Under Things to know, you can find out what the advantages of a seamless stone carpet bathroom are and why it is essential to consult a specialist company when laying a stone carpet in the bathroom, WC and sauna.
Contents
- Seamless stone carpet bathroom and WC
- Inspiration for your stone carpet bathroom
- Bathroom stone carpet – a wellness experience for your feet
- Underfloor heating in the stone carpet bathroom ensures warm feet
- Natural slate as an option for showers combined with bathroom stone carpeting
- Stone carpet bathroom in Schleswig Holstein
- Non-binding Cost estimate
- Link collection
- FAQ
- Shop
What requirements must a bathroom floor meet? Seamless stone carpet bathroom and WC
Due to the high humidity, a bathroom floor has to cope with a number of tasks. Above all, it should
- be robust and waterproof and not swell up,
- be non-slip and barefoot-friendly, i.e. comfortable and warm,
- Prevent mold growth,
- be hygienic, durable and easy to clean .
If possible, seek advice from a specialist company on the subject of bathroom stone carpeting for professional installation in wet areas. Correct sealing of all surfaces is particularly important in bathrooms and wet rooms. This is the only way to ensure lasting durability, a flawless appearance and insurance cover.
Plan your stone-carpeted bathroom now Inspiration for your stone-carpeted bathroom
Regardless of whether you are planning a new build, a conversion or a renovation, a whole host of questions arise at the start of any planning process and the desire to seek advice arises. A good place to get answers to your questions and inspiration for your floor and wall design are the Qubo® bases.
It doesn’t matter which style you choose – whether purist, modern, elegant, whether you prefer round or angular shapes – a stone bathroom carpet always cuts a fine figure. The wide range of colors includes classic marble tones. On the other hand, the Qubo® Colorquarz offers an almost unlimited selection of colors and combinations for the individual design of walls and floors.
The seamless flooring not only scores points visually. Because without small tiles and grout lines, the room looks much more luxurious. Overall, seamless stone carpets make bathrooms appear larger than tiled ones. This is why the design of the floor surface without joints is ideal for small rooms such as guest WCs.
The cleaning effort is less with seamless surfaces. This is because dirt often settles in the joints between the tiles, which then has to be laboriously removed. Joints are also very susceptible to mold growth.
A stone bathroom carpet also has the advantage that the floor covering is much more robust than conventional tiles. If a heavy object falls on a gravel floor, it is usually spared, whereas tiles are quickly damaged.
Waterproof coating in the bathroom Stone carpet bathroom - wellness experience for your feet
With its massage-like effect, the stone carpet is a real treat for your feet. This is why, in addition to being laid in the bathroom, it is also suitable as a durable, non-slip and waterproof floor covering for saunas, fitness and wellness areas. To make the bathroom stone carpet waterproof, a pore seal is used in conjunction with an epoxy resin seal (Qubo® EP, glossy). Alternatively, a semi-matt or anti-slip polyurethane sealer can be used.
If you opt for a seamless bathroom , it is important to seal all surfaces perfectly, especially in the shower area, so that they do not become damp. For this reason, we would like to point out that we do not recommend stone carpeting in the direct shower area! This can be explained as follows:
Due to its granular structure, even the sealed stone carpet material does not form a pore-free surface on the substrate. If, for any reason – such as leaking silicone seams – moisture gets between the surface and the building seal, white stains can form under the transparent pore seal, for example. These are located underneath the seal and cannot be wiped away or removed by drying, resulting in an unsightly appearance. For this reason, insurance companies do not classify stone carpets as suitable for wet rooms and accept no liability!
We therefore recommend coating showers with microcement , as this material does not create a water-bearing layer between the coating and the substrate, so there is no risk of under-moisture!
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The ideal combination also with microcement & epoxy resin floor underfloor heating in the stone carpet bathroom ensures warm feet
Regardless of whether you are planning a new build, a conversion or a renovation, a whole host of questions arise at the start of any planning process and the desire to seek advice arises. A good place to get answers to your questions and inspiration for your floor and wall design are the Qubo® bases.
When asked in which room underfloor heating is particularly important, most people answer the bathroom. After a shower, stepping onto a comfortably warm floor with freshly warmed feet is pure wellness. When airing the room afterwards, a lot of the heat in the room is conducted outside as well as the moisture. The first thing that cools down here is the floor, as the cold outside air sinks downwards. Conventional radiators take a long time to heat it up again, as the warm heating air rises first.
