Tiling a house prone to flooding

[brummie tiler]

hi guys, just priced up a job today its a hallway, small floor about 3m2 and wall tiling half way up the stairs about 8m2. This guy has had to redecorate 5 times in the last 6 years so he has decided to have it tiled as they should withstand the flooding much better. Just looking for some advice to make sure Iam gfoing about this in the right way. The floor is concrete and walls newly plastered, was going to tank the area and use a flexi addy on both walls and floor, anything else i should be thinking of?

[Dave]

Think about using kerdi mat , much cheaper and easier to use than tubbed tanking kits and can be tiled on straight away.......And think about grouting with easy-poxy grout then the water wont penetrate the grout or leave any hygiene probs in the grout ........dave..

[Fred]

I'd give Ardex or Bal a phone call, and get some tech advice if I were you.

[sc24]

epoxy should be enough I would of thought, but take freds advice ring the tech lines

[brummie tiler]

whats kerdi mat dave? never heard of this. Is it only used for floors ?

epoxy it is then.....oh no!

[Dave]

Schlüter-KERDI is a crack bridging waterproof membrane made of soft polyethylene, which has been covered on both sides with a special fleece webbing to anchor the membrane in suitable tile adhesive. Schlüter-KERDI has been developed for bonded waterproofing assemblies with coverings of tiles and pavers.

The waterproofing membrane should be bonded to an even, load bearing substrate with an appropriate tile adhesive. The tiles are laid directly on Schlüter-KERDI using the thinbed method. Other trowel applied covering materials or plaster may also be applied. Schlüter-KERDI-DS is a waterproofing membrane and vapour barrier bonded to a tile covering, e.g. for use in swimming pools and spa areas, as well as for commercial applications with high humidity levels. Vapour barriers also make sense for moisturesensitive substrates such as wood, plasterboard and gypsum plaster.

............dave..