Altro flooring, disabled shower room

[tilerfil]

Love the forum, haven't needed to sign up until now, so much great info on here but cant seem to find info on this anywhere.

Have 7 disabled shower rooms to tile in the shower area only that are having Altro flooring. Currently all shower trays are fitted flush with t&g chipboard in all bathrooms.

I have never worked with Altro before but understand the Altro will go straight over the tray and chipboard and up the walls to form a water tight floor and skirting, however I am unsure how far the Altro will come up the walls and where to start tiling. Looked on their website but cant seem to find this info.

Anybody know the height from the floor to where I should start to tile from?

Any help would be much much appreciated.

Thanks Fil

 

[div]

slc over floor STOPGAP range..
BALL contact addy an vinly addy
set ur trim 100mm up wall from cove formers.

 

[div]

sorry mate compter crashed there.
as for tiling set out as u would normally
put ur trim tile/altro on with the contact adeshive i also pin it to
i find using a curved stanley blade best for saftey flooring
put some dry slc round grate 2 stop it running down it
when cutting altro to fit under trim use ur spirit level i use 600mm an pencil mark it then cut. dont try a cutting full wall at one time 9/10 u run off...

i use a piece of 12 or 18mm ply with a bit of carpet wrapped half round it to smooth flooring when laying ..
any more i can help i.e welds give us a shout
best of:smilewinkgrin:

 

[DHTiling]

The ones i have done , the floor layer requested the bottom tile height of no more than 150mm..I put the base trims on for the flooring to tuck under, i just used silicone and a nail gun with 10mm brads...fast and easy to do that way...If you put the base trims on then at least you know they will be level..

 

[tilerfil]

Thanks for the quick reply.

Have priced just for the tiling but get the impression they may want me to do the flooring as well.

Is it difficult to lay? :huh2:

Tiled countless floors and have laid standard vinyl but not this stuff.

Any advice?

 

[div]

can b a little daunting laying ur first time mate but will try an give u a run down....
slc floor
apply cove formers around base of room this comes in rubber lenghts it has 2 ribs on the back.. one for the floor other for wall
u double stick this on...(contact adeshive on both former and wall)...
leave 2 go tacky then apply round room..about 10-15min..
this is were i come up 100mm and ur finished tile height will b about 100mm-130mm..as dave said no more than 150mm..
u will need a heat gun an attachments for laying the s/flooring.
tricky bit now.. u will heat s/flooring 2 soften it so as u can manipulate into corners for ur cuts an welds..
the gun will have numbers on it from 1-9 again differant guns will need differant setting i.e. wat no. 2 set at..
for cuts in the corners the s/flooring will b overlapping in the corners so u will cut down from top down onto the floor usually about 20mm-50mm beyong the former onto the floor..
for welds u will put attachments on the gun and feed weld thro an run down ur cut...again not wanting 2 burn s/flooring mate...
after welds hav hardened u will either cut off with a don carlos knife or the small rounded cutter that comes with the gun..
sorry if this is long an winded mate but just a "quick" run down..
my fingers r killing me here....

 

[Time's Ran Out]

Tilerfil - If I was reading Div (well done mate) account of laying the altro flooring and hadn't done one before, then I certainly wouldn't start on 7 as my first job - contract it out!
In 35 years I've laid 4or5 vinyl tiled floors and never any carpet or sheet material.
IMO its a different trade altogether!

John.

 

[Thespanishtiler]

I agree with Timeless John, have done lots of disabled access shower rooms for the adaptations department and always sub contract the altro flooring out. i always fit the tile upstand trims myself and tile out prior to the flooring going down. having seen them lay it i am glad i didnt have a go !

 

[div]

cheers timeless
but i think it should b part of the modern day appr..
as its getting more comming these days an it would be good for the younger ones 2 get in 2...and the older guys 2.."my back is killing me"...an knees lol
cos if ur in tiling a wet room with the saftey flooring u would want 2 c it thro?..imo
plus the money is very GOOD lol
but i hope my wee post hasnt put anybody of it.. as i said its daunting at first but so is tiling ur first job once you have been trained or shown how its done its pretty straight foward imo
cheers div

 

[Time's Ran Out]

Div - it might be part of the modern day ......
Apart from that I couldn't understand anything legible in your thread!
The problems that the building industry are often associated with is often caused by people who are not proficient in a particular trade undertaking work and charging full rates for sub standard cratsmanship.
If you wish to sell your wares as a sheet flooring contractor at least have the integrity not to flaunt it on a public forum IMO!!!!

Timeless John.

 

[grumpygrouter]

Some Atro Utube links if anyone interested.

YouTube - AltroFlooring's Channel

 

[div]

timeless for your infomation...
i am a tsf and have been for best part of twenty years now.
i dont do substandard work.
i am not trying to sell myself has a sheet floor layer.
i do to saftey flooring as this is part of my work remit.
i was trying in my best english writing to help the op out.
yes and you are right its a public forum
best of...

 

[Time's Ran Out]

Div - Please accept my apologies I have a thread loose!:mad2:

Your input to this question by Tilerfil has been 1st class.
I have not read back correctly and mis interpereted the order of reples incorrectly.
I shall go now and commit Hari Kari!

John.

 

[div]

:smilewinkgrin::smilewinkgrin::smilewinkgrin:

 

[tilerfil]

wow!! great info div many thanks

Will sleep on it tonight and make a decision. Havent got a great deal on atm but might just sub it out this time and watch and learn and get some pointers. Would like to give it a go but obviously want a good job done and thats taking a risk if i do it.

youtube vids are priceless!

Thanks all Fil