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How in the hell does anyone read the above (linked) information and understand any of it?

Installation of any stone floor tile requires TWO layers of subfloor. The base-layer can be OSB however the second layer should be quality plywood. In this case 3/8" plywood (underlayment grade) should suffice. It is the (trusses) and the (24" on center) spacing of the trusses that would be...

Might make it using DITRA. 1/8" DITRA + 5/16" tile, May have to go easy on the thinset but you can probably get it down under 1/8" per application (2) if your lucky.

I understand, me too! The thing is tho... If using SLC or RS (Rapid Set) thinset once the product has set up on its own (maybe an hour or less if mixed with warm water) Then would using a heat gun at that time cause shrinking and cracking or would it simply expedite the moisture disapation...

Just for fun... I have been to Tacoma many times (which is just down the road from Puyallup) and I can remember seeing that name on road signs and whatever and never knowing how to pronounce it (Indian word I suppose). And then hearing it on TV and radio in the news and in commercials they...

Just thinking about next time.... I wonder if using a heat gun on the patch after it got hard on its own (either SLC or RS) if that would take the moisture out of the patch. Or, would that cook the patch prematurely? Don't have any idea, but a little extra time on the first trip could save...

Next time rather than buying a high-dollar bag of SLC for a small patch you can buy less expensive thinset in the rapid-set version and mix it with very hot water. It won't want to self level and it will probably set up firm in thirty minutes.

Travertine and marble exist within basically the same density range but of course their density's can vary. Typically travertine is softer ranging from a 3 to a 4 on the MOHS Scale whereas marble's range can be 2.5 to 5 on the MOHS Scale. So...marble is both harder and softer than...

I wouldn't know how or where to find an "industry standard" on such a thing. It certainly wouldn't be acceptable to me if it was sold as a "polished" product. Seems like a little hanky-panky must be going on. I have never ran in to that product. You might try The Marble Institute of America...

I did see that! I thought I was seeing brush strokes from a heavily applied sealer. I don't know that I have ever seen sealer applied like that from the supplier. Is it possible someone sold them an extra seal job and someone up-line paid somebody to pre-seal the tiles? The grout spacing...

When I lived in Dallas which is where I saw all of this soil stabilization taking place the idea of the underground irrigation system was to basically spritz the soil on a regular basis with automatic monitoring. This would establish a certain moisture content in the soil expanding it to a...

FWIW: There are geographical regions in Texas where underground irrigation systems are installed around the perimeter of a home (not unlike lawn sprinkler systems) in an effort to control and stabilize the natural subsurface clay's. This way the extreme expansion and contraction of the soils...

Yup it's not the flattest concrete I've ever seen and it has had some hard use it appears but to tell you the truth, I kinda like the looks of it. To try to smooth it out and patch the divots and then acid stain it would make a real ugly mess. Besides if that too is a gallery of sorts then...

Ole Gaye Goodman. I wonder how much business I have sent her over the years.

That part of Texas that isn't sand is clayey/sand and moves considerably and always will. The Houston/Galveston areas are known for their high humidity year round basically. Concrete will always draw any moisture that is or becomes available. I would say it has always been like that and the...

The floor in the photo looks like acid stain to me. Once a concrete floor has been painted you will never get it to take an acid stain unless the surface is mechanically abraided. Shot-blast, sand-blast, surface grind. That thing could be a paste wax but my guess is many coats of acrylic...

WTF Lee? How about a few details? My crystal ball is in the pawn shop right now! Looks like a schitty installation with a schitty sealer painted on with a brush before the tile had time to dissipate the moisture from the thinset. That's my guess based on the abundance of forensic...

Probably so... Years ago when I got my certification for asbestos abatement in flooring products the ban was in force. They were also quick to point out how little the ban really meant and they had a long list of products that still contained asbestos in their makeup. There was a maximum of...

I saw it on that other forum after I posted here. I think it was a publication from some legal office or something. That information is actually contrary to what we have been hearing for years.:)

Source of this information is..........?