Wetroom, Anhydite, Ditra, Mosaic

[Just Rizzle]

Yeah good gear without a doubt!
Does that come with the small Kerdi Coll or the larger 4.25kg?

got 2 1,8 mixes pleased as a bigger on may have gone off to quickly

 

[kaharrison9]

Ey up Rob. Good to hear from you.
I got wind of these 4 months ago and am ready to go in a few weeks. As you suggested I have had the wet tray area shuttered off before the screed and will drop these in soon to the required height and overlap the ditra onto the tray and tape.
As Gary mentions wet room and anhydrite together does sound horrendous but if fully tanked correctly then fingers crossed should be fine.
Schluter seemed a little vague as they mentioned a 50x50 mosaic is minimum size but wouldn't recommend it and again were unsure about the filling of the cavities, curing then tiling.
Have a little bit of time tomorrow so plan to drop some mosaics onto Ditra all in one go and see next day what I think.
Cheers all.
Kev

 

[Dan]

Do we get some pictures of this job?

 

[kaharrison9]

Certainly will put some pics up.

Looking at an expensive steam room in small mosaics tomorrow that apparently had been terribly tiled and needs ripping out and redoing.
Will take some pics and post for thoughts if as bad.
Well appreciated are photos.
Kev

 

[Dan]

Take some good shots and entering in the Job Of The Month competition.

tilersforums.com Jotm Competition Is Back!!!

 

[kaharrison9]

Picture to share.
Maybe pointless but anyway little test with some bits I had in the garage.
Ditra onto Hardiebacker then half the cavities filled with Bals fibre flex.
In a day or so will fit some mosaics onto the filled and unfilled ditra and then when cured see if there is any difference in the bond between the 2 when I try lifting them. Also able to form an opinion on pressure points and to see if the plastic crosses of the Ditra affect the tile.

 

[White Room]

What about Tilemaster anti-fracture mat...

 

[kaharrison9]

I have just quickly looked it up but there is no mention of it been a full waterproofing matt which I need as well as an anti crack matt

 

[Dan]

Picture to share.
Maybe pointless but anyway little test with some bits I had in the garage.
Ditra onto Hardiebacker then half the cavities filled with Bals fibre flex.
In a day or so will fit some mosaics onto the filled and unfilled ditra and then when cured see if there is any difference in the bond between the 2 when I try lifting them. Also able to form an opinion on pressure points and to see if the plastic crosses of the Ditra affect the tile.

Can't wait for the outcome.

 

[MTiler]

Some pre-formed shower bases cant be used with mosaics under 50mm either, its all to do with point loading, Ive seen a few floors fail because of this.