www.ultimatehandyman.co.uk

Has anyone got an opinion on whether Carrera White Marble Tiles are difficult to lay and/or maintain ?

Thanks

Sorry, meant to say - it's for use in both a shower cubicle, on the bathroom floor and to cover the boxing of a consealed cistern.

To fix marble properly, is always an exact science, 1mm or 2mm grout joint max, fix the tiles with the veins ( if any with carrerra ) going the same way ( as it was quarried ) they must be sealed prior to and after grouting, buffed with the second application, you must use white flexible powder adhesive to fix, with flexible grout, the external edges of the tiles look best when re-polished with a flex or similiar as opposed to leaving them with a factory finish or worse still using trim! maintenance is not a problem if sealed properly and maintained with the correct cleaners found here:
http://www.extensive.co.uk/product.php/ ... ainstop-1l
http://www.extensive.co.uk/product.php/ ... pray-500ml
hope it helps

Thanks for the help, it's much appreciated.

Will make sure edges and surface sealed beforehand.

Looking at your reply, I'm wondering a couple of things:
1)
The room is small just over 3.5 x 1.2 m. Shower cubicle at one end, then 3 x 1 m floor with the loo and concealed cistern at other. Unfortunately, we're having to run the waste along the length of the room also (boxing at about 300mm height and 200mm depth) and will tile that also. So, my question is - would you use grey grout on the floor alone / on the floor and all boxing / everywhere (including cubicle to keep it all the same) - or use white everywhere?
2)
You mentioned re-polishing edges with a 'flex or similar' - not sure what that is - but sounds as if it could save me time, as I had thought I would have to go over with finer and even finer sandpaper.

Thanks again.

Use white grout everywhere, as you don't want the grout lines to stand out, the flex polisher can be found here:
http://www.flex-tools.com/gb/Produkte/P ... hp?navid=5