Preparation of bitumin floor
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How thick is the bitumen? is it a waterproofing compound or the remains of an asphalt based vinyl floor tile adhesive?
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Qwerty
Remove any large deposits with a scraper and then prime with a SBR/ cement slurry or use a grit primer (prime & grip or eco prim grip)
Any pics?
Any pics?
its approx 20mm thick so part of the waterproofing for the floor
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Qwerty
That is very thick! Has the screed been removed then??? Are you sure its 20mm thick? Photos really would help here
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Dumbo
Are you sure it is bitumen .
I've worked in ex council houses that had a red resin type floor down , I'm sure someone on here will know what that was, I can't remember the name ,
I've worked in ex council houses that had a red resin type floor down , I'm sure someone on here will know what that was, I can't remember the name ,
At 20mm built in the 50s be careful as it could be magnesite. These were often red, green or black and they will not take a tile adhesive or slurry. A quick easy test would be to use an electric damp meter like the ones used for testing rising damp. If its magnesite the moisture reading will be very high or off the scale
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On one
Is the colour of the floor black black(bitumin) or a deep burgundy (black pudding) colour?
I used to live in a 50's house, where the whole ground floor was supposedly levelled with a 20mm burgundy coloured coating, matt in colour.
I used to live in a 50's house, where the whole ground floor was supposedly levelled with a 20mm burgundy coloured coating, matt in colour.
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Old Mod
That’s called ‘Magnasite’ and is a banned substance now.
It soaks up water like a sponge.
They also used to use all manner of fillers in the product.
The most dangerous of all was asbestos.
It should be removed before work commences.
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Old Mod
Haha I’ve just seen Alan’s post 🙂
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Just Rizzle
try reading up on BAL FLEX BONE if the floor is flat and smooth just lay over and tile
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Flintstone
Not if the floor has issues with damp.
Twice is better than none at all... at least that's what my Mrs says... magnesite was dreadful stuff though. Still an awful lot of it out there. It was mainly used in council houses....
That's a good point Ray. Would be interesting to see if they would recomend it over magnesite. Cant see why not...
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Just Rizzle
as far as a know from lewis the rep can be used on ant flat surface just ordered 6 rolls to day for a calsium screed floor we are doing next week and no sanding yesssssssssssss🙂
loose a day preping but gain a day laying so making more money win win 🙂🙂
its a bitumin floor quite thick last i heard bitumine is water proof also flex bone is breatherble
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