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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...
    • Johneb
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    • aus crack cracking debonding floor floor tiling heating screed slabs tile tiles ufh underfloor underfloor heating usa where
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  2. 2

    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
    • 2359anne
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    • adhesive aus floor floor tiling grout heating mapei mapei adhesive mapei grout ufh underfloor underfloor heating usa
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  3. 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)
    • Dan
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    • aus electric floor floor tiling heating insulation ufh underfloor underfloor heating usa
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  4. 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?
    • Dan
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    • aus floor floor tiling heating last time ufh underfloor underfloor heating usa
    • Replies: 20
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  5. 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...
    • kitchentiles
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    • advice aus bathroom electric heating kitchen large please quotes ufh underfloor usa
    • Replies: 45
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  6. T

    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...
    • Tiddy305
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    • adhesive aus floor floor tiling grout heating tile grout ufh underfloor underfloor heating usa
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  7. C

    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...
    • cfrazerg
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    • aus compound floor floor tiling heating levelling mixing self self levelling ufh underfloor underfloor heating usa
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  8. 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...
    • rj1884
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    • aus ditra floor floor tiling heating ufh underfloor underfloor heating usa
    • Replies: 19
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  9. D

    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...
    • dantheram
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    • aus expansion floor floor tiling gap heating ufh underfloor underfloor heating usa
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  10. 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...
    • renzema
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    • aus floor floor tiling heating room subfloor tiling ufh underfloor underfloor heating usa wood
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  11. P

    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...
    • Plumbing Tiler
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    • aus electric heating substrate ufh underfloor usa
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  12. I

    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...
    • Isabelle
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    • aus floor floor tiling heating tile tiles ufh underfloor underfloor heating usa
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  13. S

    Electric underfloor heating with Sparkly granite tiles?

    Hi, We're in the process of renovating our kitchen and have chosen these tiles in 600mm square size: stonesuperstore.co.uk/p-357-black-starlight-quartz-tiles.aspx I phoned to order them today and was advised we shouldn't use them with underfloor heating which has rather messed up our plans...
    • saxon
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    • aus electric floor floor tiling granite heating tile tiles ufh underfloor underfloor heating usa
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  14. M

    underfloor heating

    Hi i have a job coming up and need some advice, it is on a concrete floor which is at least a year old and has pipe heating underneath it which has been commisioned and the screed conditioned. can i tile straight to the concrete with flexi adhesive or do i need a decoupling membrane down? also...
    • MRM Tiling
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    • aus floor floor tiling heating ufh underfloor underfloor heating usa
    • Replies: 22
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  15. T

    Which is the best way to tile over electric UFH system ?

    Hi guys, OK so the customer has done the prep work i.e, fitted the backer boards with flexi tile adhesive and 100's of screws to secure the boards. He's fitted the electrical UFH system and the floor is now ready to tile.Which is the best way to tile over the UFH system ? I recommended to the...
    • tony4173
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    • aus best best way electric heating over system tile ufh underfloor usa which
    • Replies: 30
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  16. U

    Limestone floor with electric underfloor heating - advice?

    Hello I'm looking to lay a limestone floors of about 24m3, using large stones (900x600x20). The existing floor is concrete (35 years old, not newly laid), and the plan is: adhesive, 10mm marmox boards, heatmat, levelflex fibre compound, then (about a week later) tilemaster adhesive (standard...
    • Unregistered
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    • advice aus electric floor floor tiling heating limestone ufh underfloor underfloor heating usa
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  17. S

    Quartz Flr Tiles for Electric Underfloor Heating - Is Quartz Suitable?

    Hi There, Need advice please, we are set on buying White Mirror fleck Quartz tiles for our Conservatory (new built) and we definitely would want to install underfloor heating. The company we bought the underfloor heating materials warned us to be careful and confirm first if Quartz is suitable...
    • shoes22
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    • aus electric floor floor tiling heating quartz tile tiles ufh underfloor underfloor heating usa
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  18. M

    Door threshold bars for tiling with underfloor heating to carpet

    Hi All. Every time I install underfloor heating under tiles I have a problem with finding metal door bars to match the rest of the house because of the height difference which is usually about 30mm from top of tile to underside of carpet. Once I've fitted the (10mm) insulation boards plus...
    • Matthew77
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    • aus carpet door floor floor tiling heating threshold tiling ufh underfloor underfloor heating usa
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  19. D

    Tiling onto ply and underfloor heating

    Hi I've tiled onto 9mm and 12mm ply for years but got a job comen up and the floor boards are sound and have very little movement and going to put 12mm ply down with underfloor heating and travertine on top using weber flex but now there is so meney ways to do this now and people saying so...
    • Disco1
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    • aus floor floor tiling heating ply tiling ufh underfloor underfloor heating usa
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  20. P

    Jupiter Underfloor Heating System - any good?

    Hi - I'm looking to install a Jupiter UFH - the System between Joists in a Victorian conversion on the second floor. Anybody have previous experience with installing this system. The system will go under tile and under engineered wood floors. Any other comparative systems that work, especially...
    • plumber_MS
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    • aus floor floor tiling heating system ufh underfloor underfloor heating usa
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
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