matting

Hi all, I am currently renovating my bathroom and will be tiling with 450x300x13 marble tiles. For the floor, so far I have: Sistered joists to level them out, added noggins every 300mm 18mm ply (with latex primer on sides and rear) screwed at 200mm centres 6mm marmox laid onto Keraquick...

Hello all, I have a job and been requested to use dieter matting. I have seen it online but never used it. Could anyone advise it is for use with granite tiles. I am based in Manchester and have no idea where to buy it from, what is a good price etc. All help would be appreciated.

Hi there, We are currently having our bathroom completely re-done. We did only intend to retile when we started but as the tiles started to come off we were made aware of how badly things were done by the previous owners so decided to rip everything out and start from scratch. There is only...

Hi folks I am away to install 400x400 travertine tiles on 25mm ply with a ci matt. I am led to believe that I should stick the matt down with an s2 adhesive (keraquick grey with latex plus). And use an s1 White adhesive on top of mat (keraquick White mixed with water)? What's the best trowel...

Hi Guys......anyone else having problems with Dural CI Matting delaminating!!?? I've had a few floors do this now 6 - 12 months after installation. The 2 layers are coming apart leaving one stuck to the floor and the other to the tiles!!!!!!!

first time poster so be gentle on some of our tiling jobs we are asked to install ufh cable matting, so we always recommend levelling floor compound but the "self adhesive" matting always lifts off when the compound is poured over. on wood floors i use a staple gun on the matting (not the...

Hi, Im starting an 80 M2 floor in the next week or two, which is to be layed on top of ditra matting, now ive done a few ditra matt jobs in the past n ive always had problems trying to mark lines on the ditra matt when im setting out! has anyone got any tips to get me round this please?????

Hi guy's, Right iv been doing abit of Ditra the last few job's not really done much before, the company i sub contract to sent Amtico Glue down for sticking the Ditra to the sub floor,hummmm, wot are your thoughts on this?? i was not happy sticking it down with Amtico Glue but when put foward to...

Can anyone please help. We have a situation with a timber floor, old t&g floor boards (all in good order) where we were going to put down Ditra matting. The client asked for underfloor lights, like downlighters but in the floor. We are concerned as to whether the matting might be affected by the...

Hi I got a lot of useful advice over my last post, thanks guys: http://www.tilersforums.com/tile-adhesive-grout-substrate-preparation/46295-ditra-not-ditra.html I had reached the decision, as suggested by Stewart, which was: So I was going to put down No More Ply over the chipboard...

I have worked for a tiling company that installed UFH, the Warmup type, over Ditra matting. However, there seem to be views that doing so is not a good idea....the theory is that the wire heats up and melts the Ditra??.........could anyone enlighten me on this?

Hi, wondered if you good folks could advise on whether ditra mat is advisable/essential for my upcoming tiling. I've self built and extension approx 50m2 which will be a kitchen/diner (with 2.5x1.5m roof lantern) a utility room and a wet room. Laid ufh over kingspan and screed Larfarge Gyvlon to...

Hi All Can i stick ditra or dural down with Bal PTB.

Can anyone help. Looking to tile a utility room which is part of a n extension on the back of the house. As the floor level are not the same on advice I've raised the floor level in the extension to match the original. When I'm tiling sould I use a matting such as Detra to bridge the join...

Hi. I have 18mm marine ply as my substrate on my suspended floor wet floor. I have bought some Ditra Matting and plan to cover the entire ground floor with it.I was going to buy some Nicobond Fast Flexible Adhesive but at £25/7kg it is very very expensive. I was thinking that as I have...

After using Schluter Ditra for nearly ten years, I got a call from my supplier saying it will be increasing by £40 per 30metre roll. So I've decided to give Darabase CI a try. Now I can't find a supplier in Scotland, but have found one to supply at £185 per roll with another 10% for regular...

Hi there everyone, I have been using this forum as a guest to get info and all contributors have helped a great deal so i wanted to become a member and join the community!!! I have done several tiling jobs on walls only but now i have been asked to do 2 complete bathrooms with ceramic on the...

Hi I have some Durabase CI Matting left over from a previous job, could this be used to tank a shower wall which will be finished with travertine?

Hello folks, Can anyone point me in the direction of a Ditra matting stockist near Putney or Crawley (or anywhere in between) I'm hopeing to be able to walk in and buy it tomorrow rather than order it over the internet or phone. Cheers - Brendan

I am pricing a job at the moment and i am wondering whether i need to use ditra matting or not. The customer has built an extension to the groundfloor kitchen and has extended the floor with a support wall to carry old and new joists,and caberflooring 22mm thick to finish. the room size is...