Best Tile Adhesive for Walls - 2016 Tile Adhesives Poll

[Cstiling]

Mapei in the main for me , builders here buy porcel flex cos of price but it's a million miles away from keraquick for Me

 

[Dan]

BritAdhesives cracking products direct from manufacturers. Great people to deal with too.

Added to the list.

 

[Dumbo]

I know people have already said toppfix is made by palace but I believe topps grouts are ultra

 

[jonnyc]

Tilemaster.
Ive been trying out different adhesives for the last 30 years and not afraid to change !! For a small business fixing stone I get through a fair few pallets per month and with the overhead of employees I need to make a reasonable margin but also give clients a good adhesive at reasonable price .i get all this and good tech back up from Tilemaster and am very happy .i only use setaflex white and rapid 30 latex plus primers /anhyfix and delta boards

 

[Dan]

I know people have already said toppfix is made by palace but I believe topps grouts are ultra

Neh I asked their online guy he said said Palace.

 

[Redmond74]

Ive used a lot of Topps Tiles own brand..also Bal ...Mapei ..and recon That grout 3000 is one of the best out there..they also do matching Silicon to go with the colours of grouts..
Tilemaster Setaflex adhesive is also up there with them for quality and consistency too.

 

[hmtiling]

Neh I asked their online guy he said said Palace.

I didn't even know Topps do their own grout

 

[Italy]

I am baffled ...
I have a thought that I blend in for days head, all these little brands around the world, which future may have ?.
it seems very similar to the stories of the pubs, open a new pub, take it to a turnover mediocre and resell it.
frankly, all of these brands create my confusion, I strongly hope that the big fish eat the small one. I think 4/5 brands are enough, I'm tired of reading data sheets whenever I use grouting and adhesives.
the price war, creates all this chaos of products, small brands entering the market with prices below as to attract clients, but all this as it can last? A few months, then the price differences are approaching.

 

[andy-p]

Weber or Bal adhesive, Bal grout...

 

[Rich Midge]

TileMaster for me, occasionally Weber and even less frequently Ultra. That's not to say I've anything against Weber and Ultra, I actually really rate them it's just imo TileMaster is the best blend of excellent product, value and ease of use.

 

[Dan]

As of writing the order of the top 5 is Mapei, Tilemaster, Weber, BAL, Ultra.

Well done to all companies with votes so far but super well done to those 5.

Keep the votes coming people.

I will need to remove some votes by the companies themselves near the end of the poll, but only a couple appear to have voted so far without me digging into them a bit more. Which I will do to keep it fair.

I think I voted for Rocotex just so I can see the results. Else even as admin I can't lol. Bit of a flaw maybe. But I thought I'd declare that. Thought it wouldn't skew the results of the top bunch just in case it ends up a close one.

So far it seems a really legit poll. Not many firms voting for themselves (and I assume some doing it do see the results like myself, else you simply can't see the results, so I won't remove them until near the end of the poll closure), and I can't spot any obvious cheating. Such as members registering then instantly voting then never logging on again. All votes so far seem to be from members who were on the forum well before we created the poll, and some registered before the 2015 poll but never voted on that one, which shows they just didn't have a preference then but do now.

I'll post some facts about the stats and changes over the years and the changes members have made over the years in an article at some point in a few months time. Interesting to see some have voted for their brand for a decade. Others have changed annually. Others changed, then changed back quickly. Nice to see that people do have a preference but will try others etc etc.

 

[Dumbo]

As of writing the order of the top 5 is Mapei, Tilemaster, Weber, BAL, Ultra.

Well done to all companies with votes so far but super well done to those 5.

Keep the votes coming people.

I will need to remove some votes by the companies themselves near the end of the poll, but only a couple appear to have voted so far without me digging into them a bit more. Which I will do to keep it fair.

I think I voted for Rocotex just so I can see the results. Else even as admin I can't lol. Bit of a flaw maybe. But I thought I'd declare that. Thought it wouldn't skew the results of the top bunch just in case it ends up a close one.

So far it seems a really legit poll. Not many firms voting for themselves (and I assume some doing it do see the results like myself, else you simply can't see the results, so I won't remove them until near the end of the poll closure), and I can't spot any obvious cheating. Such as members registering then instantly voting then never logging on again. All votes so far seem to be from members who were on the forum well before we created the poll, and some registered before the 2015 poll but never voted on that one, which shows they just didn't have a preference then but do now.

I'll post some facts about the stats and changes over the years and the changes members have made over the years in an article at some point in a few months time. Interesting to see some have voted for their brand for a decade. Others have changed annually. Others changed, then changed back quickly. Nice to see that people do have a preference but will try others etc etc.

It's not necessarily to do with preference but availability . From what I've read about tilemaster on this forum if it was available locally I would probably give that a whirl .

 

[G Taylor Tiling]

Tilemaster for me great products and a great family business, and the handles on the bags are a big bonus no powder spilling out !
Keep it up guys at Tilemaster

 

[Dave]

Ultra followed by Weber .

 

[Dan]

Tilemaster!
Top quality products!!
Never had any problems.. Reasonably priced, family business, so helpful and friendly.

Looking at the last couple of years polls they've quickly come from nowhere to 2nd place so far. Beating the likes of BAL by miles who where the market leaders in the UK for a very very long time.

Well done to them. Fair to say whatever they're doing its working.

Mapei and Weber are awesome also it seems according to the guys that use it all.

Hoping to see some isomat getting used more now they're on our forum as sponsors. Maybe we need to get them send out some more samples and things?

Got to support each other where we can eh?! @ISOMAT UK