BAL Bal Rapid Flex Fibre Plus Vs Ultimate

[Rich Midge]

I've quoted for a job 35 metres polished porcelain using TileMaster Ultimate onto a newly screeded Orangery. The customer has since come back saying Topps will give them a substantial discount on the tiles if they purchase the Bal adhesive in the title. Anyone out there used it? Is it any good? Can it really justify being twice the price of Ultimate?

 

[White Room]

There paying for the adhesive...aren't they?

 

[Rich Midge]

Indeed they are......don't like seeing people getting ripped off though. Bal gear at Topps seems particularly overpriced.

 

[One Day]

It's very good adhesive - BAL of course.
Nice to work with too. Goes off a bit faster than TM Ultimate though.
The downside is that the customer will likely be paying about £50 a bag in order to get their discount on the tiles.

(I'd be really careful with customers like that. - a bit thick! 😕 )

 

[Rich Midge]

We've already had lengthy discussions over the screed, along the lines of "my builder says it'll be dry enough to tile on in 2 days"! So yeah I agree, tread carefully with customers like these.

 

[White Room]

Why pay you to do the job when the builder knows more😵

 

[One Day]

Builders:

 

[Rich Midge]

In the end I googled 'when can I tile onto a new screed?' on my phone in front of them............slow realisation I might actually know a little bit about the trade!

 

[Andy Allen]

What's an orangery. .

 

[Bill]

What's an orangery. .

A posh conservatory......