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    For Sale Ditra matting for sale

    approx 65 sq mts ditra mat . It was fixed on top Of an anhydrite screed for a day using tilemaster seta flex white adhesive to fix and top filled in with same adhesive . There are remnants of adhesive on back but can still be used if fixed with 6 mm notch . Originally fixed with 4.5 mm notch
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    Schluter Ditra 25 Matting NOW IN STOCK :)

    Afternoon Everyone, Hope you all had a good Easter break, Just a quick note which may be of interest to some of you, that we are now stocking the Schluter DITRA 25 Uncoupling membrane, it is available in either the 30m² rolls or per 1m². They can both be found here: Tiling on Timber Floors...
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    Hello, quick question, are thermonet cabling and Ditra Heat matting compatible?

    Hi Everyone, Has anyone or does anyone know if you can lay Thermonet lose lay cable into Ditra Heat matting?? Ie. does it fit, is cable spacing correct?? Cheers. Chris.
  4. M

    Builders doing Tiling, Matting Mesh stuck, Expansion gap not wanted - Advice

    Hi Started a job today and been thrown a few curve balls. Customer had tiles cracking grout breaking up (builder said he could do the tiling). Customer said half the tiles had been fixed to concert and half to floor boards. Sounded like a simple tear up, secure floor boards, fix Hardie backer...
  5. Dan

    Homelux Waterproof Matting Installation Instructions 1.0

    The problem Most of us have had some experience of the damage that can be caused when tiled bathrooms and wet areas are not sealed properly against intrusive water and moisture. Unsightly damp patches constantly re-appear on the ceiling in the room below your bathroom, not to mention the...
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    Matting Effect on Installed Polished Porcelain

    A friend has some polished porcelain floor tiles in his hallway. They have been steam cleaned a number of times and now seem to have areas or patches that appear matt. Have added a pic, but it's not easy to see as it only shows in certain light. Any ideas as to how this could be remedied - if at...
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    When Do You Uncouple?

    I have used uncoupling mats before, but not extensively. It's only maybe the last 18 month or 2 years that my local tile shop has stocked them. When do you personally use an uncoupling mat and when don't you? Materials and substrate.. I understand what lateral movement is, but I have seen...
  8. M

    Tilemaster Anti Fracture Matting

    Hi all, Just about to do my first job using tilemaster decoupling matting, I'm gonna give it a whirl as my supplier is now stocking this instead of Bal rapid mat.......what are your opinions on this stuff if any of you have used it ? Many thanks Mark
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    For Sale Ditra Matting

    2x 30m2 £250.00 collection only from Birmingham
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    Ditra Matting Adhesive Advice

    Ive installed ditra to a small ensuite. Using ardex af200 to bond Now I've read to much regarding adhesive and I'm after a little advice My old man has a couple of bags mapei super flexible powdered tile adhesive that he has left over am I OK to use this. Cheers in advance
  11. M

    Advice Needed On Dural Durabase Matting

    Hello, I'm looking to get some Dural Durabase CI Matting to be laid on a screed floor beneath porcelain tiles. I am brand new to this and wondered if there is a difference between CI, CI+ and CI++? I have seen them all for sale and wondered what the difference is... Also if anyone has any...
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    Can I Use Tilemaster Anti Fracture Matting Over A Ply Sub Base

    I'm fitting a walk in shower this week and it is the first i've done! I'm read up and taken in all of the information on here i hope. I've pulled the existing sub floor up to install the drains and move pipe work and for ease I was going to ply and over board with PCS boards. The former tray...
  13. J

    Ditra Matting On Part Of A Floor

    Hi, We have a 55 square metre kitchen that we want to tile with 80cm x 50cm limestone tiles. We have NO UFH. 80% of the room is a newly screeded floor (extension) which is perfectly level (to within the tolerance of an 8 foot level placed in various places). The screed is dry having been...
  14. M

    Fixing On Top Of Ditra Matting

    Hi everyone and a happy new year to you all.......I'm just after a second opinion here regarding fixing some 600 x 600 polished porcelain on top of Schluter ditra matting please. The floor ( 100mm sand & cement screed ) is fairly flat but not perfect was laid on the 9th November, I just wanted...
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    Wet UFH Limestone DITRA?

    I am a customer not a tiler! My architect wants to lay limestone tiles directly on to the screed which is a sand and cement mix with the UFH pipes in it. This is laid on a solid concrete base. The screed has SBR and some fibres in it. My worry is that the limestone tiles with all their natural...
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    Tile height using Schluter Ditra?

    Hi guys, have not got round to tiling the bathroom and kitchen floor and was wondering how high the finished tile height will be once completed? Tiles are 9mm thick and I will be using the Schluter Ditra as recommended. Jimmy
  17. Dan

    When Was Ditra Made? And Was It The First Uncoupling Matting?

    Perhaps one for @SchlüterSystems themselves to answer. When was ditra first made and used? Is that tiling job still down? Was it the first of its kind? And just one for the hell of it - what was your first pets name and the name of your first street? (we get your 'acting' name then don't we...
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    To Lay Ditra Matting Or Not

    Builder has laid u/f heating on insulation boards and then latexed in a small (3sq.m) upstairs en-suite. Would it be OTT to lay Ditra matting before fixing porcelain tiles?
  19. Dan

    Dural Durabase C++ Matting Or Schluter Ditra Matting?

    Quick poll! Dural Durabase C++ Matting or Schluter Ditra Matting?
  20. Dan

    Dural Durabase Ci++ Uncoupling Membrane Matting

    DURAL decoupling mat DURABASE CI++ The quick multi-purpose decoupling mat with shear-stop action Particularly safe, extremely fast, noticeable cost saving Construction optimized 3-layer structure Stress alleviating and crack-bridging Improves footfall sound insulation Saves time and money...

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