Dilemma - NEW TILE

[chris64]

Has anyone worked with polished interlocking concrete floor tiles before? They are 1200 x 600 mm. Are they suitable for fixing on a wooden sub floor, with ditra matting and under floor heating and fibre self leveling?

Would really appreciate any advice

 

[swanman]

no never

 

[Ian]

Have you got a link to the product at all?

 

[White Room]

There going to be heavy..

 

[Taylormade]

I have laid these before but only on a concrete floor with UFH. Check manufacture date of the tiles if you can. They retain moisture for quite some time. UFH will put hair line cracks in any tiles that are still 'wet'. They are heavy the ones I laid were a 2 person lift on the full tiles!

 

[chris64]

I have laid these before but only on a concrete floor with UFH. Check manufacture date of the tiles if you can. They retain moisture for quite some time. UFH will put hair line cracks in any tiles that are still 'wet'. They are heavy the ones I laid were a 2 person lift on the full tiles!

Thanks for that, I am starting the week after next and get to see the tiles next week.

 

[trustiling]

We have laid large format concrete veneer engineered boards 1200x1200mm (like laminate!) done them in hotel foyers and stuck em with tins of Sika flexible wood adhesive
Nightmare to work with, they occasionally bowed and we had to put large weights on top of each tile overnight!
Horrible to cut as well (timber and concrete in one) so dry cut only dusty dusty.

 

[Dave]

Never seen them before , would be interested to hear more on this as you progress , maybe some pics as well.

 

[trustiling]

Could only find this photo, office block in Tottenham court road.

 

[trustiling]

http://www.surfaceplus.co.uk/category/Concrete
Here is a link from the supplier who we subby to.

 

[White Room]

We have laid large format concrete veneer engineered boards 1200x1200mm (like laminate!) done them in hotel foyers and stuck em with tins of Sika flexible wood adhesive
Nightmare to work with, they occasionally bowed and we had to put large weights on top of each tile overnight!
Horrible to cut as well (timber and concrete in one) so dry cut only dusty dusty.

Is that the stuff you have a max of 3mm notched trowel...

 

[trustiling]

Yes!!!! Crazy....that's what we were spec'd

 

[White Room]

Used the same stuff on bowed timbers, what a waste of time, when troweling it seemed to go flat...