I Want black quarz tiles and have found they are not suitable for use with under floor heating. Would the same issues occur with under cupboard heaters. I am not having kick boards so would need some sort of suspended heaters, any suggestions?
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do i really need a decoupling membrane if i use flexable adhesive and grout on a underfloor (Wet) heating system? I'm using large limestone slabs and have been told there is a danger of cracking due expansion differentials. Its just the guys who supplied the tiles have given me a massive quote...
Hi I have a floor to tile and install electric underfloor heating. I have done quite a few before and used Topps two part rapidset applying the adhesive directly onto the cable. But can you use Mapei Maperker Rapidset Flexible in the same way?
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I have been asked to lay a downstairs floor seamlessly (no breaks, threshold trims etc). The problem is that the main area is floorboards/ply which then flows into a new conservatory which will be new screed and underfloor heating. Obviously the difference in expansion qualities is...
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Hello, i would appreiate a little advise using this product.
due to having a limited height for tiling and underfloor heating of approx 30mm on an area of 45m2
my main concern is just lying the boards on the concrete floor, im thinking of lying them and gluing together as advised, however then...
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I am tiling onto concrete screed laid 5 months ago. The underfloor heating is a water system which is soon to be turned on and tested. I will be laying 60x60 porcelain tiles over 100 sq mtrs. I have overdosed on technical info so much so my brain is scrambled. The adhesive manufactures all make...
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hi,
I am in the middle of tiling my bathroom floor. i am using NMP boards, then UFH followed ultra SLC. Which adhesive would you guys recommend to stick the NMP and tiles down with. i am going to screw the NMP, but my floor boards are a little bit bowed so would like to glue them down as well...
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Hi, i'm Tim and I am new to the forum. So a quick intro from me, im an electrician but a quite keen diyer and have done quite a bit of tiling over the last few years. I have read this forum for info and advice regularly and so far none of my projects have gone badly!.
Now the intro is out the...
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I've been quoted for 2 different methods of fitting an UFH system by the electrician.
Both will use Raychem T2 heating wire.
The job is over 2 floors, 1 floor is solid concrete and the other will be a wooden sub-floor on solid concrete. The total job is about 360m2.
Method 1 - Prime floors, use...
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Hi guys,
Looked at a large job which includes 5 bathrooms which have water ufh which is set in what looks like chipboard channels and then 9mm ply over the top. I have not tiled onto ply for years since moving over to backer and never tiled onto ply which is over ufh.
I can't screw backer over...
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Am due to start a job soon and made a visit to sight yesterday. (5x bathroom floors)
can anyone please advise on the best course of action to take on this surface build up.
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30mm isulation (polystyrene)not fix .grooved with UFH pipes
thats how it is at the moment...
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Hi.
hope someone can advise on this matter once and for all.
I've recently built a fair size kitchen extension. Block and beam floor with concrete block in fills .
It's kingspanned and will have a 65mm screed on top of a wet underfloor heating system .
approx 6m x6m.
We've been considering the...
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Hi,
I am after a tiler for approx. 35 meters of flooring, nothing purchased yet, but looking at black large tiles, project is for a Kitchen and Utility room, with undefloor heating in utility area.
Have seen some Black Porcelain 600x600 tiles that I like on Tile Magic, but happy to take...
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What's everyone's preferred method of securing loose wire element to insulation board before slc?
obviously tape, but I think personally it covers too much floor. :thumbsup:
Hi,
Have been to see a job over the weekend and have some concerns.
Piped underfloor has been fitted to bathroom floors, timber floor boards replaced and durabase matting has been fitted. However, this has been fitted with PVA only, and i have already told the customer this is no good, it need...
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Hi there,
I wonder if you guys can give me some advice please?
Currently my kitchen floor consists of a concrete sub floor overlayed with 9mm insulation board, warmup loose wire ufh element and then flexi adhesive and ceramic tiles around 6-8mm thick. The question I have is, can I save the ufh...
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Hi,
I'm scratching m head knowing what to do for the best with this floor. I'm a self builder, and I didn't think that tiling the bathroom would turn into one of the most technical aspects of it :) I wanted to construct a wet room, we're using 12mm marble on top. The underfloor set up is 50mm...
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Morning all. I have got a floor to tile that has a few issues. The tiles on it just now have been down for a few years but a lot are loose or cracked. The sub floor is constructed of joists with ufh pipes between them on osb above glasswool. The pipes are then flushed off to the top of the...
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I am in the process of converting a barn into a dwelling and have installed underfloor heating pipes into 40mm chipboard by routing out pipe channels to lay the pipes in. What would be the best option to fix 10 mm slate tiles to the floor. Options I am considering are,1, tile directly onto...
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Hi,
Looking for some advice with respect to installing underfloor heating and tiled floor into a kitchen 30m2
The current floor is concrete and not screed (we know this to our expense when we had to lay new pipework for central heating and channel out pipe runs)
I have a quote from a heating...
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