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    UFH tiling problem

    Always a tricky one. The standards generally say that moisture resting should be carried out but not who should do it. That said as an "expert" you should be able to offer advice. That you tested it is to your credit. That you went ahead at 7% is debatable in its wisdom as sand cement screed...
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    Price per SQM too high

    Get a different tiler. It's a free market economy after all
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    Porcelain floor tiles direct to screed on wet UFH without DITRA

    Never heard of a "square buff sander". Is that special?
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    Silicon at floor to wall junction

    No I haven't alcohol cleaned it. I'll try that this time round. Soap wise there will be lots if that with 4 of us showering almost daily...we dont have a bath
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    Silicon at floor to wall junction

    Hi All I have a walk in shower room in my bathroom that is tiled using slate mosaics on the floor and nuance shower boards on the walls. Originally I used the MS Polymer jointing compound a the floor to wall junction about 4 years ago when I built it. There is no appreciable movement in the...
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    Restricted height flooring problem

    It's probably done now as the op was from 2010
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    Underfloor Running Costs

    Not possible to do due to insufficient data.
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    Limestone tiles on a limecrete floor - advice on breathable adhesives and membranes please

    Not necessarily. Depends on the limestone as the coeffiicient of thermal linear expansion for the screed and the stone will be very similar and lime screeds tend to be more flexible and less prone to cracking. Id recomend a conversation with Kerakol as they do a lot of clever stuff for...
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    Porcelain HELP please!!

    Are you using a plasticiser? Itll help make your mortar more flexible. A bit more cement probably 5kg if its OPC
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    Advice required regarding floor make up

    If youre relying on a 6mm insulation board for support I'd suggest stop and get someone in that knows what they're doing...
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    Advice required regarding floor make up

    Get rid of the insulation boards and insulate between the joists. That saves you 6mm
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    Epoxy Floor Sealer

    Sir if. It a paint on ir roller applied sealer go add a "wearing" surface go a concrete floor https://www.newventureproducts.co.uk/two-part-epoxy-coatings/436-universal-water-based-epoxy-coating
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    Anti-fracture matting

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    Anti-fracture matting

    Tarmac truscreed is actually cement based. Just a basic sand cement. You might be confusing it with tarmac truflow which is their anhydrite based gear.
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    Epoxy Floor Sealer

    Has anyone used clear epoxy floor sealer on a mosaic tiled floor in a wet room instead of using stone sealers. If so what was the experience in terms of robustness. We have no bath and just the one shower and its over due for resealing. Want to try and extend the life between sealing. I have...
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    24 year old tile over cement slab floor failing-tenting and popping up

    I very much doubt it's a structural issue. Youd see other issues to accompany it so I reckon you can put that out of your mind safely Thermal shock due to the temperature change would probably do it especially if its underfloor heating. Specially if the heating was turned on at a high...
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    24 year old tile over cement slab floor failing-tenting and popping up

    Just to clarify, was the laminate over the tiles?
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    24 year old tile over cement slab floor failing-tenting and popping up

    So you need to figure out what has changed. As previously stated tenting is the result of lateral compression which occurs when the tile face and adhesive has insufficient room to expand usually, but not always, under thermal loading or during high temperature events. Other things that can cause...
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    24 year old tile over cement slab floor failing-tenting and popping up

    Are the tiles new?
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    24 year old tile over cement slab floor failing-tenting and popping up

    was the house flooded in the last few rounds of storms and floods. that could set up a secondary expansion situation in the concrete or the adhesive which could lead to tenting. As Dave said its unusual after such a long time so either something has changed or its always been like that.
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