under floor heating mat - Tile Advice

[rossy]

got first under floor heating job coming up soon, when mat is layed whats the best product to use to skim over it with, before tiling or do you just tile straight ontop with adhesive, bit worried ill catch mat doing it that way any help would be great thanks rossy

 

[rossy]

its a concreate floor forgot to mention

 

[DHTiling]

You can tile straight over it no probs...but i prefer to level over it first for two reasons....

1. stopps you catching the cable as you stated

2. Gives you a better surface to work to especially if using small format tiles...

I use arditex leveller but there are other brands as well....

 

[guy1976]

i would level over the top of mat with a latex leveling compound then tile away.less chance of damaging mat

 

[rossy]

is it a self leveller you would use and leave overnight ready for tiling or can you get ones that go off quicker

 

[devonmark]

must be flexible leveller, adhesive and grout..Mark.

 

[Tilestiles]

Level it first or if you dont want to level it, try using a plastic trowel to avoid damaging the cables!!

 

[DHTiling]

Most if not all levellers need to be left over night before tiling...

 

[grumpygrouter]

Arditex may be ready to accept tiles in 4 hours, depending on thickness of layer and temprature.

Grumpy

 

[White Room]

With self leveler check it dos'nt creep under the wire's and force them up, I would rather use addy to level

 

[Perry]

Rossy get Tysfoot to help you nail it down :lol: or if you cant wait for a latex skim it with admix in a ptb can use spf but admix will give you a little better spec ete

 

[kenking]

:yes:I've just finished my first ufh job (my own bathroom) and was pleasantly surorised by the ease of handling of the electric mat, cutting the support mesh to bend the mat around to fit the floor shape etc. Use a rubber or plastic float and just squeegee flexible tile adhesive thru' the mat to just cover the conductor cable. Let it firm up, then add your combed adhesive layer and bed the tiles onto it. Easy-peasy! You'll find it so, I'm sure.