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    SLC Methods

    What method do you all use for self levelling and how many hits do you do on a bad floor? Wouldn't be my strongest suit so interested to hear. Usually just trowel out and pull a straight edge over and fill in the dips as I go along. Hard to get a good result in one hit though. Forming...
  2. J

    SLC on WBP 18mm subtrate

    Got quite a lot of levelling to do on a large floor up to 6mm thick on a floor to be laid on 18mm WBP. Just wanted to see what you guys would recommend SLC wise as do not want to trowel up with adhesive as it will take forever as the floor is all over the place.
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    SLC or Hardie Backer to get levels correct

    Hi All, I’ve been tiling a few years doing work for friends and family and plan to take it up full time when I leave the RAF in a couple of years. I’ve been asked to tile my neighbours kitchen, new utility area and hall following a new kitchen fit and a knock through into part of the...
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    • aus hardie levels slc tile backerboard usa
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    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  4. D

    Is this SLC?

    Hi all, hoping someone can help with this new development. I'm tearing out glued-down linoleum (or similar) tiles in my entry, and stumbled across a layer of something I can't identify between the troweled on adhesive and the screed below. It's about 1mm thick, dark grey and very brittle. The...
  5. T

    slc over glazed ceramic tiles

    hi couple quick questions my boss wants me to lay electric heat mat on glazed ceramic tiles then slc over top will this be ok? my thinking is need to rough the tiles up to get it to all bond
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    • aus ceramic ceramic tile ceramic tiles over slc tile tiles usa
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    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    Quick question re SLC.

    Hi, new conservatory, primed the concrete floor, used flexi adhesive to fix insulation boards, used the supplied thermo primer on the insulation boards, laid the UFH, covered UFH with Self Levelling Compound. Now do I need to prime the SLC (normal primer), or do I tile direct to SLC. Thanks for...
  7. peteablard

    5 bags of Ball fast track 30 SLC for sale

    It retails for between £20-25 a bag but I'll take £60 for the lot. It has a shelf life of 6 months and the DOM is 22/8/12. Its left over from a job I did recently and it's the first time I've ever used it. It does exactly what it says on the tin and 45 mins after laying it in a room I was...
  8. C

    Ply + SLC + cement board

    Hi I'm looking to tile a cloakroom floor with 450x450 porcelain tiles (and later a small bathroom). I'm a competent DIYer and tiled walls before but not floors. As usual I like to be well informed before starting a job and hoping on some advice or direction to further reading. It is wooden...
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    advice needed : SLC kitchen floor with new kitchen just fitted

    Hi guys, need some advice on leveling a kitchen floor. job is 8 square metre floor to tile with 600 / 300 brick bond onto original concrete base, the concrete floor is a mess, it had 2 levels of tiles originally down which the joiners removed and theres big chunks missing and holes all over it...
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    • advice aus bathroom floor floor tiling just kitchen kitchen floor needed new build slc usa
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    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    SLC suitable for outdoor use

    Any recommendations? I normally use ultra level it 1/2 but they aren't suitable for external use.
  11. D

    SLC in conservatory

    Went to a customers house today and delivered some tiles, as our driver was on that horrible thing called HOLIDAYS, customer asked me to look at their conservatory floor. Should SLC look like this? We did not supply SLC, and i dont know brand as the conservatory company done it, its very very...
  12. B

    SLC suitable for painting over (no tiles)

    I have had an enquiry about levelling a garage floor out with something suitable for a paint finnish only. I know that the slc 's I use are not suitable for this task but was wondering if anyone knows of a suitable compound to use. The floor ain't too bad tbh he just wants a nice smooth finnish...
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    Preparing SLC for tiling

    Hi all, have poured some slc (mapei renovation) over some uheat ufh which has all gone to plan so far! I am leaving the slc a couple of weeks to fully dry before starting tiling but am thinking if I need to prime the slc before laying ceramic tiles on keraquick finally - when I brush my hand...
  14. D

    SLC failure on top of existing tiles.

    Got a guy who has bought some Wickes SLC and has laid it over existing ceramic glazed tiles. The SLC has not adhered to the tiles and is lifting in sheets. There are 2 layers, down, of tiles and its on a concrete floor. I dont know what type of SLC whether it was a polymer enhanced one or not...
  15. peteablard

    Anyone had experience with pumped SLC?

    The company I subby for has just won a massive contract to tile a supermarket floor. The first phase of the project is 1800m2. Floor will be DPM'd then latexed with Laybond screedmaster 2 ultimate. (Laybond have visited the site and advised this). I just wondered if anyone on here had any...
  16. C

    weber slc

    My 1st time using this stuff, 25kg bag to 5.25 L of water but I found it didn't flow very well. Any of you use this stuff? How much water do yous use?
  17. O

    UFH & SLC advice pls

    Hello to you all, I have a 6mx4m kitchen diner onto which im planning to install 12m Devi (0.5m wide) UFH on the walking/cooking areas then tile it. There will be an island and obviously kitchen cabinets which I dont plan to tile under. My question refers to the SLC over this UFH. Can I lay...
  18. D

    slc

    Hi guys i am new to this forum. I am redoing my bathroom. The subfloor is concrete all over and only the last bit going towards the external wall has a lower step ( 1.5 square meter and 25mm deep). At the moment there is a sheet of 25mm plywood screwd down in the 1.5 square meter lower step to...
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    Ultra slc Concrete floor

    Ive a 18mtr floor to screed and was wondering if you lot would prime a concrete floor using ultra latex slc 2 part ? just never used ultra slc before, but have used there spf.
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    slc recommendations please

    Hello can anyone give me some advice on which slc to buy ? I'm trying to cover ufh cables and I've already used a bag of ultraplan renovation screed but it doesn't quite cover the cables. I need a slc that goes from a feather edge to about 3mm and is easily available, can anyone help ?
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