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   IanDG | Nov 27, 2003 08:53am | #1

   Travertine typically has large voids and although these are filled they reduce the strength of the tile when compared to marble so the tile would either need to be thicker -- eg. 3/4" -- or fully bedded to avoid cracking.
   I don't understand/agree with "No grout"

   IanDG

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   NYCframer | Nov 27, 2003 02:33pm | #2

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   I was on a job (Donna Karan from DKNY fame) did her co-op on central park west, and the whole job was Travertine, which in my opinion is the crappiest stone out there. we had a big problem because half the stones were rejected for looks, and half the stones were rejected because they broke going down. Why not just put a sponge down? Stones were big 42"x 42", the whole job was built according to grout lines, walls columns, doorways, and yes definitly a mud bed, and this was on concrete floors, the installers also placed a fiberous matting down aprox 1/4" thick was glued to the floor and the mud bed was placed on top of that. The matting was used for sound deadening. She also used the travertine on her balconies surrounding her apartment, the whole 16 floor,

   make sure you order alot more than you need, but some travertine is better than others, another problem was actually getting stone that was indicative of the sample originally given, they actually had a designer standing there and ok'ing each stone that went down. real interesting job

   Mark

   ps there can be absolutely no question of flex(wood joist floors in big rooms) it will crack.