Tiling a new extension. Cement poured screed on piped underfloor heating.
Heating has been commissioned, and turned off 48 hours before tiling. Fracture matting laid across all floor and started to tile.
But its so cold in here, the tiles I laid 2 days ago (customer supplied standard set S1 flexible powder adhesive) the adhesive in the joints is still soft-ish. It is hardening up but VERY slowly.
Obviously the best thing to do is leave it to cure naturally but they want kitchen in ASAP.
Here's my question. The adhesive states that you can leave the underfloor heating on whilst tiling set to a max of 15°c. Is this possible? Could it be put on low, no higher than 15c just to take chill off, and help curing process. I know you shouldn't but is it possible in these cold damp winter months in the UK?
Heating has been commissioned, and turned off 48 hours before tiling. Fracture matting laid across all floor and started to tile.
But its so cold in here, the tiles I laid 2 days ago (customer supplied standard set S1 flexible powder adhesive) the adhesive in the joints is still soft-ish. It is hardening up but VERY slowly.
Obviously the best thing to do is leave it to cure naturally but they want kitchen in ASAP.
Here's my question. The adhesive states that you can leave the underfloor heating on whilst tiling set to a max of 15°c. Is this possible? Could it be put on low, no higher than 15c just to take chill off, and help curing process. I know you shouldn't but is it possible in these cold damp winter months in the UK?