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A bit of an odd question I'm guessing. I have a floor that needs tiling, the existing construction is 20mm plywood on joists which has been clad with 1.2mm stainless steel sheets. The existing construction is solid and stable with very little flex but I need to tile it.
The stainless cladding is basically a pan, it has 50mm edges and it's glued to the ply with a drain toward one corner. The existing setup is waterproof so I didn't really want to remove it which would also damage the top lamination of the plywood.
It was installed originally to make a 'wet-room' that was for a diabetic amputee who used it in his wheelchair. The guy has unfortunately passed away and his wife/widow wants to be able to use the room but the stainless steel floor is too slippery for normal people who walk on feet. I have an Angolan employee who was a tiler in his past life so I was going to get him to do the tiling but I've spoken to a few local suppliers regarding the best way to go about it and I'm getting conflicting suggestions.
A couple of things that sprung to mind;
Is the expansion / contraction of the stainless floor going to be a problem?
What adhesive can be used to bond tiles to stainless steel?
The existing stainless floor doesn't have much, if any, fall toward the drain, they used to use a squeegie type thing to sweep the residual water, is it possible to make a fall by varying the adhesive thickness?
Please note this job is in South Africa and we don't have many of the products available here that you have in the UK. If it isn't available on an SA website like this one then chances are I won't find it locally.
Thanks in advance for any advice offered.
The stainless cladding is basically a pan, it has 50mm edges and it's glued to the ply with a drain toward one corner. The existing setup is waterproof so I didn't really want to remove it which would also damage the top lamination of the plywood.
It was installed originally to make a 'wet-room' that was for a diabetic amputee who used it in his wheelchair. The guy has unfortunately passed away and his wife/widow wants to be able to use the room but the stainless steel floor is too slippery for normal people who walk on feet. I have an Angolan employee who was a tiler in his past life so I was going to get him to do the tiling but I've spoken to a few local suppliers regarding the best way to go about it and I'm getting conflicting suggestions.
A couple of things that sprung to mind;
Is the expansion / contraction of the stainless floor going to be a problem?
What adhesive can be used to bond tiles to stainless steel?
The existing stainless floor doesn't have much, if any, fall toward the drain, they used to use a squeegie type thing to sweep the residual water, is it possible to make a fall by varying the adhesive thickness?
Please note this job is in South Africa and we don't have many of the products available here that you have in the UK. If it isn't available on an SA website like this one then chances are I won't find it locally.
Thanks in advance for any advice offered.
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