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So around 10 years ago (i had no idea it was that long ago until i looked up the order for the supplies) i tiled my kitchen floor. It went something like this:
Removed existing tiles. They were vinyl type tiles stuck on with a black bitumen (from what i could tell) https://www.tilersforums.com/forums/tile-adhesive/.
Mapei eco prim grip over the remaining bitumen https://www.tilersforums.com/forums/tile-adhesive/.
I used a fast set flexible https://www.tilersforums.com/forums/tile-adhesive/ to stick 6mm marmox boards to the concrete floor.
Fit underfloor heating mat.
Apply self levelling compound over the mat. This didnt quite go to plan, the mat "floated" a bit in the compound leaving high spots, and it seems the hole house in on the wonk, so i ended up with a bigger "step" at one end of the kitchen than the other.
Finally, tiled on the top. There are a few slightly high tiles, due to the floaty mat, but its been fine for the last decade.
So now im about to tile the hallway. We have had a couple of kids, hence the delay.
So i have the same bitumen https://www.tilersforums.com/forums/tile-adhesive/ residue on the concrete floor, and i have to get the tiles to meet the big step on the kitchen tiles. I had figured id do the following:
Eco prim grip on the floor
some 12mm cement boards On top. This would help smooth out the floor a bit as ive removed a wall and a gas meter, and would help bring the floor level up a bit closer to meet the kitchen tiles.
I had thought id use some slow set tile https://www.tilersforums.com/forums/tile-adhesive/ for this. I work really slowly, so using fast set stuff, its forever going off in the bucket so i spend as much time cleaning out the bucket and mixing up new stuff, than i do actually tile.
Then tile on top of the boards.
Does this sound like a reasonable plan? I could use some fast setting https://www.tilersforums.com/forums/tile-adhesive/ for the boards as i could get them all cut out in advance, then mix the https://www.tilersforums.com/forums/tile-adhesive/ and lay them all at once.
Any recommendations for the tile https://www.tilersforums.com/forums/tile-adhesive/?
Sorry for the mega long post, hopefully some of you got to the end.
Thanks
So around 10 years ago (i had no idea it was that long ago until i looked up the order for the supplies) i tiled my kitchen floor. It went something like this:
Removed existing tiles. They were vinyl type tiles stuck on with a black bitumen (from what i could tell) https://www.tilersforums.com/forums/tile-adhesive/.
Mapei eco prim grip over the remaining bitumen https://www.tilersforums.com/forums/tile-adhesive/.
I used a fast set flexible https://www.tilersforums.com/forums/tile-adhesive/ to stick 6mm marmox boards to the concrete floor.
Fit underfloor heating mat.
Apply self levelling compound over the mat. This didnt quite go to plan, the mat "floated" a bit in the compound leaving high spots, and it seems the hole house in on the wonk, so i ended up with a bigger "step" at one end of the kitchen than the other.
Finally, tiled on the top. There are a few slightly high tiles, due to the floaty mat, but its been fine for the last decade.
So now im about to tile the hallway. We have had a couple of kids, hence the delay.
So i have the same bitumen https://www.tilersforums.com/forums/tile-adhesive/ residue on the concrete floor, and i have to get the tiles to meet the big step on the kitchen tiles. I had figured id do the following:
Eco prim grip on the floor
some 12mm cement boards On top. This would help smooth out the floor a bit as ive removed a wall and a gas meter, and would help bring the floor level up a bit closer to meet the kitchen tiles.
I had thought id use some slow set tile https://www.tilersforums.com/forums/tile-adhesive/ for this. I work really slowly, so using fast set stuff, its forever going off in the bucket so i spend as much time cleaning out the bucket and mixing up new stuff, than i do actually tile.
Then tile on top of the boards.
Does this sound like a reasonable plan? I could use some fast setting https://www.tilersforums.com/forums/tile-adhesive/ for the boards as i could get them all cut out in advance, then mix the https://www.tilersforums.com/forums/tile-adhesive/ and lay them all at once.
Any recommendations for the tile https://www.tilersforums.com/forums/tile-adhesive/?
Sorry for the mega long post, hopefully some of you got to the end.
Thanks