A house is under contract.
It large stone tile in part of the floor. I don’t know the type of stone. IIRC the tiles are 18″.
And they have some lippage problems.
There aren’t a large number of places that have this problem.
The seller agreed to pay for spot grinding those spots.
But they have had a 2 people look at at and they both said that they need to grind the whole floor.
IIRC the stone has a honed finish and not polished.
Any ideas
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William the Geezer, the sequel to Billy the Kid – Shoe
William the Geezer, the sequel to Billy the Kid – Shoe
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yup... lots of ideas...
take yur pic...
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I should have made it clear.There is no way in hell I am doing this.First, until I get my bypass surgery I don't have the energy to do. I am having enough problems getting my own projects done.2nd, the buyers agent is a very good friend of mine. The buyer is asking for a fix and the seller is willing to only make "minor" repairs. I don't want to be in the middle of this.3rd, it is a too extensive and expensive project for me to do without any more experience in this area.Now, if everything was different and if the the buyer asked about fix after they closed and I did not have the health issues I might be willing to try a couple in an out of way spot and see how they look and if the client wanted me to do more or not.
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William the Geezer, the sequel to Billy the Kid - Shoe
Bill...
these planes work... hooked to a good vac and they're about dustles...
I have the Makita...
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming
WOW!!! What a Ride!
Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
I laid some Jeresulum (sp) Gold travertine tiles in my laundry room. Of course, I had lippage issues since this is only the second time I laid tile. I'm defining "lippage" as one tile being slightly higher than it's neighbor.
So's I got out the belt sander with a carbide belt and flattened out the offending lips. Took like no time. However, even with the tiles being honed, the sander marks were there. With a repeating using a finer carbide, the marks would go away easily.
Now if it t'were granite, the floor grinder would be necessary.
I've seen it done, there are few outfits qualified and with the correct tools. Usually a stand up machine like a floor sander buffer.
Spotting it will be noticeable in my opinion.
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Last time I asked about leveling a granite floor, the outfit selling the gear told me the proper tool weighed about 700 lbs! This was at the "Coverings" world trade show for stone & tile flooring products. Decided I didn't want to buy one.
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Bill: Just last week Daughter & I rented a Blastrak 7 inch angle grinder from the Home of the Pot. Cost us $35 per day. You had to buy a diamond cup wheel to go w/ it. Used my own Craftsman shop Vac. We were only going to use it to touch up low spots in a concrete floor being prepared for epoxy finish. Floor had been just ground down w/ a walk behind machine weighing 150 lbs.
Wound up doing the entire floor over again w/ angle grinder, just to blend in low spots. VERY, VERY aggressive! Very fast. Nearly dustless. Vacuum w/ "Rubber Boot" surrounding diamond cup sucked cup down to floor w/ a vengeance! Gave better grinding efficiency than heavy machine & gravity.
If you got the guts - try it. Very easy to leave scars because of aggressiveness. But... get a fine enough cup/disk & it might be the answer.
Don
The Glass Masterworks
"If it scratches, I etch it!"