Insulation boards - anyone used these - TilersForums.com

[marktiling]

Hi
Has any one used XPS Thermal board (from the Underfloor heating store) ?
They are considerably cheaper than kerdi boards / wedi boards etc

I know you get what you pay for but these boards have very similar properties IE. thermal performance, resistance, strength etc

Area I am thinking using them is on concrete floor with UFH matts on top.

Thanks
Mark

 

[Spud]

when i looked at using these i found that the warranty with the ufh matts was invalidated if you use budget insulation boards , my advice would be to check with the manufacturer of the matting to see if they honour their warranty using budget thermal boards good luck Gary

 

[Dan]

I've never used that actual board but I have the blue stuff which is the same as marmox but without the cement backing. That's sound stuff and my customers used to love it. Never had a problem with any manufacturers not approving it either. It was more adhesive companies that used to question it but when tested it always worked as well as marmox. Just took a bit of time for people to get used to it I think. And marmox used to bath mouth it as it crippled their prices and market share.

Just make sure your adhesive isn't solvent-based in any way (like a two-part flex can be?)

 

[Stewart]

I've used a lot of these boards, they are great for concrete floors are very competitively priced. I've also used their reinforced ones for timber floor without any problems. I haven't seen any literature regarding voiding guarantee's from other heat-mat companies as to what insulation boards you use under their mats. Here's a couple of pics from last instal.

 

[DHTiling]

Nice!! Floor..

 

[marktiling]

thanks for the assistance - great help
Mark

 

[aph257]

Nice floor Stewart

 

[Dan]

Yeah nice floor mate. Why aren't you using uheat and the forum discount if you don't mind me asking?

 

[Stewart]

Yeah nice floor mate. Why aren't you using uheat and the forum discount if you don't mind me asking?

Haven't had a chance to talk to them yet......I supply a lot of mats and the deal I get just now would be pretty hard to beat, but i will give them a call. I usually check out new suppliers and get quotes every six months, and I'm due to do this in December.

 

[mondriver]

What forum discount is that Dan?!

Thanks