New member S.Cumbria

[Disco Stu]

Hi, Tilers Forum

We are doing a self-build in S.Cumbria and are at the finishing stages.
We have a limestone tile floor to lay currently with underfloor heating.
The screed is 75mm thick and has been laid since Nov. 2011.
We are using porcelflex flexible tile adhesive.

What we would like to know is how can we best avoid cracking the tiles.
Should the underfloor heating be brought up to temperature before laying our tiles?

Disco Stu

 

[doug boardley]

whereabouts in south cumbria disco stu? I'm just outside kendal.

 

[Muse2k8]

Ooh Kendal not been there in years! Absolutely beautiful part of the country. Spent a lot of time at derwent too

:welcome:

 

[Time's Ran Out]

:welcome: I'd make sure you use a better adhesive and in conjunction with Ditra decoupling.
Make sure the floor has been brought up gradually to temperature/tested, but has been allowed to cool and is OFF when tiling. Then after 7 days from tiling, brought back up very slowly 2 degrees per day.

 

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

:welcome:

 

[White Room]

Hi and welcome....last time I was in that neck of the woods was over 30 years ago at a place called Warcop...

 

[doug boardley]

Hi and welcome....last time I was in that neck of the woods was over 30 years ago at a place called Warcop...

I'll bet I know what you were doing then Mark :smilewinkgrin:

 

[DHTiling]

Hi and welcome....last time I was in that neck of the woods was over 30 years ago at a place called Warcop...

Drove past it many times.. on way to carlisle.

 

[strummerman]

Drove past it many times.. on way to carlisle.

is that were you hit the lampost and the bag of grout exploaded over you :lol:

 

[DHTiling]

is that were you hit the lampost and the bag of grout exploaded over you :lol:

Shush you..

 

[strummerman]

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[DHTiling]

More like this.:lol:

 

[hutchinsons]

Hi :welcome:

 

[Dan]

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More like this.:lol:

Need to call you Ghosty then do we? :lol:

 

[DHTiling]

Need to call you Ghosty then do we? :lol:

I crashed a VW caddy in Carlisle.. hit a lamp post when i took my eyes off the road... full 10kg bag of wht grout flew from the back of the van and hit the wire bulk head.. and exploded as it shredded through the wire.. :lol:...