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Hi there this is my first post I’ve been reading the forum for a while now , doing research for my first tile
project. I’m going to tile my living room. At the moment I’m getting more and more confused about which
adhesive to use. My tiles are 300 x 300mm
The floor is concrete.
Can I tile straight onto the concrete or should I use a primer first? And for the adhesive I know I will need to use one that is cement based . I see that bal and mapei gets mentioned a lot here but bal looks very expensive. Not sure whether to use flexible or non flex. Also the rapid dry and normal dry.
Will the rapid dry too fast for a beginner? I read in another post somewhere can’t find it now that if you use
normal dry time, your tiles will sink in the drying time, is this true?
I’m veering towards the mapei brand as I know where I can buy 20kg bags in London , Could someone please suggest which one I should go with if mapei is ok. Or maybe another brand.
phil
project. I’m going to tile my living room. At the moment I’m getting more and more confused about which
adhesive to use. My tiles are 300 x 300mm
The floor is concrete.
Can I tile straight onto the concrete or should I use a primer first? And for the adhesive I know I will need to use one that is cement based . I see that bal and mapei gets mentioned a lot here but bal looks very expensive. Not sure whether to use flexible or non flex. Also the rapid dry and normal dry.
Will the rapid dry too fast for a beginner? I read in another post somewhere can’t find it now that if you use
normal dry time, your tiles will sink in the drying time, is this true?
I’m veering towards the mapei brand as I know where I can buy 20kg bags in London , Could someone please suggest which one I should go with if mapei is ok. Or maybe another brand.
phil