UFH help! Wrong SLC used - TilersForums.com

[J Sid]

why do they do it, tried to save , maybe £30 on the cost of slc

 

[LM]

why do they do it, tried to save , maybe £30 on the cost of slc

Exactly!
Builders are not experts in 'everything' lol.

 

[Dipesh]

OK I know what it is.

It the UFH visible or even still sticking up through the screed ?

It's totally enclosed within the 708 now.

 

[Dipesh]

why do they do it, tried to save , maybe £30 on the cost of slc

Crazy isn't it. If I didn't call Everbuild I would be none the wiser.

 

[Spacey]

It's totally enclosed within the 708 now.

With a 5mm coat ?

 

[J Sid]

Crazy isn't it. If I didn't call Everbuild I would be none the wiser.

you would have been a few weeks after the builder had gone and you got that crunchy felling under foot.

 

[Dipesh]

With a 5mm coat ?

Yes it looks like around 5mm or so when I look at it from the edge where the door opens to the kitchen.

 

[Flintstone]

Here's my opinion, you have or are paying for a job to be done professionaly. The builder has used some poor quality leveller which isn't suitable, why would you want to try and cover it with this and that and cross your fingers and toes that it might work and might not fail in a years time. If it was me I would tell him to get it up and get somebody in who can do the job propperly. Any photos of the installation? A lot of ufh systems fail due to incorrect installation!
You shouldn't have to make do with uncertainties!!

 

[Dipesh]

Thanks gents, I've got a 'pro' coming in on Monday AM so let's see how it goes.

It looks a bit of a mess. Turns out he's put 2 layers of the 708 on and it's unbonded from the base layer as I've now got some hollow sounding areas. It gets worse

Anybody have any recommendations of tilers in the Leicester area?

 

[Flintstone]

Get the lot up and have it re done using the right people and right materials. What is the sub floor, wood? Screed?

 

[Dipesh]

Get the lot up and have it re done using the right people and right materials. What is the sub floor, wood? Screed?

Subfloor is a screed floor.

 

[Flintstone]

New or old ? Post some pics up of the job

 

[Dipesh]

New or old ? Post some pics up of the job

It's half new half old. It's now covered with the insulation boards and the underfloor heating.

 

[Spacey]

Thanks gents, I've got a 'pro' coming in on Monday AM so let's see how it goes.

It looks a bit of a mess. Turns out he's put 2 layers of the 708 on and it's unbonded from the base layer as I've now got some hollow sounding areas. It gets worse

Anybody have any recommendations of tilers in the Leicester area?

Should have mentioned your on the wrong forum really!

What you want is a Karndean installer not a tiler (no offence intended lads) Karndean installation and floor preparation for Karndean is a specialist craft. I'd recommend giving Karndean a ting They can point you in the right direction They have a list of trained fullt trained installers.
I'm on it but your a bit far away sorry

Good with this
You'll need it

 

[Dan]

Thanks gents, I've got a 'pro' coming in on Monday AM so let's see how it goes.

It looks a bit of a mess. Turns out he's put 2 layers of the 708 on and it's unbonded from the base layer as I've now got some hollow sounding areas. It gets worse

Anybody have any recommendations of tilers in the Leicester area?

Post the job here if you want

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