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  1. W

    Ditra matting query

    HELP I had a new tiled floor put down in February and have just discovered a pipe has been leaking behind one of my kitchen units. The floor is concrete and the tiler put detra matting down before putting the tiles down. The Insurance Company want to rip the whole lot up but I am wonderingif...
  2. S

    To Ditra or not to Ditra??? That is the question

    Hi all Just a quick question - I have a 12 sq/m floor I have to start tiling next week, its an open kitchen diner, which were 2 separate rooms, and the a joiing 4 inch has been knocked down to open it up. The floor of the 2 rooms was in really good shape with no concrete cracks or damage and was...
  3. K

    Chipboard ditra

    Hi There. I always hardiebacker chipboard floors but possible on this occasion i may need to use just Ditra. Would Ditra direct to a chipboard floor be fine if there is no deflection anyone thinks. Cheers. Kevin
  4. T

    No more ply with ditra

    Hi, Planning to tile my bathroom in the next few weeks, the floor structure is chip board on the new extension size and floor boards on the old part of the bathroom. The floor is solid and I'm planning to put 6mm no more ply glued/screwed down. Do I really need to put Ditra mat down? Part of...
  5. P

    Ditra laying methods

    What do you all use for laying Ditra? Usually use a float and my feet but have a big area to lay next week so looking something a bit more efficient. Was thinking of making up a Karl Dahm style roller, then today seen a water filled lawn roller which looked like it might be an idea. Anybody use...
  6. N

    ditra mat

    i have for sale a full roll of ditra , £175.00 , thought i would give trusted advisors the 1st option to buy
  7. M

    ditra over former

    I have a Tuff2 shower tray installed, I have just purchased some ditra uncoupling matting. Should this be installed over the entire tray or just butted up to it and then taped across on to the former. The matting is a lot stiffer than I thought it would be and I am concerned about losing my falls.
  8. R

    Hardi backer or ditra on wooden floor????

    If this has been asked before I apologise, maybe someone can point me to a thread that covers this. I see many posts where tilers mention that, on wood, they don't tile without putting ditra down first and other posts mention just backer board or ply/backerboard. The question is when is it best...
  9. peteablard

    Ditra pricing, any good deals out there?

    I need to get 2 rolls of Ditra matting next week and wondered if anyone can recommend a supplier? Been doing mostly commercial work for a while so out of touch with prices for it. Any help would be appreciated, cheers
  10. A

    does wet UFH need ditra matting???

    Hi. I have a sand and cement screed (75mm deep) with wet underfloor heating installed. The screed will be 5 weeks old when tiles are planned to go down. The underfloor heating will have been run up to temp and down over the 5th week. I'm currently getting quotes to tile it. I've read that a...
  11. Del W

    Phg ditra price.

    For some reason I cant log in to PHG. Can someone tell me what price for 40sqm inc.vat & delivery. Thanks, Del.
  12. P

    ditra matting

    Hi first post here (but lots of info from the forums thanks) Just had a tiler round to price tilling kitchen and hall approx 65m2 he suggested ditra bat but very expensive looked at dura but similar price 600x600 11mm porc anhydrite screed (spelling?) is there a cheaper version of the mat CHEERS
  13. P

    Ditra v Durabases price difference OMG......

    I priced up 150msq Ditra at TG, and a local tile shop and the cheapest was £2013 inc vat, at CTD Durabase £898.70 inc vat. Ok I know its on offer but thats a riddiculess difference. And its just as good, from what I'v heard
  14. F

    Dural v Ditra

    Hi, fairly new on here and going with advice to use a decoupling membrane before tiling my kitchen. I was looking for the best price on ditra matting when I came across another German manufactured product called 'Dural' which purports to be the exact same thing only made by another manufacturer...
  15. T

    Ditra mat, how good is it?

    Hi, Just venturing over from the plumbing forums. I'm after some advice about Ditra mat, I went to a tiling shop today for some quotes on tiles and mentioned that I have 2 different floor types (wooden floor boards on old part of house and sand and cement screed on the new extension) and need...
  16. K

    ditra ufh

    Hi all, can anyone give me some advice as i am a bit confused by other comments on various forums, I am tiling my bathroom 4m2 which normal ceramic tiles with UFH i had to replace the existing floor as it was cracking possibly with movement, the floor is green boards as the house is about 2o...

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