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Hi all.
My first floating floor to tile so seeking advice as read quite a few threads where some will and some won't tile on them.
The work in question is a new extension on a property consisting of 4 rooms 3 of which need tiling in ,with the same tiles in running through all of them.
Kitchen 24sqm
Hall 6.5 Sqm
Cloakroom 4.5 sqm
At the moment this extension is just a block shell with each room sepperated by a single course of blocks which will be the floor level sepperating each area from the next in the door ways.
The customer informed me that the builder will be laying Kingspan and over boarding each room.
(1) My concern with this is should the over boarding run through each door way or stop in the middle of the door way and as there will be block work under the joining point to the next room could there be problems with temperature in these areas.
Originally these floors where to have piped UFH heating but due to gas supply problems for 2 boilers this has had to be changed to electric matting.Which I informed the customer would need covering with SLC even though I have read on here before some don't but I am happier if it is just to protect the cables from the trowel.
I have tiled over UFH before but it has always been a continuous mat and not separate mats.
Each room to be tiled with the UFH will be independently wired and controlled.
(2 ) Would an expansion joint be required between each room as in the door way, as these floors may be operated at different times.
( 3 ). Could antifracture matting be used in the door ways instead of an expansion joint.
Any advice on prep work and the laying of the tiles would be greatly appreciated
My first floating floor to tile so seeking advice as read quite a few threads where some will and some won't tile on them.
The work in question is a new extension on a property consisting of 4 rooms 3 of which need tiling in ,with the same tiles in running through all of them.
Kitchen 24sqm
Hall 6.5 Sqm
Cloakroom 4.5 sqm
At the moment this extension is just a block shell with each room sepperated by a single course of blocks which will be the floor level sepperating each area from the next in the door ways.
The customer informed me that the builder will be laying Kingspan and over boarding each room.
(1) My concern with this is should the over boarding run through each door way or stop in the middle of the door way and as there will be block work under the joining point to the next room could there be problems with temperature in these areas.
Originally these floors where to have piped UFH heating but due to gas supply problems for 2 boilers this has had to be changed to electric matting.Which I informed the customer would need covering with SLC even though I have read on here before some don't but I am happier if it is just to protect the cables from the trowel.
I have tiled over UFH before but it has always been a continuous mat and not separate mats.
Each room to be tiled with the UFH will be independently wired and controlled.
(2 ) Would an expansion joint be required between each room as in the door way, as these floors may be operated at different times.
( 3 ). Could antifracture matting be used in the door ways instead of an expansion joint.
Any advice on prep work and the laying of the tiles would be greatly appreciated
