Advice on tiling kitchen floor.

[DHTiling]

Oh!! have you thought about insulation for the UFH..?

 

[wynny]

For what ? prices or tilers ?

For Tilers pls.

Dave, I did think about insulation but the problem I have is raising the floor height even higher. Half the floor area is new build so has celotex in it but the other half is orig. I have the UFH and also some new liquid on the market which promises to bounce some of the heat back (may work may not).

The big decision is if to lay the whole floor or fit the units first?

 

[faithhealer]

insulation makes the world of difference, never heard of this 'liquid' but I would go with the insulation mats. Once the kitchen is fitted you wont notice the height diff. Depends on your budget, always nice fo a tiler to have an open floor but you will save a bit by fitting the kitchen first and ufh/tiling second. (kitchen fitters to allow for extra height of course, sometimes end panels can be left off until after tiling, I say sometimes)

 

[Alan.P]

The big decision is if to lay the whole floor or fit the units first?

I always think its a better job to fix the tiles first then units on top.

Re your height problem to the hallway, you could always fit a tapered transition bar.

Something like this

This would fall to meet your hall carpet or close to it and avoid a tripping point.

Hope that helps

 

[DHTiling]

As long as you know where the units will fall then you can install first but it wi ll use more tiles this way..but far less cutting etc.