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    Has anyone ever come across Econboard Insulation Board??? Help if you have, please.

    Been to price up a job today. Nice simple conservatory floor with underfloor heating already fitted or so I thought. When I arrived I found this Econboard Insulation Board placed on top of the screed without being stuck then the underfloor heating stuck on top of it. Alarm bells went of...
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    What Insulation behind tiled walls?

    Hi, I'm after a bit of advice on insulating behind aquapanel and moisture resistant plasterboard in a bathroom. I plan on fitting a bath with over bath shower. 1 of the walls the bath goes against is an internal lathe and plaster stud wall, on the other side is a bedroom. The other wall is...
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    Help....No room for insulation board

    Hi all. Our kitchen is to be tiled (concrete floor) and we want to fit electric underfloor heating. The problem is there is not enough room for the increased floor height for insulation board (only have about 13-15mm, and tiles will be porcelain so about 9-10mm). Is there anythign we can do...
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    Insulation board or Dtra matting on new sand/cement screed

    Hi Guys, my coservatory is going to be screeded on tuesday to a depth of 4inches, my plan was to leave it for one month, then prime twice, install 10mm insulation board on flexible adhesive, lay UFH wire, Latex, then tile....... Does this sound like the best way to go to you pro's? someone...
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    Insulation question - suspended woodern floor

    Apologies if this is in the wrong Forum section, its kind of a substrate question! Im in the early days of planning a new kitchen with tiled floor and will have UFH over 18mm plywood and 10mm Marmox, with SLC then decent BAL adhesives. My question is regarding insulating between the floor...
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    thin thermal insulation under stone tiles

    I've got an uninsulated concrete floor in my kitchen which I want to have Travertine tiles laid over, the tiles will continue into an extension which has an insulated slab with the same FFL I'm wondering if there is an ultra thin insulating material that can be put between the uninsulated...
  7. S

    insulation backed chipboard

    ive got a bathroom to do this week, its chipboard flooring and as the house is only about 6 yrs old i thought i would lift a bit of floor to make sure it was not a floating floor, its not a floating floor but the chipboard has about 40mm of insulation between it and the joists, should i just...
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    sticking down insulation boards ?

    Hi all what notch of trowel do you use to stick down 10mm insulation boards to a concrete floor ?
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    Loft insulation for £3 a roll at B & Q

    Hey up folks, If any of you are a bit thin on the loft insulation, now is the time to get some at this price. You only allowed 18 rolls per purchase. I took the cattle trailer down to fill it but only got the 18...
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    insulation boards

    hi all,could anybody help me out with this one?i have quoted on a 10 m2 sun lounge and the customer don't want to pay out for underfloor heating.will laying insulation boards on top of the concrete base which will be levelled with screed take away a bit of that coldness.thanks in advance for any...
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    Insulation Board increasing height on concrete subfloor...

    Hi All, Im new to the forum and underfloor heating in need of a little of advice.... Im in the process of renovating my kitchen (which is a galley) and looking into underfloor heating on the middle run (5mx 1.2m). I have removed previous tiles and in process of taking up previous adhesive...
    • stewie
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    • board concrete floor floor tiling insulation subfloor usa
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
  12. M

    Is insulation boarding really needed for UFH?

    Hello to all. Where we have a good flat and sound suspended wood plank floor in the bathroom we are advised by carpet/lino/tile shops that UFH insulation boards are not required if the mode of use is intermittent, ie, once per evening. Laminate planks will be the top surface flooring lying on...
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    Wet room insulation course

    Hi,can anyone recommend a Wetroom tiling course as I would like to learn how to floor screed to create falls,install format trays in timber floors,Thanks
  14. W

    Which SLC over heating mats on insulation board

    Hi all, We're half way through preparing to tile a 20sq meter floor, but has been put on hold due to a forced change in tile. So far, we've 6mm EkoBoard (which I bought through this site) covered with electric underfloor heating mats. We're having a 600 x 600 porcelain tile, so need to SLC...
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    Insulation board - is this one any good?

    Hello all - Going to have a kitchen tiled onto concrete surface and have UFH. Seen this stuff Ekoboard. Underfloor Heating | Floor Insulation | Uheat It's less than half the price of Marmox. The difference is that there is no rigid layer either side, and according to the manufacturers the...
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    Insulation boards

    I am having an on-going argument with a local supplier who insists that No More Ply backer boards are as good as Ekoboard type boards for insulation. I have asked for them to provide figures for heat loss etc but they cant. While I dont doubt that the No More Ply boards offer some insulation I...
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    Sound Insulation

    I will be starting a latrge job soon and the customer has asked about sound insulation. basically I intend to overlay the floor with 18 mm ply prior to tiling. As I will be using 18mm ply is it feasible to sandwich some form of sound insulation between the original floor and the overlayed...
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    Insulation Resistance problem with elektra underfloorheating

    Hi, Can anybody help just tried testing 2 brand new coils of elektra underfloor heating cable and got a dead short reading of 0.0 mega ohms between live conductors and a reading of greater than 1000 between live conductors and earth on both cables has anybody had a similar issue or can anybody...
    • dannyhull
    • Thread
    • floor floor tiling heating insulation problem ufh underfloor underfloor heating usa
    • Replies: 24
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
  19. M

    Insulation boards - anyone used these

    Hi Has any one used XPS Thermal board (from the Underfloor heating store) ? They are considerably cheaper than kerdi boards / wedi boards etc I know you get what you pay for but these boards have very similar properties IE. thermal performance, resistance, strength etc Area I am...
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    tile backer boards and insulation boards advice please

    Hello all, I'm about to buy the boards I need for the kitchen and bathroom tiling, but I'm not 100% which ones to opt for, any advice would be very gratefully received! Firstly the bathroom. The wall tiles we're using are marble and too heavy to go directly onto the existing plaster skim...
    • *Alice*
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    • advice boards insulation insulation boards please tile tile backerboard usa
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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