underdawg135 said:
Yes! Thats what I want to do! :banana:
Pond looks great.
Does the marble need to be cleaned a lot?
What adhesive did you use to secure the marble at the bottom and in-between pieces?
Are you happy with it?
I like the color of yours, what is it?
Thanks :cheerful:
Thanks
The marble stays pretty clean, it's a super glossy surface that is really easy to keep clean, I just use the pond water to wash it off, or sometimes when it's wet from the rain I'll give it a wipe.
I just used a quality tile mortar to fasten the tiles, but I did prep the concrete with
BLUE SEAL™
The side pieces were secured with the same mortar, we just taped them in place until the mortar set.
Not sure of the color (sort of a beige?), and can't remember what the name they had for the marble was. I originally was looking for some sort of granite tiles, but found these and the color kind of went with our courtyard theme, so we went with them.
The toughest part of laying the tiles was cutting the curve on the end tiles where they meet the curve at the edge of the wall, other then that the actual laying of the tiles was a piece of cake. however, I made the mistake of doing the grout on a warm sunny day and the modifiers in the grout reacted too quickly, and I barely got it all grouted before it became unworkable.
Oh, I also sealed the grout with grout sealer.
Very happy with it. My biggest fear was that the cement wall or ledge might heave or settle and crack after the tile was on, and that would come through the tile. But I have gone through one winter already and no sign of cracking of the tile. There was some noticeable hairline cracks in the wall and concrete ledge before putting the tile on, but they didn't seem to transfer through to the tile.
