How thick was the concrete and has the heating been commissioned
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How thick was the concrete and has the heating been commissioned
Decoupling membrane will not level the floor, it should have been done with slcThank you for all your responses.
Going forward, what would you advise we do?
Should we have a self levelling compound and decoupling membrane installed?
The contract does state a decoupling membrane should have been put down however this clearly is not the case...
I am also not sure if the decoupling membrane does anything to level the floor?
The concrete, wet underfloor pipes and screed on top was all laid 1 month ago.
They tested the UFH prior to the screed going down and then again in around a few days once the screed went on top (they were walking on the screed 24hrs after it was put down).Drying times before tiling can commence is 1 day per 1mm thickness upto 40mm then its 2 days per mm. How soon after it all going down did they put the heating on ?
No one tested the screed to see if it was dry...Did anyone test the screed to see if it was dry.? ..... One month is not long enough unless they force dried it with the ufh.
Are there any cracks in the screed?
If so then a decoupler should of been used.
If the floor isn't level then it should of been leveled either by the builder (joke)
Or by the tiler... Before tiling.
Voids in tiles should be avoided at all costs.
Stop the tiler, take up what has been laid,slc, decoupler and retile. In my humble opinion. I may be corrected but thats what i would doNo one tested the screed to see if it was dry...
There are 2-3 long cracks within the screed.
How do you think we should now proceed and what needs to be done to rectify?
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