise they'll get scratched to fcuk.

Some people have their wetroom floors tadelakt'd

 

[fcoff]

Venetian Marmorino cementious is the correct one it comes in powder form, it is not acrylic at all,

 

[twitcher]

that makes sense

cheers m8

 

[wallplas]

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[twitcher]

another promotion, when's it gonna end.

someone make it stop

think of the children!

 

[tonytheplasterer]

hi chaps ,new to the site,just returned from 2 years in cyprus [polished plaster contract] wonder if anyone could throw any work my way? im in essex own van tools cscs also do skimming will travel and work away

 

[mark ross]

You might want to consider terrazzo flooring, much much more resistant and harder wearing.

 

[Gaed]

I've just done a office floor in London with wall2floor and is quite impresive.

 

[mark ross]

cheers

yeah you can tadelakt floors, but you can't walk on em with shoes on otherwise they'll get scratched to fcuk.

Some people have their wetroom floors tadelakt'd

I have a wet room on the ground floor of my house. . In which i put a terazzo floor, so tha tI could form it to falls.After a fair amount of reserch, I used my own recipe and was surprisingly pleased with the results.