Marble Flooring

It is a superior kind of flooring, used in bath-rooms and kitchens of residential buildings and within hospitals, sanatoriums and temples etc. while extra cleanliness is a necessary requirement. Marble slabs might be laid in various sizes, commonly in rectangular or square shapes. The base concrete is prepared in the similar manner as in which for concrete flooring. Over the base concrete, 20 mm thick bedding mortar of either 1 : 4 cement: sand mix or 1 (lime putty) : 1 ( surkhi) : 1 coarse sand mix is spread under the area of every individual slab. A marble slab is then laid over it, gently pressed along with wooden mallet and leveled. A marble slab is then again lifted up, and fresh mortar is added to the hollows of the bedding mortar. The mortar is permitted to harden slightly, cement slurry is spread over it, the edges of already laid slabs are smeared along with cement slurry paste, and then the marble slab in question is placed in position. It is gently pushed along with wooden mallet so that cement pastes ooze out from the joint that should be as thin as probable (paper thick). Then oozed out cement is cleaned along with cloth. The paved area is properly cured for about a week.