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Travertine : travertine best stone for pool deck?
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Author: landscapeexpertSubject: travertine best stone for pool deck?Posted: 19 Jan 2010 at 1:10amBest value/quality travertine is from Turkey. Italian travertine is similar quality to Turkish travertine but it is way more expensive. Peruvian travertine looks great but it is still early on its evolution process and not extremely durable and also it is more expensive than Turkish travertine. Travertine is porous by nature. You have to finish the stone after you cut to size. For outdoors, you will either tumbled the stone or hone it. If you have it the travertine will be slippery because honing is a mild polish application. Whereas tumbling allows to pores to open more thus allowing the water to be absorbed. So yes tumbled travertine should be used for pool decks. One other application is brushing the honed tile. You need to use honed pavers for a driveway to prevent oil spills to be absorbed. Since honing is a mild polish you are limiting the number of pores available on the surface of the pavers. You want the tires of the car to grab on the chiseled edges because the surface is honed. If the tires can not grab on to something solid the tires would spin. Why do you think the edges are chiseled, just for aesthetics?
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Travertine : Travertine set in concrete for pool deck
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Author: Jessica SSubject: Travertine set in concrete for pool deckPosted: 18 Jan 2010 at 3:57pm Originally posted by MitchellI would appreciate some advice on the best way to set travertine in a concrete pool deck. The current advice is to poor the concrete slab with forms for the travertine and then wet set the travertine into the formed areas. The travertine would be sealed after it is set. I have read about issues with the porous nature of travertine and I am not sure if this is the best way. Should drains be placed under the travertine leading to the gravel under the concrete slab? Thanks.Hi , I am a new member of forum. Would a newcomer be warmly welcome here? Good day you guys!!!Edited by findstone - 20 Jan 2010 at 1:52pm
Travertine : travertine best stone for pool deck?
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Author: bmackiSubject: travertine best stone for pool deck?Posted: 12 Jan 2010 at 2:12pmI have just used travertine pavers on a concrete deck. I mounted them with morter and grouted the cracks. Seemed to work perfectly!
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Travertine : travertine best stone for pool deck?
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Author: apctjbSubject: travertine best stone for pool deck?Posted: 09 Jan 2010 at 11:37pm I also am considering travertine tile or pavers for a pool deck project. The pool has an existing concrete deck. As there is an existing concrete deck I assume I could use tile or pavers? Does anyone know if pavers can be used set directly on the concrete deck? What would be the pros and cons of using pavers rather than tile? There is approx 3000 sqft of existing deck to cover. Thanks
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Travertine : travertine best stone for pool deck?
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Author: schlengSubject: travertine best stone for pool deck?Posted: 19 Dec 2009 at 9:48pmI dont agree with most of your comments. 1. Best quality travertine is from Turkey.This is a matter of opinion. I have seen travertine installations where the stone came from both places. I am not saying that ALL travertine from Turkey is inferior, but the travertine from Peru was far superior and breathtakingly beautiful. In addition, Italy has top notch travertine. 2. Peru is a new continent and it takes millions of years for travertine to develop.All of the continents are billions of years old.http://research.unc.edu/endeavors/spr97/ur.html 3. Tumbled travertine must be used to prevent slipping around pools.Travertine is not slippery by nature. It does not have to be tumbled to not be slippery. 4. Chiseled travertine, no larger than 6x12 size, should be used for driveways and the chiseled edges are for the tires to grab on; the honed surface is for not absorbing a potential oil spill immediately.I dont know why a tire would grab onto a chiseled edge. Also, just because travertine is chiseled does not mean that it is honed. 5. Holes mean that the travertine is not premium grade. I agree with you here! 6. Tumbled travertine is rounded so to avoid sharp corners. Surface is lightly aged (?) for the feet to grab onto. When travertine is laid correctly, there are no sharp corners. As mentioned above, one of the advantages of travertine is that it is not slippery.Edited by findstone - 21 Dec 2009 at 7:20pm
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