We all make the occasional mistake

[Kyle Knowles]

I'm currently doin a bathroom in travertine and tried to lay the ditra today using tilemaster lightweight standard set which ive just started using this job and .......... it just wouldn't stick to the fleece backing at all I had to use some weber spf which stuck like the proverbial poo to a blanket

 

[One Day]

It's just because it takes an unusually long time to achieve full bond strength.
Similar to the observations (moaning) recently about Anhyfix - that too only achieves full bond after a couple of days. But HECK - it really does stick well --- eventually.

 

[hmtiling]

I was really worried about using Kerakoll h40 ideal with durabase as it didn't seemed to have bonded that well the next day. Had to remove a tile on the same job a couple of weeks later and I struggled to separate the 2.

 

[Kyle Knowles]

No this stuff just don't stick at all the fleece back just compresses the addy but the add won't take to the back of the ditra at all and I used the same trowel and the same roller I always use

 

[Italy]

if it is lightened. be mixed with more water, this may not adhere well to DITRA

 

[One Day]

No this stuff just don't stick at all the fleece back just compresses the addy but the add won't take to the back of the ditra at all and I used the same trowel and the same roller I always use

Honestly now - how long did you leave it before trying to lift the Ditra?

 

[Kyle Knowles]

As I lay I always lift to check coverage and the coverage would of bin spot on if it had stuck to the fleece
Just imagine if the ditra was greasy or dusty that's the best way to explain it

 

[Unused Account 1]

I put ditra down last week used slow set without thinking .always use rapid set flexi on ditra

 

[Kyle Knowles]

Slow set is fine I used the tilemaster lightweight standard set and there sumat about it it just won't bond to the fleece

 

[dynamictiling]

This may or may not sound stupid but I usually lay ditra and walk all over the top of it. Really helps it to bed in and get a grip of the mat.

 

[Kyle Knowles]

I have a kahndean flooring roller I use to embed it it works a treat

 

[Italy]

This may or may not sound stupid but I usually lay ditra and walk all over the top of it. Really helps it to bed in and get a grip of the mat.

same

 

[Time's Ran Out]

We just use the company idiot!
We give him size 7 safety boots and put Irish music on.

 

[Ian]

I have a kahndean flooring roller I use to embed it it works a treat

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Same as, I use it for insulation boards too.

 

[peteablard]

I have a kahndean flooring roller I use to embed it it works a treat

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Me too, it gives you a really confident feeling when you've gone over it with one of these

 

[Time's Ran Out]

We just use the company idiot!
We give him size 7 safety boots and put Irish music on.

Having re read my post and in these times of PC - the idiot being myself ( from an old farming joke) and the Irish music being -as above.

 

[Italy]

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Having re read my post and in these times of PC - the idiot being myself ( from an old farming joke) and the Irish music being -as above.

did you decide ? sure? not change idea yet 😉

 

[hmtiling]

I use the Karl Dahm roller

 

[Unused Account 1]

Just a block of 4 x 2 great just using own body weight and very quick

 

[Flintstone]

I just lay on the floor and do a barrel roll across the whole room, end up dizzy but it works

 

[Kyle Knowles]

I didn't think it was rated for that much weight 😛

 

[Sean Kelly]

Kyle you did not say what you were sticking the Ditra to. If it's ply then you must use rapid as the moisture would have been sucked out of the slow set adhesive before it had time to crystallize and set.

I always use Ardex AF200 (comes in a tub). It is a really really tacky glue. I also use a roller (like the pic above). The beauty of Af200 is that you can start tiling straight away.

If you tile straight away after laying Ditra with slow set or rapid and you have to lift a tile, then you run the risk of pulling the ditra up from the floor.

 

[Kyle Knowles]

I usually leave it to set till the following day when using a cement based adhesive