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    Borehamwood - WD6 - Tiler required 35sq Meters and Underfloor Heating

    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...
  2. Chalker

    Underfloor on insulation boards

    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:
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    Underfloor Heating, Timber Floor Boards and Durabase

    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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    Tile over existing ceramic floor with underfloor heating

    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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    Wet underfloor heating upstairs

    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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    wet underfloor heating problem

    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...
  7. H

    Tiling over underfloor heating pipes in chipboard

    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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    Overlay Underfloor Heating

    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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    Tiles cracking where screed slabs meet (wet underfloor heating)

    Hi all, Following some excellent advice from you in 2012, I successfully laid approximately 40 sq m of ceramic floor tiles in our new kitchen, garden room and granny flat. All was fine for a while, but then the tiles cracked across the opening between the garden room and kitchen, a distance...
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    Mapei Ultracolour plus and underfloor heating

    Hi, Is Mapei Ultracolour plus grout flexible enough for it to be used over underfloor heating? Or should I use a more fexible grout? I want a coloured grout and that is why I would like to use Mapei Ultracolour plus. Thanks
  11. Dan

    Electric Underfloor Heating Insulation Preference and Options?

    What is your current preference of electric underfloor heating insulation? And where do you buy from? (I appreciate price is probably trade price so don't mention it if it is please - this is in the public forums)
  12. Dan

    Last time you installed underfloor heating?

    This forum area seems to be a bit quiet so I'm wondering if it has been a while since you guys installed electric underfloor heating? What's the score? When was the last time you've installed some?
  13. K

    Large Kitchen with Electric UFH - 2 Quotes - Advice Please?

    I am installing a new kitchen and utility room. The total area to be tiled is approx 40 sq.mtr. The existing floor was tiled, I have now removed these and got the adhesive up as well so am now down to the concrete slab as best as I'm going to get it (it is pretty good after spending hours...
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    Underfloor heating adhesive and grout

    Hi All, New to this forum today and currently in Corby, *********. I have a quick question which I need help with; I am going to lay either Quartz or Granite tiles ( when the guy makes his mind up! ) over electric under floor heating. I do not have experience of the products here, as I have...
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    Underfloor heating self levelling

    Hi, Im installing underfloor heating in my new house. The dining kitchen area is 50m2 a large space .Ive put plywood down and screwed every 200mm and now just put insulation boards down styrofoam Blue boards. Im going to put the matting down and pour self levelling compund down but dont know...
  16. R

    Ditra with underfloor heating

    Hello all. just a quick question. If you were laying underfloor heating would you always use Ditra Matt or similar after Self levelling or would you only use it when using particular tiles. The substrate is half original floorboards and newly laid chipboard which has already been laid prior to...
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    Underfloor heating expansion gap

    I'm after some advice on how to build in expansion gaps for my kitchen floor. The floor is 8sqm, and my current plan is as follows - leave a 5 - 10mm perimeter at all areas where floor meets walls. But what do I do with this gap? Do I put some special tape in it to stop thermal bridging or...
  18. R

    Tiling a 3-season room with wood subfloor and underfloor heating

    Hi all - greeting from Sweden. I'm working on a project right now - rebuilding my "uteroom" - an outdoor room that we use for 1-3 seasons. The room itself is dry - walls on all four sides and a roof - One wall is the back of our house, one wall is our neighbor's uterum, one wall is...
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    Substrate concerns with electric UFH

    Hi All, I have a job coming up soon that poses a bit of a dilemma and would like your advice and opinions please, its an upstairs bathroom floor in an old cottage, the floorboards have been badly re-laid at some time and are 22mm chipboard, the floor is solid with no movement but definitely not...
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    Tiles moving, underfloor heating

    Hi, I'm looking for some advice please We recently had our kitchen floor tiled to match the existing floor of our adjoining extension. The kitchen floor was over an inch lower. We had an ufh co who laid a cork base over the old tiles (which had no movement), then the heating mat and then a...

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