bal fracture mat.

[johnryan]

I can't honestly see how the Bal mat can compete with Ditra, there is no way possible how a 1mm mat can be the same as a mat equivalent of the construction of Ditra.

my thoughts exactly and having seen it in ctd i wonder how exactly it works. however, saying that you'd think if a company like bal put something on the market like this, it must be up to spec. will be interesting as time goes by to see how it does,
and in ctd it works out at 9 per meter plus vat, so it's not cheap, though that could be mitigated by the reduction in adhesive costs.

 

[The D]

the firm i am subbing to uses it i have used it on about 6 floors now and it is ok dose it work ?????? we will see would i buy it for my jobs not a chance. BAL bring out a mat that is unproven put it at the top end for price and bleat on about how it will save you money because it uses less adhesive but you have to use BAL adhesive so it is twice the price anyway so you save nothing and the mat has no legs to stand on yet. just another example of the arrogance of the BAL brand

 

[Peter]

If it fails in 24 years then it was down to fixer error or the adhesive not being mixed with Evian.

 

[Perry]

I think it comes BASF

 

[White Room]

I think it comes BASF

You used a lot of the BASF stuff Pete...

 

[Perry]

You used a lot of the BASF stuff Pete...

Yes Mark BASF is a big company.

 

[Perry]

Tilemaster are doing one nowdays

 

[jonnyc]

Basf made PCI pecilastic I think and I used plenty of that before PCI pulled out of uk.
trimline sell e very similar 1mm mat called isomat which we use under isolated tiles that bridge cracks in screed as does not affect bed thickness but not a guarantee. I assume the bal version similar to pecilastic and therefore cannot used on green screed.

 

[jonnyc]

Oh I haven't checked the price at ctd but when I can buy ditra at £5.75 plus vat per mt and isomat about same cost why use bal if more costly

 

[Perry]

Yes John thats the one but look at the tilemaster one same sort of thing to pesalastic Bal love to make a big profit. Theres a lot less adhesive and labour using it and not using ditra if you dont need too.