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e dip was peaking at 25mm over 2.5 metres (if that makes sense)
:yikes: so it has a walk in shower area :lol:
:lol::lol:, I did suggest that I just install a drain and tile with envelope cuts.
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e dip was peaking at 25mm over 2.5 metres (if that makes sense)
:yikes: so it has a walk in shower area :lol:
oh just wondering as the problem is handballed around screeder will blame supplier ect best to get them both back to find the prob no disrespect Ajax
I thought that one of the benefits of gyvlon screeds are it's self levelling capabilities - have I mis-understood?
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This is what I was faced with on Tuesday and the customer expected me to fix 600 x600 porcelain :mad2::mad2:.
I will say in my experience these screeds are very very flat normallly but lafarge are not held responsible for screeder error and this s deffo screeder error.
Oh my giddy aunt. That is awful. Is that dips between the pipes (I assume its UFH). This is called pipe mapping and it is caused by one of 3 things.
1. Pipes not fully secured ad have floated - this usually is patchy and sporadic and does not appear to be the case here
2. The screed is placed too thin with a lack of cover to the underfloor heating pipes. This leads to a differential between the level of plastic settlement, a natural function of a flowing screed (self levelling compound does the same thing), between the pipes being greater than that over the pipes. It is often accompanied by cracking across the tops of the pipes
3. The screed has been placed too wet which leads to a similar phenomenon as described in number 2.This scenario is also often accompanied by level issues as the excessive water content in the screed bleeds to the surface and makes it difficult for the installer to differentiate the actual top of the screed and the bleed water on the top. It is also often accompanied by soft powdery patches often in door ways where the bleed water gets chased and causes the screed to segregate locally.
If it is installed correctly then it does exhibit self levelling tendencies. In terms of deviation from the straight edge I would expect in a job of this size that there would be little to none but the screeders generally should install to SR2 as an absolute minimum standard.
You will presumably use a smoothing compound over this one - I would suggest one based on Gypsum. Also are you uncoupling cos that level of "defficiency" could also lead to the screed cracking under thermal loading.........
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