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Hello

I'm a newbee to this site, I'm a not a pro at tiling. I'm more of a handy man, I've tiled a few bathrooms for friends and family.

I have now a new house and want to tile the entire ground floor with Marble. How easy is it to cut marble? Do I need a special tool?

Also, I would like to put in some heating mats. I will be laying down some ply, do I need to put insulation on it?

Sorry for all the questions, oh yeah, one more, any good sites for marble? Cheapest price I found for marble marfal creme was about £35 per sq/m.

Thanks
 
Hello and welcome...
most of your cuts will be with a wet saw..if you want insulation..use insulation backer boards in place of the ply, they can be expensive but will save money in the long run, you should also use a flexible adhesive..Mark.

[DLMURL]http://www.ambient-ufh.co.uk/index.php?cPath=30[/DLMURL]
 
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YOUR GONNA NEED A WET SAW to do your cuts,also the structure should be sound to suport the marble/weight.Any deflection in the subfloor will crack your expensive marble.Check your joist spacing and thickness/depth,plywood existing thickness and then we can help!
 
Good wet saw.
Insulation boards or Schluter Ditra Mat then lay UFH
Self level over ufh before tiling.
White flexi adhesive.
Clean tiles thoroughly & leave to dry.
Seal.
Grout.
Seal grout if light coloured on floors.
Get paid
Go to pub !!!
 
Thanks for all the advice.

After some further investigation I have found out the floor is concrete. Can I put some ply on this or does it have to be insulated?

If it does need to be insulated can I use PERFECTHEAT® thermal insulation tiles? I will be using PERFECTHEAT® kit for the ufh.

The PERFECTHEAT® kit includes:
· Highest quality produced in the UK by a British manufacturer.
· PERFECTHEAT® heating cable – ultra-thin section with tough all-Teflon insulation.
· Fully programmable digital PERFECTHEAT® 3000 thermostat – crammed with features.
· Floor sensor to measure and control floor temperature 10°C to 45°C
· Flexible conduit (only 10-mm diameter) to house the floor sensor.
· Extra strong self-adhesive tape to secure the heating cable to the floor.
· Comprehensive and clear instructions for simple installation.
· Special PVA floor primer - 0.5 litre (suitable for 6m2 floor area).
· Application roller for PVA floor primer.
· Lifetime guarantee certificate for BOTH the PERFECTHEAT® cable and PERFECTHEAT® 3000 thermostat.

This is the info for the insulation;
Technical Information:
Material Foamed Polystyrene
Material thickness 3 mm and 6 mm available
Density 3 mm - 40 kg/m3 6 mm - 33 kg/m3
Thermal conductivity 0.035 W/m2 K
Operating temperature - 60 ?C to +70 ?C
Melting temperature >160 °C
Thermal decomposition >330?C
Ignition temperature: with flame influence 350 - 400 ?C
without flame influence 450 - 500 ?C
Water absorption < 0.1%
Adhesive Use Vysa-Bond PVA adhesive (to BS 5270😛art 1:1989) supplied

Thanks


 
im not too sure how it works in the uk but here in usa we usually pour a self levelling underlayment over the wires,then thinset the tiles down.
Other companies(nuheat.com,warmlyyours.com)the radient heat comes on a fibre sheet and we thinset this down then tile over.theres a picture of copper wire radient heat in the gallery i posted which i set using the wet set technique.
hope this helps.
 
I always use flexi self-levlling over any UFH i install as well....better to be safe than sorry...plus this makes a better and flatter surface to tile too
 

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