With underfloor heating, the floor will remain warm even after a period of airing, especially if a coating with high heat absorption is used. Special mention should be made here of stone carpet , microcement and epoxy resin floors . All three systems have the necessary properties to make heating particularly efficient and responsive. The thin layer thickness ensures rapid heat transfer into the room, while the high heat capacity of quartz gravel or marble gravel, cement paste and epoxy resin keeps the floor pleasantly warm underfoot for a long time. As the coating systems are filled directly onto the heating loops, the heat flow is not hindered by air pockets, as is the case with laminate, for example.
Incidentally, underfloor heating can also be milled in at a later date when renovating. You can find all the information you need in the useful information section “ Milling in underfloor heating “.
Individually designed bathroom Natural slate as an option for showers combined with stone carpeting Bathroom
Another beautiful alternative for cladding shower walls is natural slate . These wafer-thin stone slabs are used to create floor and wall coverings that effectively protect your shower from water damage and provide a particularly exclusive look. Each surface is unique by nature and looks wonderful in combination with a stone bathroom carpet.
For more information about your future bathroom coating in permanently wet areas or details such as the different types of natural slate, the team at Quarzkiesboden Zimmermann is here to help. With a nationwide network of installers and a number of Qubo® bases , you can quickly and easily find a specialist company near you. The trained and certified installers will ensure that you …
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Stone carpet bathroom in Schleswig-Holstein
To call this building project just a stone-carpeted bathroom is actually an understatement – this bathroom in Schleswig-Holstein relies on a whole range of different coating systems from Quarzkiesboden Zimmermann. The basis is a quartz floor made of natural-colored quartz gravel and Qubo® EP02, the laying epoxy resin for indoor use. For use in the bathroom, the quartz gravel floor was provided with a Qubo® pore seal. This protects it from water penetration and makes it easy to mop.
The great thing about quartz gravel is that the skirting boards can also be made from it. This ensures a harmonious overall look. The Qubo® wall coating PU-WA08 is used for this.
The washbasin consists of a real wood panel with a natural front edge and knotholes. The knotholes were first filled with Qubo® Cast Resin High. The entire surface was then given a protective layer of Qubo® Cast Resin Low. This ensures that the wood is optimally prepared for daily contact with water.
A back panel made of natural slate can be seen behind the washbasin. The slate slabs create a seamless surface made of real stone. The same material also makes the wall surfaces behind the toilet and urinal as well as the shower walls a real eye-catcher.
As a special design element, the washbasin features a bluestone washbasin that blends in perfectly with the natural look of the bathroom.
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Link collection
- Links on the subject of stone carpets
- Product page
- Cleaning & Care (Worth knowing)
- Seamless bathroom (interesting facts)
- Wall design (Worth knowing)
- Milling in underfloor heating (Worth knowing)
- Quartz floor made of colored quartz (interesting facts)
- Microcement product page
- Epoxy resin product page
- Natural slate product page
- Overview of the Qubo® bases
- sz art of airbrush, the manufactory for Qubo® Painting logos & motifs
- Gecko als Qubo®-Malmotiv (Wissenswertes, sz art of airbrush)
First and foremost, the area of application determines the pricing. However, the costs depend on many different factors, including
- the type of binder required
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from the primer
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the choice of skirting boards, for example, if these are also made of gravel
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from the labor costs of the professional installer
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the size of the area to be laid
In outdoor areas, the costs are higher because the substrate needs to be sealed and the marble gravel needs to be laid with a UV-resistant binder.
In most cases,
coloured quartz
or
marble gravel
is used for the production of stone carpets. However, there are considerable differences in quality here, for example in the proportion of dust in the material or in the types of marble used. Mica additives and various precious and semi-precious stones can be added, but this is another cost factor.
Colored quartz is available in the following grain sizes:
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1–2 mm
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2–3 mm
- 3–4 mm
Marble gravel is available in the following grain sizes:
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1–4 mm
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4–8 mm
- 8–15 mm
Of course, the choice of gravel grain size has an effect on the laying thickness of the gravel floor.
The laying thickness of the floor depends on the gravel grain size and the area of application. Normal gravel with a grain size of 2 – 3 mm can be laid indoors with a thickness of 6 mm.
An installation thickness of 8 mm is used outdoors and on stairs indoors due to the load.
Finally, 10 mm of material is applied to external stairs.
Vertical surfaces such as risers, skirting boards and walls are always laid in 6 mm.
