Juat been and bought a load of self levelling compound and it says on the bag do not mix any more than you can use in 15 minutes. I have never used self levelling before - often no need on anhydrite.
It is going on sand cement screed and it will be primed with acryilic spray on primer...
hi lads im looking for a bit for a few tips havent posted on here for a while i have given up the tiling for a factory job worse luck.anyway i need to do my kitchen floor and the old tiles have been down years would you recomend pulling the old ones up or self level over the top the current...
Hi im a novice of 35 looking to get a career in tiling. Im aware of the catch 22 situation that exists for those who want to get NVQ qualified in that you need to get a job to get NVQ and you cant get a job with anyone unless you have it, etc...
As much as i would be willing to do one at 35 i...
I'm tiling my flat (six rooms in total) and was wondering which room would be the best place to start in. each room runs off the hallway from the front door. As soon as you enter the flat, take 3 steps and you have the front-room on your left and kitchen on your right, walk down the hallway...
I am about to have a go at doing one in my utillity room
I have got a brand new screeded floor 3M x 3M
I have channelled in the flexible conduit for the sensor
I am going to hot glue the mat down
would you recomend mixing the self leveling in one go (25kg bag)
or in 2 or 3 or 4 mixes the bag...
Hi my names mick and am from the manchester area,i am soon getting made redundant and thinking of starting to work for myself,tiling! Can anyone give me some good advice as to what courses i should do,if any and do u need a nvq in the tiling industry to succeed?
Hi, wonder if you can help me out here? I am going to tile a shower room floor with 300mm ceramic tiles. The existing tiles have come up okay and most of the previous adhesive, but the concrete floor is now a little uneven. I have been advised that maybe a self-levelling compound would be good...
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We are currently laying electric underfloor heating in our kitchen in an area 7 sq m. We have laid 10mm insulation boards then the heating mat.
Browsed on here & discovered that self leveling seemed to be the best way to go so went and got some unibond self leveling compound. After laying it...
Hi all,
Continuing with our constant product development we are now considering whether to make the Elektra heating mats with a self adhesive backing.
At the moment they are not, so you have the option to turn the mat upside down so the heating cable is under the fibre glass mesh. The mesh...
i was quoting a job earlyer for a kitchen, that has been self leveled. The floor has a good enough level to tile on too for most of the floor ,untill the far end of the room were it drops by about 20mm, creating a bitof a kick.
I am using 600mm - 300mm tiles brick bond following the room...
Hello,
has anyone heard of this stuff and does anyone have any advice with regards to tiling onto it.
It is a 2 part floor laying latex solution, you mix the grey powder and milk like liquid together then you just tip it on the floor and spread evenly and it more or less finds its own level...
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right guys,
i know that this will probably make me sound like an idiot....but here go's.
due to having a friend who worked for a flooring company ie screeds levelling etc, i have always been able to sub any floors that needed levelling out to him (materials borrowed... and one days labour...
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k think i made a big boob , first time using leveling compound,
followed the instructions on the bag mixed to a creamy paste and throweled it on.
now see i was thinkin throweling it on was ment the same as how you trowel on addy .
so i know ive most lively had it too dry, especially as it...
I am going to fit Warmup UFH (loose wire) on top of warmup insulation board, with travetine floor tiles on top.
I was wondering if it the "done thing" to use a self level compound on top of the cable before tiling on top?