Stephani Stephenson on wed 8 oct 03
llewellyn
You are high firing, so the tile may have a certain
strength,
but you also have quite a large tile, L X W,
and a thin tile too
and probably a not perfectly flat tile
The bedding, or substrate bed , i.e. "what is under the
tile" is of crucial importance.
look to tilesetting resources and reference.
Pavers are generally thicker than 3/8
if you are simply setting them in the ground as 'stepping
stones'
without substrate.
I would build them an inch - 1 1/2 inches thick.
carve out some areas in the back
like those rubber anti-fatigue mats.
or preset them onto substrate 'units'
I am not an expert on what type of bedding is
preferrable...just know it makes the difference
if i was doing it myself I would probably try a
mixture/layers of of thinset, sand or gravel and concrete
to back up the tile.
get a tilesetter or tilesetter info.
Stephani stephenson
Doug Johnson on thu 23 oct 03
>Hey, here's an idea.<
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Subject: Re: Outdoor Tiles: Revisited
or preset them onto substrate 'units'
>Tiles could be made thinner and glued to precast concrete or ??? bases.
It seemes like it would save on tile thickness and firing troubles
perhaps. This gave me the idea of custom stepping stones as a product.<
Doug Johnson
I am not an expert on what type of bedding is preferrable...just know it
makes the difference if i was doing it myself I would probably try a
mixture/layers of of thinset, sand or gravel and concrete to back up
the tile.
get a tilesetter or tilesetter info.
Stephani stephenson
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