matting

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    tiling onto ditra matting

    What adhesive should I use to attach 12ins sq floor tiles onto ditra matting ?
  2. W

    Schluter Kerdi Matting - what adhesive

    Can anyone help me - what adhesive is best used with the kerdi matting on walls? thanks
  3. N

    Ditra matting - optimum depth

    Hi Guys, very amateur diy tiler here seeking some advice. I'm halfway through my extension - separate builders, plumbers, sparks etc rather than one company. Now at stage of looking to start floor tiling. I was a bit daunted by the floor size (32 sq mtrs to be done with 600 x 600mm porcelain...
  4. S

    Warmup matting is not heating up

    Hi All Went back to a customer to help programe theyre xstat 24hours ago. I told them to leave it on overnight because I understand that it can take a while to heat up. The job was completed 2 weeks ago. I had layed the warmup matting on 6mm Hardibacker on floor boards, 30x60 10mm granite...
  5. T

    ditra matting

    hi all , wheres the best place to but ditra matting from ,can you but by the meter or is it best just to buy a roll :thumbsup:
  6. D

    Homelux Waterpfoof Matting COST

    Thinking of trying Homelux Waterpfoof Matting but Topps are looking for £50 for 5m or £45 to trade, Anyone know if it can be found cheaper ??
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    Installation of Ditra Matting

    1. The substrate must be free of bondinhibiting components, load bearing, and even. Any unevenness in the substrate must be levelled prior to the application of Ditra. 2. The type of bonding adhesive used to apply Ditra depends on the type of substrate. The adhesive must bond to the substrate...
  8. R

    DITRA and movement joints

    Note on movement joints: Ditra must be seperated at the existing movement joints. If Ditra is used as a waterproofing layer, the joints between the sheets must be covered with Schluter -KERDI-FLEX band. Movement joints must be continued in the tile covering, as specified by the applicable...
  9. B

    tiling on waterproof matting

    asked advice recently on best addy to stick tiles onto waterproof matting.told cement based flexi.made sense to me.went to pick bag up on way to job,advised that manufacturer say ordinary ready mixed can be used.only specify cement based for sticking matting.got second opinion from shop where...
  10. S

    sound proof matting

    can we have a poll on which brands of sound proof matting are the most popular I have only used the pci one but I know there are others on the market now
  11. P

    SLC over Ditra?

    Has anyone used SLC to fill Ditra? I'm wondering if this would work - whether it would run into the holes fully. If it did work it would save a lot of time on bigger jobs and be more cost effective than filling with adhesive. I usually go over with a loose mix of adhesive first and allow to dry...
  12. Q

    FOR SALE - Homelux Waterproof matting 2 wall rolls, 1 floor roll + joint tape

    As the title says really..... I went a bit OTT when I purchased my Homelux matting for one of my jobs and have the following for sale... BRAND NEW....NEVER OPENED 2 rolls of wall matting (5 m2 each) 1 roll of floor matting (5 m2) 1 roll of joint tape (10 m) The Homelux matting is an ideal...
  13. S

    Do I need Waterproof Matting on Hardibacker Board.

    Dear all I am new to this forum, hopefully someone could help me on this. For my bathroom I am going to fix the Hardibacker 12mm on to the metal stud and then tile on it. My question is that the Toppstile guys told me to use Homelux Waterproof Matting (Waterproof Wall Matting 5M2) between...
  14. Sean Kelly

    Rising UFH matting.

    I’m currently working on my own kitchen floor. I asked our builders to lay the 18mm ply 20mm below the hallway floor level. Of course, when I got home I found that it was laid at the same level as the hall. I have now primed the ply and stuck down 6mm insulation boards with flex rapidset. I then...
  15. chris.tiling

    matting

    Got to look at a job tomorrow where a wet room has been stripped of tiles and a "rubber matting" is remaining. I am guessing that this is something like the Homelux matting that can be used to tank rooms. This has been in situ for about 8 years. I dont know anything else at the mo (substrate...
  16. T

    homelux matting

    can i apply the matting with bal rapidset and the ceramic tiles with rapidset flexible?
  17. T

    homelux matting

    i am tiling a walk in shower 1450 x 850, on new skimmed ordinary p/bd.i went to topps to ask for a tanking kit and they recommended homelux matting. i can get two runs horizontally across the two walls where water splashes and the third wall where i walk in ,just tile the wall w/o matting. is...
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    Ditra matting - suitable fixative

    I am going to use ditra matting to decouple a tarmac base from travertine mosiac floor tiles as the previous job had resulted in hairline cracks in the tiles. Can anybody recommend the right compound to bed the matting onto? I was then going to use SPF to bed the tiles down on to the matt Thanks
  19. P

    matting?? whats the crack?

    please can some one enlighten me. I priced a job which I'll more than likely get as I know them very well. they have some matting that they want put down all around the shower to waterproof it. how is this done? is it like this...
  20. G

    small bore plumbed ufh with matting????

    Last year I stumbled across a mat system which took a micro-bore pipe for plumbed underfloor heating. Like an ***, I forgot to bookmark it! Anyone any idea what it was? Thanks!

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