i would be interested to hear opinions about pci pecilastic used in conjunction with electric heat mats and over plywood decking.
my understanding is that pecilastic can be stuck to plywood and heat mats laid directly on to pecilastic.
I am then led to understand that tiles can be bedded...
We need some advice. Have insulated and screeded bathroom floor ready for electric underfloor heating mats to be tiled over. We'd like to use traditional reclaimed quarry tiles, 30mm thick but this is fairly unconventional and most mat producers recommend a thinner tile. Does anyone have...
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Hi all my power craft electric tile cutter wont cut the tiles ...does it need a new blade. It has being cutting them up to today. I see some sparks coming from it, any suggestions...
I'm hoping for some professional advice on what to do with my new Limstone tiled floor - I'm at my wits end!!
I had a job carried out in my house by local a tiler which completed 1 month ago - Sept '12; details as follows:
- New build house that we've lived in for 4 yrs since new.
- 40 sq mtrs...
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So at last one of my worst nightmares has come true, i have a faulty u'f'h mat.
The floor is concrete, then marmox 6mm boarding. Two electric under floor heating mats, both resistance and continuity tested by myself and the electician whilst rolled up. Now i always put testers on, and i use a...
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Hello,
I looked at this forum last week when I got to massive problems removing UFH and backing in my bathroom.
I can't remember where the thread was now, but basically the comments were that this was a swine of a job.
I stumbled across an idea that worked which I would like to share if...
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Hello,
I'm new here, this is my first post!
I'm due to get the keys to my new apartment in the next couple of weeks, its a Brewery conversion and my apartment is a split level duplex. The construction company have installed electric panel heaters which I plan to replace with Electric UFH...
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Hello i am new to this forum and i am a tiler in the Essex area. My client has just purchased a 200watt per m2 electric underfloor heating system. Are these systems compatible with Tiles? The client will be running the system with a floor tempreature of 30c. Will this play havoc with the...
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Good Afternoon,
I am having problems with my bathroom floor.
Last year I completely renovated my house and decided to put an underfloor heating system in the upstairs bathroom, which is working fine apart from issues with the grout cracking and the tiles lifting in the heavy footfall area...
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Hello there,
Can you please give me some advice to a novice?
In my new extension I have a small ensuite bath/shower room (upstairs) currently with a chipboard floor - floor size about 1.5msq.
I have bought a diy undefloor heating mat.
I would like to use natural travertine floor tiles.
Please...
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Hi,]
Can any one help please.
I'm ready to tile a kitchen floor in a bungalow(before Christmas) but it has not been decided if they want electric underfloor heating. However the walls have to be plastered asap so I need to allow for the first fix electrics in the wall now so that the cables can...
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Quality tool for accurate cutting of all types of tiles
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Hi there, i would like to ask a few things about ufh mats? I have tiled lots of floors but i am currently working on a job and am laying a ufh mat for the first time. Im laying onto a concrete floor a builder has recently "leveled" with slc (hes not done a good job!).
I laid the mat today and...
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Hi everyone
Just found your site whilst searching for online help with our bathroom tiles - looks like a good forum so I hope someone can help, as I have very little experience laying tiles!
We have one or two loose porcelain 300x600mm tiles on our bathroom floor. This was fitted for us 7...
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Hi all. This is my scenario / plan:
We've been in our new house for a year and now want to replace the 'orrible b&q tiles in the kitchen and conservatory. (kitchen leads out to conserv)
I'm thinking that the best plan is to have 2 'zones' (kits) one for the conservatory and one for the...
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Just thought I knock up a thread with step by step pictures of an electric underfloor heating installation.
Bare concrete floor (primed), 9 square metres. 100mm thick so was left 3 months to dry before I even thought about starting the job.
6mm insulation boards staggered and stuck to the...
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I've been to see a job today where the tiles have lifted (i never laid them, i was too busy so the customer had to get someone else) 300 x 300 ceramics on ordinary ply. don't know what thickness yet. the ufh heating wire is of course ruined too, it was switched on fully almost immediatley after...
I'm about to tile a new (layed 6 weeks ago) screed with Warmup UFH in it. Would Mapei Keraflex be a suitable adhesive, also will the screed need a primer, if so could you suggest a suitable one!
The tiles are 300x450 ceramics.
I’m also assuming the UFH will need to be heated for a couple of...
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