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Re: Anhydrite moisture testing, putting some ideas to you Trusted Peop
Alan did an amassing job of making me understand what these screeds can do to cement based adhesives if the floor is not completely dry and thoroughly sanded and primed. How ever am I sanding to remove the laitance or just to prep the floor ???? I thought it was to remove the laitance but what do I know. I could get myself a fancy moisture test gadget to determine whether the floor is dry but if I do I will need to ignore the manufacturers instructions turn around three times and hop up and down on one leg and hope it gives me a correct reading as if it does not I will be in the frame as I ignored the manufacturers instructions . Then we have the debate epoxy primer or acrylic primer cement based adhesive or gypsum. I am convinced that acrylic primer and cement based adhesive does not give a strong enough bond as the tiles I have removed from the floors that I have fixed came up far to easily and my knowledge of gypsum adhesive is limited to what I have been told witch is very little. So you see I am no expert so how can I go and specify and guaranty a safe method of installation.
Why is that Deano? Is it because you don't believe what you were told on the day and it didn't sit right with you? (as is you're well within your rights to do) or because you followed what you were taught and it still had a failure?
That's a different matter and that should be the specifier for the high jump if it has been specified in unsuitable circumstances or time frames, i'm sure it happens all the time with slick salesmen and soecifiers who don't understand it but does it happen more often than not? I get that there are extra steps needed and it's much more involved but i'm not hearing that it's an unsuitable substrate to tile to point blank.
Alan did an amassing job of making me understand what these screeds can do to cement based adhesives if the floor is not completely dry and thoroughly sanded and primed. How ever am I sanding to remove the laitance or just to prep the floor ???? I thought it was to remove the laitance but what do I know. I could get myself a fancy moisture test gadget to determine whether the floor is dry but if I do I will need to ignore the manufacturers instructions turn around three times and hop up and down on one leg and hope it gives me a correct reading as if it does not I will be in the frame as I ignored the manufacturers instructions . Then we have the debate epoxy primer or acrylic primer cement based adhesive or gypsum. I am convinced that acrylic primer and cement based adhesive does not give a strong enough bond as the tiles I have removed from the floors that I have fixed came up far to easily and my knowledge of gypsum adhesive is limited to what I have been told witch is very little. So you see I am no expert so how can I go and specify and guaranty a safe method of installation.