Hi All
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) adhesive.
Mapei eco prim grip over the remaining bitumen adhesive.
I used a fast set flexible 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 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 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 tiling.
Then tile on top of the boards.
Does this sound like a reasonable plan? I could use some fast setting adhesive for the boards as i could get them all cut out in advance, then mix the adhesive and lay them all at once.
Any recommendations for the 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) adhesive.
Mapei eco prim grip over the remaining bitumen adhesive.
I used a fast set flexible 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 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 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 tiling.
Then tile on top of the boards.
Does this sound like a reasonable plan? I could use some fast setting adhesive for the boards as i could get them all cut out in advance, then mix the adhesive and lay them all at once.
Any recommendations for the tile adhesive?
Sorry for the mega long post, hopefully some of you got to the end.
Thanks