Installing Pebble Stone: your Problem is Solved

Pebble stone is a natural surface stone and tends to provide the best option to customers when it comes to enhance interior décor. These stones are widely found in Indonesia. Here, they are hand picked.

Once you decide on using pebble stones to you interior décor, you need to follow certain instructions related to installation. Remember that these stones can be utilized in several types of installation. The stones are apt for both commercial as well as residential applications. Residential installations include pools, pool decks, patios, fountains, landscaping, fountains, water features, kitchen backsplashes, flooring, powder room floors, shower floors, bath and powder room floors, entryway, fire places and barbeque areas. Commercial applications include the following:

a) Flooring

b) Feature walls

c) Bar surfaces

d) Walkways

e) Restaurants

f) Medical facilities

g) Public parks

h) Corporate offices

Here are some guidelines you need to follow when installing pebble tile. The materials required include the following:

a) 3/8” notched trowel

b) Thin set mortar

c) Stone sealer or stone impregnator

d) Sanded grout

e) Stiff bristled brush

f) Damp sponge

Make sure that the area of application is flat, clean and force of any possible contaminants. You need to use reinforced waterproof membrane. You should at least have a minimum fall of two inches when pitching a floor to a drain.

Here are some important steps you need to follow when installing pebble stone:

Surface preparation:

This is the most significant step towards the installation of pebble stone. All substrates must be fixed firmly. They should also be extremely clean, dry and free of any foreign particles. The deflection should not exceed more than 1/360th of the span for floors as well as walls. You should give at least twenty eight days for the concrete substrates and the mortar in bricks to cure. Roughening of the painted surfaces is important. You should use sand paper or wire brush for this purpose. Do not use water based paints for tiling. Before over tiling already tiled surfaces, you should firmly fix and roughen them. Use reinforced waterproof membranes for wet surfaces.

a) First of all, you need to apply thin set mortar to the area you decide to install with trowel. Do not use more than 3 SF at a time.

b) Now place the tiles on mortar in interlocking pattern and tap down into place lightly.

c) Always seal the tile with stone impregnator. You can also apply color and shine enhancers if required.

d) Let the impregnator dry completely and naturally. Leave it overnight.

e) Now apply a sanded grout on 2×2 ft. sections at a time until the entire area is covered.

f) Allow the area to dry for at least thirty minutes.

g) You must use a stiff bristled brush to remove excess grout.

h) You need to sponge off grout until you get the desired look.

i) Seal tiles for the last time once the grout dries completely.

You can expect successful pebble stone tile installation via following the guidelines mentioned above.