bonnie Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 The upstairs of my house has tomettes laid on lime mortar and sand, and a few tiles were loose, particularly in the hallway. Under the lime and sand is wood, not planks but roughly flattened pieces of different sizes. I believe this is quite common in French country houses built in the 1800s. I have removed the tiles and the lime mortar, and want to re-lay them using the same materials. I don't want to use thinset or tile mastic. The layer of sand is very thin and I can't figure out why its there. It doesn't seem thick enough for leveling. It basically creates a floating floor of tomettes and lime. Has anyone out there repaired or relaid this kind of floor? My three questions are: Do I need to use the sand underlayment? What consistency should the mortar be? Do the tiles need to be dampened before laying so they don't suck all the water out of the mortar? I have laid tile floors in the past using conventional thinset, and have also worked a little with lime mortar. Thanks for any help that might be out there.bonnie in the herault Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joidevie Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 I found this very useful.. Run through a translation program if you're stuck on language..Hope this helps.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonnie Posted May 31, 2011 Author Share Posted May 31, 2011 Yes, that's it exactly! thank you, joi ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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