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    De-coupling membrane with UFH

    Hi I'm about to lay travertine over aluminium backed insulation boards and have been recommended to use a decoupling membrane. I have seen various ones available like Genesis, Norcros, Ditra etc...I have quite limited space to bring the tiles up to an adjacent floor, can anyone tell me which...
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    what is best and easiest tanking membrane to use over ply deck in shower

    I have been tanking showers with mira 4180 /fleece/multicoat or similar products for years with no problem. But now keep coming up against aquadec tilesafe membrane being specified on projects. it takes so much longer to tank shower /non user friendly and is very expensive. does it really do...
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    • best membrane over ply shower tank tanking usa waterproofing wetroom what
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    Dural CI+ waterproof uncoupling membrane at PHG Wetrooms.

    For the best prices on Dural CI+ membrane then please do consider PHG Wetrooms for your supplies.. part rolls to full rolls.. no problem..:thumbsup: Waterproofing Membranes - PHG Wetrooms
    • DHTiling
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    • dural membrane tanking uncoupling uncoupling membrane usa waterproof waterproofing wetroom wetroom tiling wetrooms
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    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    Would you use membrane if...

    ... The wet room Walls were marmox, the Tray was a showerstone and th surrounding floor was also marmox.I was thinking of just taping all the joints and painting over a few layers of mapegum.That should be fine shouldn't it!?
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    Tiling over Liquid Damp Proof Membrane?

    Hi I have just put a Liquid Damp Proof Membrane (A rubberised bitumen based emulsion that provides a flexible and resistant barrier from Wickes) over a concrete floor but now i'm not sure if I can tile over it. Has anyone had experience of this, can i do it?
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    right adhesive for membrane

    hi guys just another question relating to my previous i am installing a dural wp membrane (as recomended thanks again dave) in my wetroom on aqua panel boards . regarding the type of adhesive i am aware i have to use powdered flexible the questions i would like to ask are 1. Should i let the...
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    tanking : joints on membrane

    hello and thanks for any advice in advance really appreciate it i am constructing a wetroom i have used aqua panel throughout and intend to use a membrane on the walls either homelux or which ever you guys would recomend ? however the question i would like to ask is as the membranes appear to...
    • pippa
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    • joints membrane tank tanking usa waterproofing wetroom
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    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    concrete sub-floor with ply strip running across..............decoupling membrane?

    Doing 3 rooms in apartment block, all have carpet on lino tiles on bitumen on concrete. Planned to remove as much bitumen as poss using heat gun + scraper, sugar soap clean then slurry coat 50/50 SBR/rapidset flex (mapei/tile giant proflexible). Problem is 2 rooms have a 180mm strip of ply which...
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    alternative to wet area membrane

    Our local council has discovered that our showers were installed without any wet area membrane. They are tiled onto vilaboard which is on aqualine gyb board on timber planks. There are 5 showers and they are very large and we do not want to rip out all the tiles. Is there any way we can make the...
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    PCI uncoupling membrane, anyone used it?

    I got 35m2 of ditra for a job I'm doing at the moment, but the main contractor thinks it'll be too thick to marry up to the pool surround, so he's sent me some paper thin PCI that he says is an un-coupler, although to me it looks more like a tanking membrane, (no data sheet with it) Can anyone...
    • doug boardley
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    • adhesive membrane pci uncoupling uncoupling membrane usa used
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    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    sticking schluter ditra down to sub floor?? Amtico glue??

    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...
    • micky106
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    • amtico anti-crack ditra down floor floor tiling glue matting membrane schluter systems uncoupling usa
    • Replies: 16
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    De coupling membrane & ufh

    Hi guys Went to look at a job tonight, the client wants porcelain tiles 60 x 40cm laid on a kitchen/diner floor 30m2.The floor is half screed half floor boards and wants under floor heating. Any advice on weather to use a decoupling membrane or to lay plywood, and can you lay ufh...
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    Paintable tanking membrane.

    Hi y'all, anyone heard of paintable tanking membrane, I have come across Mapegum which looks good but not specified application method - some one had said they trowelled it on. The measurement for the shower cubicle dorr is very tight and not a lot left after addy and wall tile hence a membrane...
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    If I use Ditra do I need to use backerboard as well?

    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...
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    UFH and Ditra matting

    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?
    • Brad
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    • anti-crack ditra ditra matting floor matting membrane schluter systems ufh uncoupling usa
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    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    ditra mat or not?

    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...
    • wdk
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    • anti-crack ditra ditra mat floor matting membrane not schluter systems uncoupling usa
    • Replies: 24
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    PTB and Ditra

    Hi All Can i stick ditra or dural down with Bal PTB.
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    Ditra Mat & Flexible tile adhesive, is it overkill?

    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...
    • Indy
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    • adhesive anti-crack ditra ditra mat flexible floor matting membrane schluter systems tile tile adhesive uncoupling usa
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    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    Decoupling Membrane Requirment

    Never used membranes as i only do smallish domestic jobs like bathrooms or kitchen floors and have up to now have only layed ceramics and porcelain onto 12 to 15mm ply depending on floor using keraflex and flexable grout, so far so good. Floors are always solid and screwed to death to ensure no...
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    Backer Board or Membrane

    Just reading a post about expansion joints and it got me thinking so I was reading Schluter's info on "Uncoupling Theory"; which raised a couple of questions: 1) How much would a typical tiled floor expand and contract throughout a year 2) When tiling over a timber floor, would backer board or...
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