advice needed on products

[CJ CERAMICS]

I'm sure this was one of Grumpy's tips......

Place a full glass of water in the middle of the floor. Walk and "bounce" on the floor, if the water spills you must strengthen (or at least eliminate the deflection). If the water remains in the glass, then either use Ardex 7001, Mapei Keraquick with Latex Plus or BAL Fastflex to tile with. Check the packs for details regarding priming.

Sorry Russ, just repeated what you've already said :smilewinkgrin:.

never heard of the method before but i think i will now adopt it sounds good to me

 

[matty69]

Hi Chris, i had this issue recently with a dining and lounge floor. the chip board on this occasion was moisture resistant(green) which helps. I spoke with BAL technical and there is an adhesive available by Bal for this. however it depends on if the previous trades have used the correct joists and if the floor has movement... bal will guarantee there product but as you well know there is a grey area. I pulled out of the job..
If it had not been such big areas i might have done it. Small areas can help because the replacement cost is less and in all honesty Bal would not make a product suitable for chip board if it wasn't. some times change is hard to step forward with especially when its your business.
The only other alternative is 6mm tile backer... go for it mate you only live once either way let me know what you chose cheers Matt

 

[matty69]

Hi Chris just want to add a disclaimer is pointless as its not worth the paper its written on... very messy if something did happen and it went to court. some clients don't understand a disclaimer or are not clever enough to but you could end up against the adhesive maufacturer and the client... what tile is it ?

 

[batiling]

Done a chipboard floor about a month ago with keraquick and latex.All seemed good and havent had any callback(and they have 4 kids using the floor,plenty of traffic)

 

[CJ CERAMICS]

cheers guys
your advice and support are truly appreciated.

 

[Daz]

Hi Chris, i had this issue recently with a dining and lounge floor. the chip board on this occasion was moisture resistant(green) which helps. I spoke with BAL technical and there is an adhesive available by Bal for this. however it depends on if the previous trades have used the correct joists and if the floor has movement... bal will guarantee there product but as you well know there is a grey area. I pulled out of the job..
If it had not been such big areas i might have done it. Small areas can help because the replacement cost is less and in all honesty Bal would not make a product suitable for chip board if it wasn't. some times change is hard to step forward with especially when its your business.
The only other alternative is 6mm tile backer... go for it mate you only live once either way let me know what you chose cheers Matt

Matty, was this a ground floor? Sounds like a floater to me, you were right to walk away, would have been no end of trouble!

 

[CJ CERAMICS]

Hi Chris just want to add a disclaimer is pointless as its not worth the paper its written on... very messy if something did happen and it went to court. some clients don't understand a disclaimer or are not clever enough to but you could end up against the adhesive maufacturer and the client... what tile is it ?

basic 300 x 300 ceramic tile matt nothing complicated. i think i will go for it just need to decide what adhesive. got till tuesday to decide as they have given me the go ahead as long as i can find a product.