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I'm currently in the process of planning this kitchen floor of mine, the wife wants Granite and personally i'm loving the star galaxy but we have yet to decide.
The kitchen substrate is Concrete and plenty of it as its a mass filled slab at the back of the house. The concrete over the years had vinyl which has been taken up revealing a few minor issues where the old chimney used to be in the kitchen which i will repair using concrete.
Now the bit i am not sure about as i have never layed granite and i have never layed underfloor heating and i prefer to do things the right way>>>
1. The insulation 10mm - This needs to be layed down ontop of adhesive? if so which type?
2. Underfloor heating mat 200w/m2 - total 5m2 - Should i apply adhesive ontop of the UFH mat once i am happy with its position? or should i just move to the SLC ?
3. What type of SLC should i use? anything in particular?
4. What adhesive should be used for natural granite ? the tiles will be 10mm
5. Have any of you any pictures of a granite floor done in 610mm x 305mm tiles? (as we cannot decide between the 305 x 305 or 610 x 305).
6. Could you please tell me what a typical build up of the floor would be with all of the above? ie approx FFL as this will assist in alignment of other bits in the kitchen.
Oh and btw i do like the MAPEI stuff
Any other tips links which you guys/girls have please let me have them. Thank you in advance.
PS - i'll then be moving onto the bathroom after i complete this.
The kitchen substrate is Concrete and plenty of it as its a mass filled slab at the back of the house. The concrete over the years had vinyl which has been taken up revealing a few minor issues where the old chimney used to be in the kitchen which i will repair using concrete.
Now the bit i am not sure about as i have never layed granite and i have never layed underfloor heating and i prefer to do things the right way>>>
1. The insulation 10mm - This needs to be layed down ontop of adhesive? if so which type?
2. Underfloor heating mat 200w/m2 - total 5m2 - Should i apply adhesive ontop of the UFH mat once i am happy with its position? or should i just move to the SLC ?
3. What type of SLC should i use? anything in particular?
4. What adhesive should be used for natural granite ? the tiles will be 10mm
5. Have any of you any pictures of a granite floor done in 610mm x 305mm tiles? (as we cannot decide between the 305 x 305 or 610 x 305).
6. Could you please tell me what a typical build up of the floor would be with all of the above? ie approx FFL as this will assist in alignment of other bits in the kitchen.
Oh and btw i do like the MAPEI stuff
Any other tips links which you guys/girls have please let me have them. Thank you in advance.
PS - i'll then be moving onto the bathroom after i complete this.
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