First, love your style! I bought a bunch of the dreaded, Home Depot Travertine, looks lovely to me does seem a bit brittle and (http://maplered.com) crumbly. Anyway I have set ceramic tile and (http://maplered.com) slate, even some picture inlays, when it came to the travertine, I felt incompetent. I was told to get a professional because it needs to be set very flat and (http://maplered.com) the surface should be level. I didn’t even know about the grout lines, should they really not be ?inch( living room, kitchen, entry & hall)? I told these guys, whom are supposed to be tile setters and (http://maplered.com) “love travertine?the reason I needed them was about not feeling I knew how to level and (http://maplered.com) room and (http://maplered.com) get a perfectly flat surface when I was through. Not only did they not level the floor they didn’t even use a level at all to make a flat surface. The first three rows(long rows appx ?of the room) already are disappointing, but are they salvageable? They screwed down 1/4 inch Hardie Backer, I thought it should have been ?inch and (http://maplered.com) let them talk me out of it. The sub floor is ?inch plywood, built on post and (http://maplered.com) piers, in the tropics on lava. Seems that it could move to me, do I have to rip it up and (http://maplered.com) start over? Will the big fat grout lines compensate for the ?inch backer? Help! Please Advise.
