Ridgeons blue slate

[Al Jardin]

Hi all
A client is thinking of ordering blue slate from Ridgeons and I was wondering what it is like? Would it require an sbr slurry to bond it onto a 5:1 sharp bed? Not laid slate before so opinions welcome.

Al

[msh paving]

I laid stonemarket slate slabs in november ,put 4inch lean mix base down screeded tight with falls and use thinset flexable floor tile addesive , pointed with GFTK , hard job to lay buy looked good i have pix around somewhere MSH

[msh paving]

was working out your way last week AL in eye, soakaway from septic tank in clay ........MSH

[Al Jardin]

Cheers MSH.

I've not seen these slabs yet but there's a Ridgeons in Bury so I'll pop in. Why did you use floor tile adhesive? Do thinner slabs shrink & expand more so? I would have laid them on a wet 4 or 5:1
with plenty of plasticiser so they stick but I'll listen to experience any day.
I'm just the other side of Diss. Not been to Eye yet - any good?

Al

[lutonlagerlout]

i did a fire hearth in them before xmas on a wet strong mix and they havent moved yet,think it was truslate
cheers LLL

[Al Jardin]

Cheers

That reminds me LLL. We're planning to re-do our open fire place; ripping it out, lining it & putting in a wood buring stove. What would you reccomend to line it with?

Al

[cookiewales]

Cheers

That reminds me LLL. We're planning to re-do our open fire place; ripping it out, lining it & putting in a wood buring stove. What would you reccomend to line it with?

Al

you can buy 50mm clay fired bricks use fire cement for joints you can get full size as well :;):

[lutonlagerlout]

Cheers

That reminds me LLL. We're planning to re-do our open fire place; ripping it out, lining it & putting in a wood buring stove. What would you reccomend to line it with?

Al

you really need the chimney lined by a hetas registered firm and it isnt cheap, will Pm you mates number he lives in wisbech so not too far
the one i did we did the hearth then they painted the bricks with heat resistant paint
cheers LLL

[Al Jardin]

Thanks LLL & Cookie.
Good to start off with a reccomendation.

Al

[lutonlagerlout]

the thing to remember is with log burners is that the log burners can be quite cheap ,but all the ancillary stuff is not
cheers LLL

[cookiewales]

the thing to remember is with log burners is that the log burners can be quite cheap ,but all the ancillary stuff is not
cheers LLL

they are i was wanting to put one in my house 3k plus for bends and pipe no brainer :;):

[Al Jardin]

During a chat with a log burner shop owner he mentioned that a liner may not be required if the chimney is of a small diameter. I think ours is 9-10 inches & square in shape. He did say get an opinion from a Hetas contractor though.

Al

[lutonlagerlout]

well my bro in law bought a log burner for £199 in a sale
sadly the quote from the hetas firm to line the chimney was £700
he got more quotes and they were all roughly the same
i think you can only do away with a liner if you have a modern chimney with flue liners all the way up
if you use a log burner with the wrong wood or without a liner you run the risk of chimney fires or asphyxiation
neither a great option
I have heard that in some places they need a twin wall system then the price really rockets (think this is what you must need cookie)
get 3 prices and work from that Al
cheers LLL

[Al Jardin]

Thanks LLL
Ours is a class 1 chimney,, according to the chimney sweep, in a 1960's ex council house in case that gives any idea to suitability.

Al

[Al Jardin]

The art to wood burning is very well seasoned wood burnt at high temparatures to ensure all the gases a burnt. Am now seasoning dead standing wood we got from a tree surgeon. Although dead it still needed chopping and drying propperly. Just never properly installed a burner before.

Al