Which Flexi adhesive from this list?

[Dunnster]

I went to price up adhesive today, any opinions on the following list please? I have taken the Unibond ready mix back after listening to you guys :embaressed_smile: I am tiling 300m ceramic tiles onto floating floor which I have boarded out with 12mm marine ply, screwed at 200mm centres. The room is 12sqm approx. So I went searching for adhesives today:

Having heard Dan extol the virtues of BAL Fastflex, I went to price it up at Topps tiles - £300! That's £21.99 for one bag of powder and £52.49 for the polymer. Gulp :icon9:
So, after some more visits, here is my list, with prices:

• Palace Superflex 2part, 8kg bag with polymer £42.80 (Shop reckons it covers 4sqm)
• Granflex Flexible 1 part Rapid set, 20kg bag £20 (covers 5sqm)
• Mapei Keraquick, 20kg bag with latex additive £34.99 bag, £25 tub

The Granflex seems a great price, but presume I would need to fork out for additive? The gal in the shop reckoned I didn't need it for strengthened floor.

Any opinions on any of these as the BAL is pretty much too much 🙁 I wnat to be sure there is no lifting or cracking and am willing to pay good money, but I don't want overkill.

Any opinions welcomed thanks......

 

[Varley]

I have used the granflex, got it at £13.00 trade price 🙂

Good stuff!

 

[Dunnster]

Nice one...should I use the additive or is it fexi enough as a 1 part?

 

[Varley]

Should be flexible enough for ceramics as long as there's not much movement in floor.

 

[Dunnster]

Cheers..any other opinions anyone?

 

[DHTiling]

floating floors should not be tiled by rights as the expansion in this type of substrate is to great a demand for tile adhesives. schluter say you can use ditra mat depending on the movement in the floating floor . will need to contact schluter technical team for advice .
as a rule i steer clear of floating floors will cause you nowt but headache if tiles start to debond due to amount of movement in floating floors. hope this helps!!!!

 

[kapitan]

im with you dave!!!

 

[GazTech]

I went to price up adhesive today, any opinions on the following list please? I have taken the Unibond ready mix back after listening to you guys :embaressed_smile: I am tiling 300m ceramic tiles onto floating floor which I have boarded out with 12mm marine ply, screwed at 200mm centres. The room is 12sqm approx. So I went searching for adhesives today:

Having heard Dan extol the virtues of BAL Fastflex, I went to price it up at Topps tiles - £300! That's £21.99 for one bag of powder and £52.49 for the polymer. Gulp :icon9:
So, after some more visits, here is my list, with prices:

• Palace Superflex 2part, 8kg bag with polymer £42.80 (Shop reckons it covers 4sqm)
• Granflex Flexible 1 part Rapid set, 20kg bag £20 (covers 5sqm)
• Mapei Keraquick, 20kg bag with latex additive £34.99 bag, £25 tub

The Granflex seems a great price, but presume I would need to fork out for additive? The gal in the shop reckoned I didn't need it for strengthened floor.

Any opinions on any of these as the BAL is pretty much too much 🙁 I wnat to be sure there is no lifting or cracking and am willing to pay good money, but I don't want overkill.

Any opinions welcomed thanks......

palace multiflex for me mate ,but then I would say that.I personally loved working with it in my tiling days

 

[DevonR]

I'd go with Gaz, used it and loved it. Very nice to work with and excellent grip.

 

[Dunnster]

Thanks for that guys, have you ever used Superflex? The reason I ask is that my local shop stocks that and not multiflex :wink_smile:

 

[guy1976]

you can use granfix ultimate flex it says on bag its suitable for floating floors i get it for£27 trade for a 20kg bag much cheaper than others and will cover greater area

 

[Dunnster]

Nice one. Any suggestions for suppliers? My local shop only has the one part rapid set, not the ultimate flex. Internet supplier would be good?

 

[GazTech]

Topps at sunderland ,tyneside and durham Palace multiflex £13.99 per 20kg trade

 

[guy1976]

tile it all supply it they are based all over the north east also if you go on granfix website find their number give them a ring and ask about nearest stockist

 

[daveshack]

definately ultimateflex, my local tile shop knocks it out for £60 a bag! I get it for £20... Never had any probs...

 

[Dunnster]

Latest update...having spoken to Granfix tech support and having found a local supplier, I am going to order Ultimate Flex adhesive, with Ultimate Flex grout also. I intend to prime first with Granfix Acrylic Based Primer.

Thanks for all the advice, I will keep you posted on results (have been taking pictures)

 

[UKTT Darren]

Im with Gaz and Devon with the palace multi flex for floors and Palace super grip for walls