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Theres been a recent resurgence of projects (here in NZ) using sheet membranes and Im baffled as to why.
I am struggling to find any benefit in using them and we are losing out on jobs because it is too expensive, both in material cost, labour and time.
Some of the solvents used are also highly carcinogenic/flammable, which exposes our applicators to health risks and causes further problems where projects are interfacing with the public.
We are now turning away work which has sheet membranes specified, due to the risks of installer error, the price of materials/equipment, the difficulty of finding an applicator, and the time it takes to install.
We have waterproofed thousands of commercial projects with several different liquid membranes with a very high success rate, I think only two leaks detected in total over 20 years.
We have used sheet membranes twice, with two different applicators, and had issues both times. (Both installer error, but nonetheless...)
Is anyone else in the same boat?
Can only find a little info on google, but, most ironically, saying sheet membrane have less chance of human error..
Do sheet membranes have a place in the future of tiling?
I am struggling to find any benefit in using them and we are losing out on jobs because it is too expensive, both in material cost, labour and time.
Some of the solvents used are also highly carcinogenic/flammable, which exposes our applicators to health risks and causes further problems where projects are interfacing with the public.
We are now turning away work which has sheet membranes specified, due to the risks of installer error, the price of materials/equipment, the difficulty of finding an applicator, and the time it takes to install.
We have waterproofed thousands of commercial projects with several different liquid membranes with a very high success rate, I think only two leaks detected in total over 20 years.
We have used sheet membranes twice, with two different applicators, and had issues both times. (Both installer error, but nonetheless...)
Is anyone else in the same boat?
Can only find a little info on google, but, most ironically, saying sheet membrane have less chance of human error..
Do sheet membranes have a place in the future of tiling?