Has anyone used outdoor grade porcelain as a patio?
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3 years agoGabby Wong
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Help! Has our polished concrete patio gone wrong?
Comments (12)Hi Felicia, sorry to hear that this has happened to you too. It sounds like you have had a similar floor to us - was yours a poured concrete floor i.e. you had an 8-10mm topping poured on top of a screed? Do you know what make of material was used? So, over a year on from my initial post, we ended up having to pull the floor up and get it re-done by someone who knew what they were doing. This time, we ended up going for a solid slab of concrete which was polished up and looks great (but it cost a hell of a lot more!). The bubbles would have created problems outside in terms of water getting in, freezing, expanding and then cracking the concrete over time. But, when I was looking for a new contractor to re-do the floor (we didn’t pay the other guy anything), one of the contractors who was excellent stated that they could have repaired the floor with all of the bubbles. Essentially, the floor hadn’t been primed properly and this sort of thing can apparently happen if there are big differences between the substrate and air temperatures. They mentioned that there was a way to grind down a layer and fill in the holes so I wouldn’t despair just yet. It is a shame that your contractor is being unhelpful - ours was too. I can only suggest trying to call around some other contractors to see what can be done in the first instance. Alternatively, a lot of resin floors can now give a very similar effect to polished concrete but the cost is not cheap. Please feel free to come back to me if you need to as I know how disappointing this sort of thing is....See MorePorcelain tiles (Inside and out) over suspended wood floor & concrete
Comments (4)Thanks Angela, I'm aware of the mat and ply, I'm more after advice regarding expansion joints etc and how to make them not so obvious and where they are needed inside and out and what's required on the join between suspended and concrete? Sorry I should have been clearer. Thanks....See MorePatio / Outdoor Seating + Kitchen area design ideas/critique
Comments (2)Hi Jonathan - thanks! Unfortunately for height reasons I can't put a pergola up. Neighbours won't like it as our patio will already be 30cm above the lawn. On the height of the surfaces, I wonder if I ought to just accept a higher worktop height. This will block the view of the garden a bit, but with a BBQ and maybe pizza oven in the kitchen area, the height will unavoidably be higher then the walls anyway. So a higher wall perhaps isn't a problem (and would look tidier when viewed from the garden anyway). Do you have any specific thoughts on the lighting options? Seems like an infinite set if options. I made the model in Sketchup with a plugin called vray. . Borrowed a friend's machine to do it.. I'm not sure I've got a great render from vray, but it was the default settings. Plenty of YouTube tutorials.if.interested, I'm no expert at all. Thanks...See MorePatterned outdoor patio tiles
Comments (15)Thanks Sarah. Funnily enough I bought a sample of this exact tile, but when they arrived, they are totally slippy and not suitable for outside use (even though the pic implies they are 😡). This is what is totally frustrating when trying to find something appropriate. They showcase them in a location that makes it look like what you want to use them for, but on closer inspection, it doesn’t seem to be the case. Another of those, it looks great on instagram but isn’t practical when it comes to actual usage. I really don’t want a plain grey/beige porcelain tile but I’m starting to wonder if I’m trying to find something that isn’t actually available in this country. 🤷🏼♀️...See MoreGabby Wong
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