levelling

  1. Jack

    Concrete moonscape! Best course of action?

    Hi everyone, First time tiler here about to tackle floor tiles (and wall tiles soon too) First off just want to say this forum is the dogs - lots of great info and help for green behind the ears types like me! Am doing up my first property and have a bit of a nightmare in the kitchen. It now...
  2. A

    Self Levelling Compound over Bitumen Adhesive

    Hi, not really sure which section to post this in so apologies if this should have gone somewhere else....I know it's a fairly commonly asked question but I need to level out a downstairs bathroom floor (concrete) and was looking for some advise/reassurance (as this is a DIY situation) that I...
  3. A

    Levelling Compound or No More Ply

    Hi all. Newbie here so please go easy :) I've not laid self levelling compound before but am a confident DIY'er so would like to give it a crack.... just trying to do as much research as possible before hand... I have ripped/stripped out an old bathroom suite (inc stud wall splitting cupboard...
  4. O

    MLT levelling system

    So a very nice man I know, a certain Mick Volponi - who happens to be responsible for the MLT levelling system, has sent me this sample kit to try. For anyone who hasn't heard of it, it's a system from the USA which uses a combination of different straps and base plates for different materials...
  5. Dan

    Tile Levelling Systems in Bulk - Cheap Tile Levelling Systems

    Everybody seems to be selling tile levelling systems these days. So I thought I'd have a quick look on one of the websites I use to by tat from. They do actually do some good stuff amongst the crap. It's worth digging through. You can often get samples sent over FOC if you have an account that...
  6. S

    Wetroom floor, hardi backer already down, needs levelling, uncoupling membrane?

    Hi all, starting a wet room floor soon, have a few questions I would like some help with! The floor has already been installed by a builder and has Hardi backer boards down, running up to the tray, but will need levelling before reaching it. 1. Hardi backer is not waterproof, so how does self...
  7. O

    Levelling floor whole house

    Hi - some four bathrooms down and feeling pretty confident. So - now my son wants me to level his entire ground floor with varying thicknesses of marmox boards 6mm - 20mm to insulate a bit and to cover existing and incomplete "rubber" tiles - which are possibly containing asbestos so I'd rather...
  8. Dan

    Name all the tile levelling systems you can?

    I want to make a poll. Name all the levelling systems you can for me. I know loads of randommers are selling them now. I'm going start a poll on 'em.
  9. B

    self levelling compound maximum thickness and alternatives

    Hi all, I'm about to tile a concrete kitchen floor that needs leveling as it currently slopes and runs out by around 40 mm (from one end of room to the other). I just wanted to know whether (a) self leveling compound would do the job and if so, the maximum thickness that can be applied, and (b)...
  10. G

    Self levelling over wet ufh system

    Hi guys, the job, 140m2 of Mapei renovation screed over profix 15mm ufh system. It was to big for me to lay by hand so got a firm in to pump it. They have done a top job getting spot on flat but after inspecting it 2 and half days after it was laid I found pretty much every where it had the...
  11. B

    Selflevelling cracking

    Hi all just asking if anyone else has come across selflevelling compound cracking and what they have done about it. The floor in question is an old farm house and was a mixture of concrete and old type tiles but as walls had been removed these were all at different heights hence levelling. The...
  12. A

    I just bought the levelling system

    I know quite a few on here dont like these or would use them however ive just bought the ramondi leveling kit on amazon to test it out. HAve watched the videos on youtube about this product and the ones similar to it. Have read the reviews online also but wanting to know, what are the cons about...
  13. I

    Self Levelling compound 1-10mm & 3-30mm

    Fast-setting, self-leveling, polymer-modified cementitious screed, used for smoothing and leveling concrete or mortar floors, before laying finishing materials like ceramic tiles, moquettes, parquet, vinyl tiles etc. It can be used at a thickness of 1-10 mm. Ideal for quick repairs, as it is...
  14. Chalker

    Self levelling

    ive got an underfloor heating floor to lay. It's nuheat lopro. Basically it's a stuck down egg box type with 10mm pipes flipped in. That I have no problem with. But I've then to cover it with thier fibre renforced self leveller. Which under normal circumstances would not be a problem. The...
  15. Mapei UK Marketing

    Mapei UK Tiling Courses and Training Days - Discussion Thread

    Mapei Ceramic Product Training Day at Mapei Training Centre in the Midlands, UK.
  16. C

    Floor self levelling compound

    Hi My bathroom floor is not particularly level running out of true approximately 3mm. As most flooring covering manufacturers stress the importance of having a level floor I think that I need to use self levelling compound to achieve this. Can someone please recommend a brand to use as there are...
  17. D

    taking up badly laid tiles, and levelling

    There's no real place for this thread, so here goes. The house was built 1930 (by gerry builders) and has a 4" aggregate floor in the kithen, and seems to have a painted DPM about half inch below the floor level, then a light screed of sorts before the tiles were laid, and then the last owners...
  18. T

    Self Levelling Large Areas!

    got a 30m floor to level,only ever done small floors,used a flat trowel. Ordered a spike roller from Ctd and the pole. Is this the best way to go,pour out and roll it out or am I better to get a large level and drag over surface. It's the old adhesive still on floor as customer saying its a...
  19. M

    Best Self Levelling Compound

    Hi again all! I have searched for this on the forums and my search function seems to not be working so apologies if I am repeating an already asked question. What are all your recommendations for a decent self levelling compound. It is for solid floor but there are some holes which are really...
  20. V

    Levelling System

    Got some 1200by1200 tiles in a couple of weeks Gunna try a levelling system,have I read on here that there is a cheaper version of the riamondi System from Italy Will I need the pliers from riamondi for these clips Anyone used them /rate them Cheers

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