Moisture meters for anhydride - Tile Advice

[yeronga]

any advice on a moisture meter for anhydride screeds?

 

[Ajax123]

Carbide bomb kit

 

[LM]

Carbide bomb kit

What do you make of the Tremex meters Alan?

 

[Flintstone]

carbide bomb tester - http://www.tilersforums.com/threads/carbide-bomb-tester.64183/

 

[Spacey]

Not the easiest to test properly It has a tendency to dry patchy
It's mostly used with UFH anyway
Grind the top off and wack the UFH on

 

[Spacey]

What do you make of the Tremex meters Alan?

There very good

 

[Ajax123]

What do you make of the Tremex meters Alan?

Nope. Not recognised in any I've the standards or industry guidelines. Carbide bomb, oven dried sample or hair hygrometer are the 3 recognised tests but carbide bomb is by far the quickest and most accurate. I used to recommend the hygrometer but since information from independent testing happened i prefer the carbide bomb

 

[Ajax123]

Not the easiest to test properly It has a tendency to dry patchy
It's mostly used with UFH anyway
Grind the top off and wack the UFH on

Yes it is, no it doesn't, no it isn't and only in a controlled manner

 

[Spacey]

Nope. Not recognised in any I've the standards or industry guidelines. Carbide bomb, oven dried sample or hair hygrometer are the 3 recognised tests but carbide bomb is by far the quickest and most accurate. I used to recommend the hygrometer but since information from independent testing happened i prefer the carbide bomb

Tremex are very good

 

[Spacey]

Yes it is, no it doesn't, no it isn't and only in a controlled manner

How rude

 

[Ajax123]

How rude

Sorry mate. Was in a rush.

 

[Ajax123]

Tremex are very good

They may well be very good but for moisture measurements are only recognised by any scholarly sources and British standards as a rough survey tool. They are not a recognised test under any standards so I am not able to recommend them. When thin screeds particularly with underfloor heating are concerned I have found them to be very variable in levels of accuracy. They can of course be used to find wettest and driest areas so that the best test areas can be selected.

 

[Spacey]

Tramex can take measurements in relative humidity % either by plugging it into a hygrometer box or the plug and probe method

 

[Spacey]

They may well be very good but for moisture measurements are only recognised by any scholarly sources and British standards as a rough survey tool. They are not a recognised test under any standards so I am not able to recommend them. When thin screeds particularly with underfloor heating are concerned I have found them to be very variable in levels of accuracy. They can of course be used to find wettest and driest areas so that the best test areas can be selected.

Your only referring to the scan mode that's in mc %

 

[Ajax123]

Tramex can take measurements in relative humidity % either by plugging it into a hygrometer box or the plug and probe method

No offense intended Spacey but I been doing this a long time. I know what the Tremex meters do. When I was with my previous employer they did lots I've trials with us but they didn't work consistently enough to be anything but a survey tool.