In need of advice screed/ slurry /tiles

[sparx83]

I own a small cider company in Northern ireland,

i am looking to have some Vitrified porcelain tiles installed, but from what i hear, i need to install them using a modified screed and a slurry coat and vibrate them in,

Has anyone any experience of this method?

what questions do i need to ask?

Thanks for all your help.

 

[White Room]

A bit more info might be good...what are you tiling to, floor screed etc

 

[Ajax123]

It's quite an old fashioned method. Similar to the old pressed wet bed method and similar to laying terrazzo. However, I'm not even sure it would work with porcs as they may be too brittle to withstand vibration. I would have thought with modern adhesives there would be a much easier option.

 

[Time's Ran Out]

Phil Hobson has done thousands of metres using this 'old fashioned' method and if it's not a pension day he may be on to give you advice!
Especially as its cider driven!

 

[Brian the Tile]

done a lot of sand and cement fixing and fed the chickens but never heard of the vibrating ,bit please enlighten me

 

[One Day]

http://www.skanfloor.com/vibration process.htm

 

[Brian the Tile]

them tiles are aldi tiles

 

[Time's Ran Out]

That's how I know Mr Hobson is the man to talk to - he used to lead a team of Aldi installers!

 

[Brian the Tile]

and they make a cracking job wth them six inch tiles ,fair play

 

[High Peak Tiling]

Being inexperienced in this Vibration floor... why would you do this in this method?
why not matting with expansion joints?

 

[afright]

them tiles are aldi tiles

Think they are called ZinZig tiles Brian used to fix them many moons ago did a lot of bank vaults ,walls & floors.

 

[The Legend; Phil Hobson RIP]

Sorry I just got a chance to reply, TJ is correct we did thousands of m2 using this method visqueen mesh 60mm semi-dry 4:1 screed, with OPC slurry,(monolithic) all laid in one.

Afright is right too ZinZig ( Buchtal).

Not sure about fixing porcelain this way, I think you would need to add polymer to OPC slurry. ZinZig are dust pressed so they will draw in the OPC slurry, but the low porosity of porcelain would need a polymer to bond imho.

Power vibro damn good method.

 

[widler]

Would vibrating it break the porca phil ?
I knows its hard but its brittle as well, erm if you know what i mean

 

[The Legend; Phil Hobson RIP]

Would vibrating it break the porca phil ?
I knows its hard but its brittle as well, erm if you know what i mean

Don't think so Craig as the screed will give, we worked on boards as shown in the pics to spread the weight, we also wore snow shoes to walk on tiles when vibrating.

This method works better with small tiles, ie. 150mmx 150mm/ 100mmx 200mm/ 150mm octagons.

 

[widler]

Don't think so Craig as the screed will give, we worked on boards as shown in the pics to spread the weight, we also wore snow shoes to walk on tiles when vibrating.

This method works better with small tiles, ie. 150mmx 150mm/ 100mmx 200mm/ 150mm octagons.

Ah ok, i see, did not look at pics.
Nice one phil, hope you ok mate