ditra mat or not?

[Ajax123]

Heated screed, natural stone, bs5385 says you should uncouple. End of as far as I'm concerned

 

[CRAIGTWINNY]

D-Matt from Nichols and Clarke. Better than Ditra!

 

[andy8758]

Never heard of D-Matt before that last post.

Checked spec and it quotes "no tile failure until total rupture of membrane." I note that Ditra spec states "Crack bridging ability 1.5mm."

Anyone tell us more about the two products? After all they almost identical and seem to adopt the same uncoupling system (grid structure of cavities).

 

[Dan]

Many contractors recommend Ditra. So I tried it once and liked it quite a lot. It's easy to apply and really keeps stone floors from cracking.
P.S. Check this article, where Ditra is being compared to another similar product: ProvaFlex vs Ditra I hope you find it useful

Good find! How did you find that?

 

[Old Mod]

Good find! How did you find that?

I've heard of him before, or more likely stumbled over his blogs.
The ProvaFlex just looks like Pink Dural to me!

 

[Dan]

He seems to have a grudge against some online seller! It was from a good few years ago mind. Perhaps they've stopped selling it now and somebody else does.

Does it look exactly the same as Dural that?

 

[Old Mod]

Yeah I'd say he has haha
Yeah at first at first glance without studying properly, without a doubt.
Maybe it's the early version that had all the failures if it's that old?
Maybe some of the other guys who had issues would know?

 

[Dan]

Maybe yeah.

Does it have a webbing on it then Dural?

 

[Old Mod]

Yeah, it's over the top of the mat, but it certainly doesn't separate as easy as it did in his article, it's stuck fast!
I put up a post recently where I had a labourer try and remove a piece of un grouted 700x500 limestone that was laid the evening before because it had been kicked.
Now I should have said to him just cut around the mat and lift the whole thing (cos the mat was gonna get ruined anyway) but I forgot! (Well maybe I forgot!) anyhow I wanted to see the bond strength. Took him 45 mins and it came up in 20mm square pieces haha he was not impressed! Haha and the mat was destroyed!

 

[Dan]

Just stumbled upon it when browsing the internet. I just wanted to read a thorough comparison between Ditra and some similar product. I'm glad you like it

Yeah I enjoyed reading that. I've bookmarked his blog.