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    Ditra & Rapid Set?

    Can you lay Ditra with Flexi Rapid???? :D
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    No more ply with ditra

    Hi, Planning to tile my bathroom in the next few weeks, the floor structure is chip board on the new extension size and floor boards on the old part of the bathroom. The floor is solid and I'm planning to put 6mm no more ply glued/screwed down. Do I really need to put Ditra mat down? Part of...
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    Decomat Pro decoupling membrane

    Hi all, Anyone ever come across a decoupling membrane called Decomat Pro and any opinions of it? It's a blue plastic circle pattern with a bluey-white fleece on the top and bottom. Cheers
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    Impey Tilesafe membrane adhesive

    Guys, Can you use Toppfix Rapidset Flexible Grey to tile onto Impey Tilesafe membrane? RR
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    Impey tanking membrane underfloor heating and self lev compound

    I spent ages preparing my wet room with impey tray and tanking system . I'm on a wooden floor (25mm ply) in upstairs bathroom and I want to protect the underfloor heating mat so tiler can start the wall first without damaging the heating mat. Could someone please recommend a good flexible self...
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    uncoupling membrane

    Hi All Can anyone verify some advice given by 2 insulated board companies that... when laying insulated boards(wether onto concrete or by overboarding timber floors)then laying ufh,slc then fitting natural stone that you don't have to fit an uncoupling membrane? The advice given is that the...
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    Decoupling membrane, which is best?

    I am pricing a 100m+ limestone floor on top of wet UFH set in a concrete screed. I have used Ditra in the past but wondered if any of you have other preferences and why? A decoupling membrane has been specified but nothing has been mentioned about which one. So, which one to use? Ditra, Dural...
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    Impey membrane incompatible with Epoxy grout

    All, This isn't a query, just a brief summary of a situation I got myself into which you might want to avoid! In my wetroom project, I bought the tanking membrane right at the start of the job - I selected the Impey membrane as it looked relatively easy to install. To avoid having to re-grout...
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    Best way to seal power cable through Impey Tilesafe membrane??

    Would appreciate advice from anyone who has done this sort of install before.... I am about to fit an Impey Tilesafe membrane to my wetroom floor, followed by the (Impey recommended) Devimat 100W/sq.m electrical ufh. .......... All is going well, but I have come across a small hitch! The...
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    Uncoupling membrane !!!

    Hi everyone. I'm a professional tiler and have many year experience. Recently I have been using Dura base uncoupling membrane were I brought it by the 30m2 roll . I've had 2 fails on Bathroom floors when using dura base were the grout is cracking.. I'm also a member of the TTA which they have...
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    Damp Proof Membrane Liquid

    hi i have a small problem the wall am tiling to is plastered thought the people have painted with this damp proof membrane liquid hears the link http://reviews.wickes.co.uk/9987-en_...17/reviews.htm can i sbr over that with bal sbr or will it have to be striped off?? Read more...
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    Will this work and do I need a decoupling membrane

    I'm sure the answer is here somewhere already and my apologies for asking this. I am, what I'd like to describe as, a competent DIYer and am now intending to create a wetroom in an existing first floor bathroom. It's a relatively small room, say about 2.5m x 2.5m. I want the smallest possible...
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    Ditra mat, how good is it?

    Hi, Just venturing over from the plumbing forums. I'm after some advice about Ditra mat, I went to a tiling shop today for some quotes on tiles and mentioned that I have 2 different floor types (wooden floor boards on old part of house and sand and cement screed on the new extension) and need...
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    Best way to level over underfloor heating on an Impey membrane?

    Hi,I'm installing an Impey tilesafe membrane on my wetroom floor and want to install underfloor heating. Impey recommend installing the ufh above the membrane and also say that fitting the ufh cable over the shower shower tray area to within about 150mm of the drain would be OK if I want to do...
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    Will it melt the ditra?

    hi all......... i know the correct procedure is ufh under ditra matting, but there are tilers out there who prefer installing the other way round, ufh over ditra. Would there not be a risk of the ufh melting the ditra. lets say the control box or probe is faulty or hasn't been installed...
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    Ditra matting and underfloor heating help

    Hi everyone, I've gone to see a job where the customer wants to use Schluter Ditra matting along with Warm Up UFH matting. The substrate is 18mm marine ply which is good news. What is the correct method for installing the ditra with the UFH and does ditra matting act as an insulation barrier...
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    HELLO TILERS! Please hep do I need a decoupling membrane??

    Hi everyone! Ive got on here as I am a non tiler, but we are currently about to put down 66sqm of bottcino marble flooring, we are nearing the end of a big renovation. Our builder has installed a 50mm screed over wet ufh. We put it down middle of Dec and have been using the heating as we are...
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    tiling onto ditra mat

    hi all, im laying ditra mat on a floor ready to tile onto, any advice on the tiling side of it, havnt tiled onto ditra mat before, is it going to be a ball ache doing the cut tiles round the edges, im imagining the little squares getting clogged with ady, am i worrying for no reason?
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    Can Anoyone identify this membrane?

    Hi all! Just wondering if anyone can Identify this type of membrane? I believe either that or the trap in a wetroom I have looked at has failed, and have removed tiles and found this membrane. Its either self adhesive or fit using heat, as there is no flexi between it and the former, and it...
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    Decoupling membrane or not?

    I have a 5 x 5m new extension floor to tile. The floor is sand and cement screed laid 4 weeks ago with under floor heating. The UFH has been commissioned and is on, slowly increasing the heat to warm the screed. My question is whether I will need to fix a decoupling membrane (eg Ditra mat)...

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