Screed drying.

[Aston]

alan,
dont apologise, i think we have all gone off on one at some point on here. you're passionate at whatever you do and that is only ever a good thing.
we are lucky to have somebody like you in this field who educates & informs us so well, so just keep being you mate..

anyway, i'm off now because if my mrs has her way, i'll never be allowed to post on a tile forum again lol

ps good link to f.ball, interesting info!!


regards
ed

 

[Gazzer]

This might be of use.

F Ball - The First Choice for Flooring Professionals - F. Ball Digital Hygrometer

Thats the one the local tile shop bought for their customers use....currently in my possession

 

[DHTiling]

By the way. My apologies for going off on one. My mrs says I am a grumpy bleep today......

Nah, don't say sorry.. it's just some peeps need to educate themselves before spouting off.. how can you comment on a product you know naff all about and comments made prove that point.. go away and read up and study , tile to these screeds, experience in real life.. then come back and make comments..

Don't just spout away when you haven't even tiled/prepped or seen one ffs.

 

[Dougs Third Go]

what really pees me off Alan, is the fact that tllers can't /refuse to keep up to date, trolls dissing new methods without a sound argument also gives me the hump, but as a newbie with only a few posts I'm guessing my opinion don't count for much...

 

[DHTiling]

This might be of use.

F Ball - The First Choice for Flooring Professionals - F. Ball Digital Hygrometer

Alan, are these as good/accurate as the the hair ones..? and any idea on price... i have a few gyvlon floors this year and might get one or 2 of those..

 

[Ajax123]

Alan, are these as good/accurate as the the hair ones..? and any idea on price... i have a few gyvlon floors this year and might get one or 2 of those..

I find They are accurate between about 70 and 85 rh which us the range we want to be in. They are temperature dependent and lose accuracy if very hot or very cold. They are not as good as an analogue hair hygrometer it at about 80 quid versus several hundred they are quite cheap.

 

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

no mate your just very passionate about your products and want everyone els to be the same,:smilewinkgrin: but i think we all have different experiences under our belts and see it in a different light , i'am more of a screeder ,i have the bad knee to prove it as you said and even i can see these gypsum guys have the best end of the deal over the tilers who are left with all the prep and messing about to do ,maybe as someone said it should be down to the screeders to do the prep

 

[Ian]

I've only had one anhydrite floor so far and once I had all the relevant information, I don't think it was any more difficult than a SC screed. Yes the cost is a little higher for materials and the prep is a little more time consuming but, so long as the clients are made aware of this from the start I can't see a great deal of difference. I do think that the clients need to be informed of the processes at the consultation stage, it seems that they are only told when the time comes to lay the floor covering. So to sum up, the screeding companies need to inform the clients better from the beginning so there are no surprises further down the line and tilers need to take the time to research the fixing methods and materials. Also, Alan is a wonderful resource available to us all and he is more than willing to help and advise, FREE OF CHARGE, use him and his knowledge and you can't go wrong.


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[bugs183]

I love these poured screeds to work on, and as Ajax says if you swap products and use the correct ones then you have no problems and have a lovely floor flat to work on. So long as the builder is aware of the initiall prep work then that should all be fine.
The only real concern is the drying issues. It is very rare for any builder have an underfloor heating system fired up before all the tiling is done. The floor would be pressure tested then screeded, but virtually none of them even have the boiler fitted at that stsge, let alone get the the heating commisioned, thereby not helping with the drying process.
We all have to tell our builders thats what needs to be done to dry the floor.
It's nice to know that hydrometer will do the job at arounf £80.00, well worth having.