prepping a floor for Amtico

[TeeKay]

dyslexia strikes again uzin thats the one

high temp glue for connie floors plus you will need a hand roller as well

Yep, roller is on the shopping list as well as HT adhesive. Not much difference in price between HT and standard adhesive. Would you just use HT adhesive throughout, conservatory and kitchen?

 

[Time's Ran Out]

Hi,​

I'm loooking for advice on prepping a floor ready for laying Amtico. I'm laying Amtico Contour tiles which are 4mm thick and more rigid than normal Amtico.​

Sorry for so many questions but I've never laid SLC and I do want to get it right. Quotes to get the job done professionally are around £3500. I reckon I can get the tiles, HT adhesive and grout for around £1200 so I have to assume its not a simple job. But as I can't afford £3500 I have no choice but to do it myself.​

Thanks in advance,​

Tim​

Tim - You are either a very brave talented DIYer with plenty of spare cash or a man who can read with plenty of confidence!
I doubt if you can get 40m of Amtico for under £30 per metre and I've yet to see a Grouted Amtico floor.

IMO get it done by a Registered Amtico installer with all the guarantees or if its too expensive get the real deal - Travertine/porcelain/ceramic.

Have fun.

Timeless John.

 

[TeeKay]

Tim - You are either a very brave talented DIYer with plenty of spare cash or a man who can read with plenty of confidence!
I doubt if you can get 40m of Amtico for under £30 per metre and I've yet to see a Grouted Amtico floor.

IMO get it done by a Registered Amtico installer with all the guarantees or if its too expensive get the real deal - Travertine/porcelain/ceramic.

Have fun.

Timeless John.

Timeless John,

Thanks for your comments. I am pretty tenacious and willing to try my hand at most things and thankfully I generally succeed. I also enjoy doing DIY. I hope this won't be my undoing. I'll let you know how it goes truthfully.

Yes I do a lot of research. For example I spoke to F Ball today to ensure that stopgap 300 was the most suitable of their products for my application. In that discussion it came out that they are very doubtful that the new conservatory floor is anything like dry enough yet for laying Amtico on. I explained that one fitter I had to estimate the job checked the RH and said it was OK, but they explained in detail why that measurement was probalby flawed. My point is that I'm not infallable, but I do do my research, such as soliciting what is clearly very useful input from people such as yourself, and then proceed considering that input.

Actually its because I don't have plenty of spare cash that I'm looking to do it myself. It would be much easier to employ someone to do it.

But am I missing something. My feeling is that the challenge to laying amtico is prepping the floor so it is very level and smooth. I don't think this will be easy but I think it will be doable, and it will be obvious if it is or isn't. Am I missing something or just over optimistic that I can either get it flat enough or judge that it is flat enough?

A quick google for Amtico Contour and you'll see it for £20 psqm. and this is what I base my calcs on. But I don't understand your comment about the grouted floor. Are you saying that the amtico Contour system doesn't work in your experience?

Finally the reason I don't want to go for real tiles is that they are cold. Everyone I know who has real tiles in a conservatory says they wish they hadn't. I could have put underfloor heating down but I went for a heat pump air con unit due to its efficiency. For those who don't know they are incredibly efficient, cheaper even than gas c/h. 1 kw of electricity in and you can get typically about 4kw of heat out, but enough on that.

Tim

 

[chrisroe]

teekay

as darth vader said

Impressive most impressive but you are not an amtico fitter yet

well he sort of said that

average time for connie floors to dry out is 6 to 8 weeks for karndean

i do lend out my karndean spare kit for a fee plus postage if you want so let me know if this helps

 

[TeeKay]

teekay

as darth vader said

Impressive most impressive but you are not an amtico fitter yet

well he sort of said that

average time for connie floors to dry out is 6 to 8 weeks for karndean

i do lend out my karndean spare kit for a fee plus postage if you want so let me know if this helps

Thanks. I'll PM you for further details.