Browse Forums Paving & Concreting 1 Nov 23, 2015 3:22 pm Hi, I am looking to purchase some travertine pavers (600x400x30) for around our pool and alfresco area. I am a bit confused about the whole 'quality' of the pavers. Prices seem to be between $60 - $80/sqm and different places comment on their quality although they say they will deliver the crate straight as delivered to them from Turkey. How can their quality be better if they do not even see it? I get that it is a natural product and some pieces will have holes but I just do not understand that there is different quality when it is all from the same place. Can anybody recommend a good supplier in the Sydney area that I can trust? Re: Travertine Pavers??? 2Dec 11, 2015 2:37 pm Hi, With Travertine the main difference is in the product classification, there are two types of Travertine Stone. One is A-GRADE and the other is COMMERCIAL. When using Travertine around your pool A grade would be the best option as the holes are smaller (when getting tumbled and unfilled). In terms of which supplier to go with, I think the only way to tell which is the best is to visit showrooms so you can get to see what the product looks like. This way you can take some samples home and lay it out to see how it looks. In terms of price.... i think it's important to shop around and even negotiate a little with resellers, sometimes they can be flexible depending on quantities ordered etc, and keep an eye out for any Travertine product sales. Hope this helps! Best of luck with it all! Re: Travertine Pavers??? 3Mar 30, 2016 2:06 pm We had a travertine dining and coffee table for over 25 years. It's very porous. Personally, I can't imagine it outside ... reckon it would get filthy/stained ??? Re: Travertine Pavers??? 4Mar 31, 2016 9:02 am I have to agree TC. We've done numerous renos for clients over the years and while I love it as a natural stone unless you seal it regularly, if you have it anywhere outside it can get grubby looking real quick particularly alongside gardens and in high traffic areas. Your pool would probably be fine but your alfresco area may get dirty. Some tilers also recommend sealing all surfaces of the travertine before they are laid then the top surface again after the whole area is put down. Stewie Re: Travertine Pavers??? 5Jul 02, 2016 12:14 am Hmmmm, I too was concerned with Travertine outdoors. Should I seal it or not! I have used it as pool coping then as paving under the patio area. I had some merbau timber becking delivered and placed it onto my Travertine paving. The following day it rained and the marabu decking was coated with some sort of paint/representative that ran/stained like mascara after a cry. I was devastated. it was stained beyond repair..... I thought. After scrubbing the travertine with liquid "White King" and allowing mother nature, sun and rain do its thing. After a short 4 months all looks normal. My Advise/ suggestion is do not seal it. Let nature/dirt/wine/life, stain/weather it! After all its a natural product that's been around for thousands of years. Don't let Dulux/Solver dictate what sealer you should use. For that point you will pay them money every 1-2 years. Its bull$hit! My pool build ..... viewtopic.php?f=65&t=73509 Cheers Andrew Re: Travertine Pavers??? 6Jul 02, 2016 8:03 am Merbau like a lot of hardwoods is not coated in anything - paint /"representative"/sealer etc. It is the tannin in the timber coming to the surface after the timber gets wet. Stewie Re: Travertine Pavers??? 7Jul 02, 2016 7:48 pm I made a mistake of using merbau for a seat top in my outdoor kitchen, i had travertine stackstone and pavers.We had a heap of rain the day before i was going to seal the stone and the merbau leached all over the stone i tried everything to get it off the stone, my mum suggested to try gumption, it worked after 2 couple of goes at it.... Lesson learnt don't use merbau again Re: Travertine Pavers??? 8Jul 04, 2016 11:40 am Merbau is fine for outdoor use but as I said previously most hardwoods will leach tannin onto paths, slabs etc until they reach an equilibrium and the staining stops. It's a good looking timber and I certainly wouldn't let this episode put you off using it again. The alternative is to use treated pine but that looks a bit .. ordinary. Stewie get them to replace the chipped tiles. It will stick out like a sore thumb overwise. Also tiler will be siliconing the miters rather than grouting. Grouted miters crack… 1 4031 Appreciate that Chippy. I won’t do sand under pavers and will connect all up under pavers, however I was going to do: 1) Roadbase compacted with manual hand tamper 2)… 10 18551 |