[Twin Lorna]

Any builders - can you advise?

My husband and I are tiling our gate posts (horrible breeze block type) as a last resort because the French paint peeled off despite undercoats and paint being expensive. Why 'wood' tiles? - our house is wood and the 'wood' tiles look really beautiful as you come through the entrance.

Between the tiles we have a nice wide-ish space (top pic) where we want to stick small stones to (2nd pic) (we will mix grey with the beige stones). They are from Leroy Merlin.

We have yet to do normal outdoor grouting for the smaller spaces between the tiles.

What do you recommend we use to hold the stones to the pillars in the wider space? Something strong that will last a long time.

 

[eairicbloodaxe]

I don't think that is going to work...

You want to stick the stones ONTO the mortar so the stones are the top surface? Yet the diameter of the stones looks far thicker than the tile mortar bed.

You may be able to buy pebbledash mortar, which could do it. But the small area is an issue.

Best way could be to make your own "tile strips" in a mould, maybe using a expoxy. Plenty of opportunity to get it looking aesthetic. These can then be tiled on when dry.

Very best way would be to completely tile the posts in the same tile. A proper electric tile cutter will probably cost less than the messing about you'll have to do.

Kind regards



Ian

 

[hargsnz]

I don't think that is going to work...

You want to stick the stones ONTO the mortar so the stones are the top surface? Yet the diameter of the stones looks far thicker than the tile mortar bed.

You may be able to buy pebbledash mortar, which could do it. But the small area is an issue.

Best way could be to make your own "tile strips" in a mould, maybe using a expoxy. Plenty of opportunity to get it looking aesthetic. These can then be tiled on when dry.

Very best way would be to completely tile the posts in the same tile. A proper electric tile cutter will probably cost less than the messing about you'll have to do.

Kind regards



Ian

Any builders - can you advise?

My husband and I are tiling our gate posts (horrible breeze block type) as a last resort because the French paint peeled off despite undercoats and paint being expensive. Why 'wood' tiles? - our house is wood and the 'wood' tiles look really beautiful as you come through the entrance.

Between the tiles we have a nice wide-ish space (top pic) where we want to stick small stones to (2nd pic) (we will mix grey with the beige stones). They are from Leroy Merlin.

We have yet to do normal outdoor grouting for the smaller spaces between the tiles.

What do you recommend we use to hold the stones to the pillars in the wider space? Something strong that will last a long time.


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Any builders - can you advise?

My husband and I are tiling our gate posts (horrible breeze block type) as a last resort because the French paint peeled off despite undercoats and paint being expensive. Why 'wood' tiles? - our house is wood and the 'wood' tiles look really beautiful as you come through the entrance.

Between the tiles we have a nice wide-ish space (top pic) where we want to stick small stones to (2nd pic) (we will mix grey with the beige stones). They are from Leroy Merlin.

We have yet to do normal outdoor grouting for the smaller spaces between the tiles.

What do you recommend we use to hold the stones to the pillars in the wider space? Something strong that will last a long time.


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I don't think the stones will work. Why not use actual tiles & tile cement? You can get quite small tiles that are on a backing of net which you can cut with scissors into strips with the tiles attached at the right spaces & then just smooth them onto the tile glue & then grout the edges and in between. I recently did something similar to my front streetside concrete step that had cracked & was worn down. I didn't need a tile cutter . I bought small tiles that would fit across the width & depth without needing to be cut.

 

[Nomoss]

I hope that's not a live electric cable sticking out of the bottom of the post .

 

[jeliecrack]

you could stick a strip of led lighting up the gap connecting to the cable