Mezzanine floor prep

[LM]

@Glynn while we’re on the subject what would your advice to the op be for tiling this particular floor?

 

[Glynn]

I have had to walk away from work which I thought would fail. its not easy, but the original thread from Goz said
"This is all on the understanding that there is sufficient support in the floor of course".
Not maybe or if, "that there is"sufficient support. If there is sufficient Support and Goz is happy that the floor has no deflection Tilemaster would be happy to write a specification which would be on the lines of (but I can't name our products on this forum but they are all available).
A Tile Backer Board, a good S1 adhesive, flexible grout and backed by a Tilemaster specification. If Goz wants to get in touch with us we will discuss it with him.

 

[Bill]

But how do we know what sufficient support is without knowing the weight of said motorcycles (or whatever else is put on suspended floors) ..... it is a minefield and one that always bites the tiler, not the manufacturer of fixing materials.

 

[goz]

Thanks for all your input guys, thank you Glynn for saying you would spec it out, appreciate it. I emailed the firm today to say I wouldn’t tile the mezzanine, just to big an area for something to go wrong down the line for me, personally can’t risk it, they agreed that lvt would be the way they go.
On the plus side Glynn there is 350m2 on the ground floor, which happens to be an alpha hemi, so as always will be using anhyfix

 

[Dumbo]

But how do we know what sufficient support is without knowing the weight of said motorcycles (or whatever else is put on suspended floors) ..... it is a minefield and one that always bites the tiler, not the manufacturer of fixing materials.

Surely you would think that in the design of the floor there would of been a structural engineer involved to work out the static loads on the floor and also the dynamic loads as well . I'm sure they didn't just dream it up and hope it would be ok especially in a public place .

 

[Dumbo]

Thanks for all your input guys, thank you Glynn for saying you would spec it out, appreciate it. I emailed the firm today to say I wouldn’t tile the mezzanine, just to big an area for something to go wrong down the line for me, personally can’t risk it, they agreed that lvt would be the way they go.
On the plus side Glynn there is 350m2 on the ground floor, which happens to be an alpha hemi, so as always will be using anhyfix

In your area and with alpha hemi probably a Tom Mayhew screed . Happy days super flat .

 

[Perry]

Have tiled a few in the past with the advice of PCI. Now If I was you I would ask Tilemaster Adhesives.

 

[Glynn]

But how do we know what sufficient support is without knowing the weight of said motorcycles (or whatever else is put on suspended floors) ..... it is a minefield and one that always bites the tiler, not the manufacturer of fixing materials.

Jcrtiling is bang on for me. The weights and dynamics must have been disscussed and built in to the floor structure, and 38mm chipboard is 110% thicher than the 18mm that is installed in most dwellings and we don't question the strength but trust it has been built to Building Regs, so we should trust the builder will build the mezzanine floor to the same Building Regs. I have always tested all my floors with the glass of water test and would do the same on a mezzanine floor and make my decission on the out come of this test. Its a simple test from the Jurassic Period of tiling.

 

[Bill]

I have always tested all my floors with the glass of water test and would do the same on a mezzanine floor and make my decission on the out come of this test. Its a simple test from the Jurassic Period of tiling.

Well, I am old but wasn't around during Dorset's formation, what is your glass of water test then?

 

[Glynn]

Simple. Fill a glass full to the brim, place it in the centre the floor, step back a couple of metres and give a good stamp /jump and if more than a few drops splash out I would then think the floor need attention. On a large floor maybe in a few places. Don't any one post that some people can stamp harder than others or jump higher than others. This is MY test and I beleive in it but it has not been Trade Marked so feel free to use it.