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  1. J

    18sq m of 1200mm tiles and electric UFH in Altrincham (WA14)

    I'm having a kitchen extension and need a tiler to install electric UFH (supplied by me) and tiles to the kitchen (1200x230mm), WC and utility room (both 300x300mm tiles and no UFH) total area = 18sq m. I've been told by the building that the floor will need self levelling compound as it's not...
  3. Slippery

    UFH over existing quarry tiles

    Hi Guys, A customer is enquiring about UFH mat under porcelain tiles but there is already well fixed quarry tiles down. He is keen to keep the floor as low as possible but I think removing the quarry tiles would be a nightmare. Do I need to lay an insulation mat below or could I go straight...
  4. Geoff Thacker

    Shower seat with ufh

    Hi everybody, Iv been a member for 3-4 years now but more of a watcher than a contributor. Now I need a bit of advise so apologies, I’m about to start a large bathroom with a walk in shower, I’ll be doing this with sheeting the walls with backer board and fully tanking the full room as I always...
  5. P

    UFH / Anti crack matting or liquid fibre flow floor?

    Hi - we're renovating a house in Norfolk at the mo. I am getting conflicting advice from the stone supplier and our builder about what should be under the 22mm limestone flagstones. There is wet underfloor heating (or rather there will be soon!). Builder says it is sufficient to "lay a liquid...
  6. T

    Advise on laying 100m2 over piped ufh

    Hi all I've recently quoted on laying 100m2 of porcelain throughout the ground floor of a house renovation. There is piped ufh and it has tarmac belitex screed over the top. I have included laying ditra throughout but not expansion joints. This will be my first floor of this size so I have a...
  7. M

    Loose wire ufh?

    Hi guys just a quick question. I have a suspended timber floor, and i am in the process of laying down 18mm floorboards in the kitchen with 6mm hardie backer overlay. I have 60x60 porcelain tiles. I have radiators set up already but as the tiles tend to get very cold I'm thinking of putting in...
  8. Sean Kelly

    Wet UFH in screed, between joists covered with ply.

    Wet UFH in screed, between joists covered with ply. Is this a thing? I got a call the other day from a builder describing the above. He wants it tiled asap. I wont go and see it until the ply is down plus its a 40 mile round trip to the house. English is not his first language and it was...
  9. G

    Limestone over Gyvlon Thermio screed with wet UFH questions

    I was impressed with some of the technical understanding in this forum so wanted to put my question here. The plan is to put limestone tiles into my kitchen. The project is a large renovation and I dont have some of the major pressures as we do not live in this house during the project. Some...
  10. I

    Porcelain floor tiles direct to screed on wet UFH without DITRA

    Hi Guys, I had my kitchen floor tiled a few weeks back. The floor is a screed slab of approx. 24m2 over wet UFH pipes clipped to Celotex. This screed was “hand mixed” vs ready mixed off of a truck and laid around 100 days ago of a thickness of 60mm. Around 45 days ago the UFH was commissioned...
    • ironmonkey
    • Thread
    • canada direct ditra floor floor tiles porcelain porcelain floor screed tile tiles ufh wet wet ufh
    • Replies: 22
    • Forum: Best Floor Tiles
  11. Andy Allen

    loose wire UFH...

    I've got a job coming up where the customers electrician is fitting a loose wire system, he's using a tape under the wire which he says is as good as insulation boards, not to sure about that, but my biggest concern is will I be able to level over it and tile it without the fear of a failure...
  12. Element

    10m x 6m UFH floor

    Hi guys, Laying 600x600 porcelain tiles on a large 10m x 6m screeded, SLC levelled floor with water UFH beneath.. I have laid tiles to plenty of UFH floors before but this one has the longest length run so far - a run of 10m. The question I have in the back of my mind is whether or not it is...
  13. P

    Tiling on polypipe ufh overlay boards

    Hi Newbie here (DIY - small jobs only!) Need to get a pro in to do a floor (35m2 or so kitchen/utility room) which has had polypipe ufh overlay boards freshly laid down. Tiling with a 600 x 300 porcelain floor tile. Question is what is the best option to tile on the boards - poly pipe have...
  14. J

    What is your choice for retro fit wet ufh

    There are many different types out there, I have one I recommend. Which one do you lads recommend / fit and is it different for different substrates?
    • J Sid
    • Thread
    • canada choice ufh wet wet ufh what your
    • Replies: 16
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  15. B

    UFH screed showing few cracks, is Ditra Mat essential ??

    Hi need advice. We had the wet UFH done topped with screed. Been a month since the screed was done. Cracks have appeared at a few places. Is putting Ditra Mat absolutely essential ?? Will it affect the heat coming up from the UFH ?? Do the cracks need to be fixed ?? Thanks
    • Boom
    • Thread
    • canada crack cracking cracks debonding ditra ditra mat ditra matting screed ufh wet ufh
    • Replies: 15
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  16. T

    Large floor ufh

    Guys. I’m going to be pricing up a large floor on Friday. 47ms in total. My first real large job to price. I’m extremely confident with the tiling side of things but the prep beforehand is what id like some advice with as ufh is in this property and I’ve never dealt with it before. The ufh is...
  17. S

    Sub Floor cracks with UFH

    Hi everyone, I had my floor ripped up after a leak two years ago and wanted to get UFH heating system in my kitchen. The kitchen units were not removed but the floor around was back to original concrete base (house circa 1880). see pictures I wanted to maintain the original height of the floor...
  18. N

    New subfloor over wet UFH

    Hi all, Been a while. Need to quote for complete bath room. The exisiting tiles finish pretty much level with the carpet in the bedroom. So not sure what the subfloor is under the tiles. I know it is chipboars on battens in other areas of the upstairs. (Guessing not chipboard in bathroom or...
    • Nic_P74
    • Thread
    • canada floor new build subfloor ufh wet wet ufh
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  19. M

    How soon before I can lay tiles on a screed floor with UFH?

    I was hoping someone may be able to advise me on when we can lay down our tiles. We poured a 60mm screed on February 14th with wet underfloor heating set inside. After a waiting several weeks we tuned on the heating and have been waiting for the floor to be dry enough to lay down the ceramic...
  20. G

    New screed down - trying to figure tiling out approach!

    Hi all, I'm new to the forum but have read many posts over the past year as I have created and tiled a wet room and also created and tiled a bathroom in my house that we are renovating. I've also tiled our utility room too. Thanks for all the tips & tricks I learned! So, I'm ok with tiling...
  21. P

    Hardiefloor, UFH and tiles on suspended floor.

    Hi Guys, I am new to this forum and I'm an "experienced DIYer" if I can say that :). We (my wife) has an idea about swapping kitchen and a living room... I got no problem with plumbing and electrics but she also want tiles and UFH in the new kitchen. The current floor is wooden and suspended...

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