I’m currently working on my own kitchen floor. I asked our builders to lay the 18mm ply 20mm below the hallway floor level. Of course, when I got home I found that it was laid at the same level as the hall. I have now primed the ply and stuck down 6mm insulation boards with flex rapidset. I then lay the matted UFH and then poured ‘Level it one’ SLC over the top. I really mucked up on the amount needed to cover approx 30sqm. I got 10 bags, but then realised (after I had poured 5 bags) that I needed more. Off to Topps to buy 6 more bags. Then it was another trip to buy 2 more bags of the stuff! Some parts of the UFH mat kept rising to the top of the SLC.
One 25k bag should cover 5sqm @ 3mm. So I assumed that 1 bag should cover 2.5sqm @ 6mm. I was expecting a thickness of between 4.5mm – 5mm, and that is why I only bought 10 bags. Luckily this is my own house as I would be seriously out of pocket if I had quoted for 10 bags of SLC.
I finished pouring the SLC yesterday @ 17:00. Do you think I should leave tiling today?
Also, there are some bits of UFH matt sticking out of the floor surface. Should I carefully cut/snip/trim these bits?
I found that the UFH matt was quite curly, and I had to use about 5 rolls of duct tape to stick it down. I also had to cut the matt several times to get the angles and the coverage right for the ‘L’ shaped room and utility room.
This is my first time using UFH, and SLC, and modular tiles. I hope to get the tiling done b4 Monday!
Cheers
Sean
One 25k bag should cover 5sqm @ 3mm. So I assumed that 1 bag should cover 2.5sqm @ 6mm. I was expecting a thickness of between 4.5mm – 5mm, and that is why I only bought 10 bags. Luckily this is my own house as I would be seriously out of pocket if I had quoted for 10 bags of SLC.
I finished pouring the SLC yesterday @ 17:00. Do you think I should leave tiling today?
Also, there are some bits of UFH matt sticking out of the floor surface. Should I carefully cut/snip/trim these bits?
I found that the UFH matt was quite curly, and I had to use about 5 rolls of duct tape to stick it down. I also had to cut the matt several times to get the angles and the coverage right for the ‘L’ shaped room and utility room.
This is my first time using UFH, and SLC, and modular tiles. I hope to get the tiling done b4 Monday!
Cheers
Sean
and as dagger say's use a level to check for flatness.
