ufh

Hi all I've recently quoted on laying 100m2 of porcelain throughout the ground floor of a house renovation. There is piped ufh and it has tarmac belitex screed over the top. I have included laying ditra throughout but not expansion joints. This will be my first floor of this size so I have a...

Hi guys just a quick question. I have a suspended timber floor, and i am in the process of laying down 18mm floorboards in the kitchen with 6mm hardie backer overlay. I have 60x60 porcelain tiles. I have radiators set up already but as the tiles tend to get very cold I'm thinking of putting in...

Wet UFH in screed, between joists covered with ply. Is this a thing? I got a call the other day from a builder describing the above. He wants it tiled asap. I wont go and see it until the ply is down plus its a 40 mile round trip to the house. English is not his first language and it was...

I was impressed with some of the technical understanding in this forum so wanted to put my question here. The plan is to put limestone tiles into my kitchen. The project is a large renovation and I dont have some of the major pressures as we do not live in this house during the project. Some...

Hi Guys, I had my kitchen floor tiled a few weeks back. The floor is a screed slab of approx. 24m2 over wet UFH pipes clipped to Celotex. This screed was “hand mixed” vs ready mixed off of a truck and laid around 100 days ago of a thickness of 60mm. Around 45 days ago the UFH was commissioned...

I've got a job coming up where the customers electrician is fitting a loose wire system, he's using a tape under the wire which he says is as good as insulation boards, not to sure about that, but my biggest concern is will I be able to level over it and tile it without the fear of a failure...

Hi guys, Laying 600x600 porcelain tiles on a large 10m x 6m screeded, SLC levelled floor with water UFH beneath.. I have laid tiles to plenty of UFH floors before but this one has the longest length run so far - a run of 10m. The question I have in the back of my mind is whether or not it is...

Hi Newbie here (DIY - small jobs only!) Need to get a pro in to do a floor (35m2 or so kitchen/utility room) which has had polypipe ufh overlay boards freshly laid down. Tiling with a 600 x 300 porcelain floor tile. Question is what is the best option to tile on the boards - poly pipe have...

There are many different types out there, I have one I recommend. Which one do you lads recommend / fit and is it different for different substrates?

Hi need advice. We had the wet UFH done topped with screed. Been a month since the screed was done. Cracks have appeared at a few places. Is putting Ditra Mat absolutely essential ?? Will it affect the heat coming up from the UFH ?? Do the cracks need to be fixed ?? Thanks

Guys. I’m going to be pricing up a large floor on Friday. 47ms in total. My first real large job to price. I’m extremely confident with the tiling side of things but the prep beforehand is what id like some advice with as ufh is in this property and I’ve never dealt with it before. The ufh is...

Hi everyone, I had my floor ripped up after a leak two years ago and wanted to get UFH heating system in my kitchen. The kitchen units were not removed but the floor around was back to original concrete base (house circa 1880). see pictures I wanted to maintain the original height of the floor...

Hi all, Been a while. Need to quote for complete bath room. The exisiting tiles finish pretty much level with the carpet in the bedroom. So not sure what the subfloor is under the tiles. I know it is chipboars on battens in other areas of the upstairs. (Guessing not chipboard in bathroom or...

I was hoping someone may be able to advise me on when we can lay down our tiles. We poured a 60mm screed on February 14th with wet underfloor heating set inside. After a waiting several weeks we tuned on the heating and have been waiting for the floor to be dry enough to lay down the ceramic...

Hi all, I'm new to the forum but have read many posts over the past year as I have created and tiled a wet room and also created and tiled a bathroom in my house that we are renovating. I've also tiled our utility room too. Thanks for all the tips & tricks I learned! So, I'm ok with tiling...

Hi Guys, I am new to this forum and I'm an "experienced DIYer" if I can say that :). We (my wife) has an idea about swapping kitchen and a living room... I got no problem with plumbing and electrics but she also want tiles and UFH in the new kitchen. The current floor is wooden and suspended...

I have purchased mapei S1 keraquick flex rappied adhesive for the floor boarding and tiling and mapei S1 kerflex standard set for the walls. The tiles are 10mm 600x300 ceramic (for one wall) and 8mm 600x300 for the rest of the walls and floor. The floor boards will be boarded with tile backer...

Hello. I'd appreciate it if you guys could help me out here; I've been reading as many threads as I could on the matter over the last few days here and while I think I have a fair understanding of things, I'd like to provide the specifics of my situation. I have a 68 sqm apartment in which UFH...

Hi Guys, I'm 6 months in being a tiler, I've done lots all my life and sold the dam things for 10 years so I'm after a little advice on a upcoming job please. 10 Sqm of natural stone (they have not chose which stone yet) on a upstair wooden floor and they want electric under floor heating too...

Hey guys. Long time reader, first time poster. I've got 42mm between my current concrete slab (insulated) and my desired final floor level (tiles) How do I overlay my pipes? Is there a thin screed that can be applied over the pipes? Alternatively I was thinking of making some DIY overlay...