The larger the grain size of the gravel, the higher the installation height of the floor covering. This means that more gravel and additional binder is required per m². The price increases accordingly.
The primer forms the bonding bridge between the building structure and the gravel floor. The material can be applied to almost any substrate, for example tiles, wood, stone, concrete and metal. Different substrates require different preparation steps.
On tiles and metal, for example, a primer is required to give the smooth surface stability during installation.
On porous stone and absorbent screed, the appropriate primer must be used to prevent the binder from being absorbed, which is intended to ensure that the pebbles remain in place.
To coat wooden planks with a gravel floor, the movement of the planks against each other must first be stopped. To do this, the installer first applies a mesh mat to the wooden floor. Once the filler has dried, the gravel floor is applied.
For reasons of hygiene, the stone carpet should be fitted with a pore seal, especially in kitchens and
bathrooms
. It prevents leaked, sticky liquids from penetrating the gravel floor. While it is difficult to remove liquids that have penetrated an open floor, the pore seal enables
effortless cleaning
by wet mopping.
Dogs
, cats and co. feel much more comfortable on the textured surface of a gravel floor than on smooth floor coverings such as tiles or laminate, as they do not slip on stone carpets. However, it is advisable to cover the floor with a pore seal to ensure an easily wipeable surface.
terrace
is the durable alternative to other floor coverings. The system creates a non-slip floor that is not only visually appealing, but also 100% frost-proof and UV-resistant. This means that our
marble gravel
, which is also suitable for outdoor use, comes from Italian quarries and is naturally lightfast.
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High drainage capacity due to open-pored structure
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Quick drying in sun and wind
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Easy to clean and self-cleaning
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100% frostsicher
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UV-stabil
- Gentle, massage-like walking comfort when walking barefoot
The most important thing when laying gravel floors in outdoor areas is preparing the substrate. This ensures the durability of the finished floor.
On the one hand, this is because a primed subfloor provides significantly increased adhesion for the filled gravel. On the other hand, a sealing layer keeps rainwater away from the building structure, for example, which supports long-term durability.
Options for sealing building structures are
- Sealing using an epoxy resin seal with sealing membrane
- Sealing using a flex sealing slurry
In order to drain rainwater effectively, the floor covering is laid with a gradient of at least 1.5%.
No, in outdoor areas, the stone carpet is always laid as an open system to ensure drainage capacity and thus the drainage of rainwater. This makes them 100% frost-proof and therefore ideal as
pool surrounds
and as a covering for balconies, terraces, entrance areas, outdoor steps and loggias.
We would like to point out that we do not recommend stone carpets in the direct shower area. The reasons for this can be found in the basic structure of the floor and the wet room. Just as the tile adhesive under a tile does not form a completely flat surface without air pockets, pores also remain underneath a sealed stone carpet.
If, after years, a silicone seam leaks and water from a fitting, for example, penetrates between the wall or floor covering and the seal of the building structure, the transparent pore seal reacts with the water and forms white stains. As these occur underneath the seal, they cannot be wiped away or removed by drying.
This is why insurance companies do not classify stone carpets as suitable for wet rooms and do not replace such coatings in the event of damage. We therefore recommend microcement coatings for showers. With these, there is no water-bearing layer between the floor covering and the substrate, so there is no risk of moisture penetration. Due to the many customization options for microcement, it can also be combined with stone carpeting. Just get in touch with us.
stairs
can be easily renovated both indoors and outdoors. If you apply a gravel coating to your old stairs, you will get a new design without having to invest in a new staircase. Renovation is carried out without any chiseling or demolition work. Staircase renovation significantly reduces or even completely eliminates noise. Of course, stone carpeting is also ideal for new staircases and entrance areas.
Yes. A staircase coated with stone carpet already has a slip resistance class of R10 after installation.
Special sealants can be used to increase the slip resistance class to R11 or R12.
Depending on the design of the staircase, the renovation takes 3-5 days. In special cases, installation is also possible within an even shorter time. For a more precise determination of the duration of your construction project ,
simply contact us at
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All our gravel floors use natural stones as the base material. This is why many people also refer to stone carpeting as
natural stone carpeting
.
The gravel is available natural and colored.
FAQ
Details and facts, key figures and explanations – here you will find answers to frequently asked questions about our Qubo® coating systems. If any details remain unclear, simply contact us at . We will be happy to advise you personally and promptly.
