matting

Hi guys, 1st post so apologies if I’ve missed any key info. We’ve had liquid screed laid 2 months ago on top of underfloor heating. Question: given the screed is in good condition (flat/dry/no undulation), do I need to lay both an anti-cracking matt and use S2 adhesive or will the S2...

Hi Everyone. I'm after some advice with regard large format Tiles with water fed underfloor heating. I'm about to lay 100m2 of plank style (1500mm x 240mm) on chipboard floorboards with integrated underfloor heating. I was planning on using Durabase C1++ decoupling matting but saw that it may...

Hi, Would you use Durabase matting over Hardie 6mm floor? Im not 100% happy with the ply floor so am going to use 6mm Hardie backer 1200 x 600 mm. Its advised to go in a brick-bond staggered to reduce chance of cracking, but Im kind of thinking that there a loads more joins now than I had with...

I have used Durabase a couple of times and decided it was safer to backbuttered the felt side and got a perfect contact, just like when backbuttering tiles. Just wondering whether anyone else does this, because there are a few videos on youtube but none of them backbutter the matting. Thanks

hats67 - Yesterday at 11:48 PM Add bookmark #1 Hello guys. I came upon and registered with this forum while doing some research on decoupling mats. I'm a general builder and paver of 30 yrs. Very chuffed to be here. My current job is to build an upper and lower raised patio terrace of...

Hello guys. I came upon and registered with this forum while doing some research on decoupling mats. I'm a general builder and paver of 30 yrs. Very chuffed to be here. My current job is to build an upper and lower raised patio terrace of approx 50m2. All block work done and backfilled with...

Hi all So my tiler laid 125m2 and in the doorways and across the living room floor left the grout out so I could use a larson mastic joint for expansion purposes.(didn't have the mastic in stock when the floor was laid) My quandary is the detra matting under the expansion joint is not split so...

I’m about to tile a small bathroom floor with 20cm porcelain tiles on a very solid floor overlaid with 12mm WBP using Mapei Keraquick with latex. I’ve used this before and 10 years on still good, no cracks etc. But the local tile supplier says I should use anti-crack matting. I always thought...

Hi just got some dural durabase. My tiles are 20x20cm Porcelin. Will 20x20 sit fine on this Matt. Also would you recommend tile levelling clips for a tile of this size, if so which system. as I am looking for a 2mm grout line.

We just had a 1.5 sq. m area of floor tiled professionally in our ensuite. The base floor is 18 mm chipboard and is screwed down hard to the joists, but dips down by a max. of around 4 to 5 mm in places. When laying the tiles, the tiler followed the floor precisely, and hence the finished...

Hello we have bought a stone barn that was converted badly to a dwelling in 2003. We’ve got down to the concrete sub floor which we’ve had to heavily patch as we created one room out of 4. Weve laid a radon membrane and a thermal blanket and laid wet underfloor heating. We’ve had a retinol trust...

Does anybody use the tilemaster matting? im a bathroom fitter and when speaking to other tilers, they normally use hardiebacker. im abit confused as to whats best to go for a tile backer board or the matting. we normally use the 10mm delta boards glued and screwed but the anti cracking matt...

Hi. About to lay ditra matting over cement board substrate. The Ditra handbook states use a 6mm x 5mm trowel. I have a 6x6 trowel. Is this likely to cause a problem? Also they state use a thin set mortar..... S2 flexible adhesive should be ok shouldn’t it? Thanks all

Hi - we're renovating a house in Norfolk at the mo. I am getting conflicting advice from the stone supplier and our builder about what should be under the 22mm limestone flagstones. There is wet underfloor heating (or rather there will be soon!). Builder says it is sufficient to "lay a liquid...

I had a very poor tiling job done in the summer by a general builder and I've got a professional tiler in at the moment. The tiles came up very easily but there's and anti-crack mat underneath. We've found a lot of water under this mat, so we want to lift it and let the screed dry properly. It...

Bit of an intro - I'm a competent DIYer and have been refurbing the bathroom on and off for the last few months - currently the only bathroom in the house so am refurbing around the family using it, hence it's taking a while. So I've got the shower cubicle in and installed (tanked and tiled) -...

All, I am about to start a job and plan on using Ditra 25 over concrete. Talking to my local, very good supplier, he has suggested I try a new Ardex product under the Ditra matting. I didn’t get the name but he described it as like a sticky glue that can be troweled directly onto ‘crete before...

Hi everyone, I have been following this forum for about 14 years now and have always found answers to my questions...so thanks for all the previous info you have all provided me. Excellent forum! I cannot however find an answer to this next question... ...I will be doing an 18sqm floor in...

We had tile installed in January of 2018. The installer put Ditra down. The grout stated to crack and come out a few months after installation. Other tiles move. Is this caused by the Ditra? Or some other reason?

hi all, I have never used an anti crack matting before but hav asked the customer to use one as I’m tiling over underfloor heating overlay boards, I have primed in prim grip from tile master. He has bought this orange matting looks like schluter but think it’s a copy I was just wondering what’s...