Marble chip shall be thoroughly soaked in water for a minimum of 15 minutes before laying and taken out just before use.
Cement slurry coat shall be scrubbed to prepare slab prior to placing mortar bed. The mortar bed composed of 1 part cement to three parts of aggregate complying with BS 1199 Table 1 shall be immediately applied after application of slurry bond coat and spread evenly.
The setting coat composed of 1 part cement and three parts fine aggregate shall be spread on the undercoat and the marble chips set in to even and level surface. The finished surface shall be left undistributed for 24 hours. The surface shall be topped with cement fine aggregate mortar mix 1:3 to a minimum thickness of 5mm distributed uniformly.
