screed drying time. - Tile Advice

[Mortorman]

Great stuff, thanks mate. Just out of interest if sfter laying all this down the sand/cement shrinks a bit and cracks would the insulationboard absorb this or deflect this the same way the Ditra matting would?

All this stuff is very interesting, a bit addictive almost!

Thanks again

 

[bugs183]

Good question, there and one i can't answer 100% confidently.
It must have some give due to its make up, but no normal drying cracks should effect the underfloor heating, things would have to be pretty bad for that to happen.
The ditra can part within itself, yet remain the same shape, this is why it is such a good product.
Well if you spend all day tiling pretty much 7 days a week it does make good reading, and the guys here really know their stuff (i don't get involved in any football talk, not a fan at all!).

 

[Mortorman]

Thanks for that, i would have thought it would act as a defection barrier simply because it's got a foamy type material in the middle of it, but then again that could just be my lack of knowledge speaking!! Probably like most other things i have read on here, there is a bit more to it than that.