Advice on tiling large floor

[murf]

ditra gets my vote for this job

 

[protilers]

palz.......i understand what you are saying......but why not heat the room....not the element.........not to mention that under your knees it will be hot!!!
most adhesives work in the temps you state, but what about expansion and contraction....in may be different in germany (much,much colder) but in the u.k all underfloor manafactures reccommend that its off and not turned on for up to two weeks and the turned on gradually......5 deg,10 deg,15 deg etc. over as many days........

 

[Perry]

Pro Martin is a manufacturer and i think he is a chemist

 

[Pawelzik]

most adhesives work in the temps you state, but what about expansion and contraction....in may be different in germany (much,much colder) but in the u.k all underfloor manafactures reccommend that its off and not turned on for up to two weeks and the turned on gradually......5 deg,10 deg,15 deg etc. over as many days........

Yes protilers, I absolutely agree.

My a.m. answer was refering to the fact that the screed is already 2 month old and the UFH was already in function. Sorry for being misunderstood. Cheers, Martin

 

[grumpygrouter]

I seem to have had a post disappear into the ether somewhere, but I will restate what I said earlier, Just for reference, for Protilers benefit, the BAL Professional Fixers Guide states that the UFH system does not need to be off before tiling if the weather is cold - and they are speaking of wet systems here, as long as the temprature is turned down below 15c. in cold weather it can be left on.

Grumpy