Help!: Tiling onto New Asphalt

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Hi Everyone, Due to start a 17 sqm floor tommorow, But just been informed by the builder (at 9.30 pm ) the floor will be asphalted in the morning . What should i be saying to the builder as to how long before is SHOULD be before it can be tiled ?
Ta Gary

[Dave]

Is this for damp reasons..?

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i'll ask him now...

[Ajax123]

ASPHALT!!!!

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his labourer took up the old tiles with a large sds and ruined the asphalt, customer gone mental so he had to get it re-done hense the last
minute change of plan...

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTboG4ywcjo]YouTube - Apartment TOUGH ROOF - Part 1[/ame] i think this is similar stuff

[Phil Hobson]

ASPHALT!!!!

Alan likes screed Sorry alan then again so do I

[Ken Bruty]

Alan likes screed Sorry alan then again so do I

Me too, asphalt is rare these days

[Dave]

If it is smooth then it is a no go as it is.. when interior use.. then you can slurry coat it for a bond.. but IMO uncouple it with a membrane..

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its on kitchen floor , its basically a lump of black tar , used as damp proofing normally 1 or 2 or more inches thick, i have tiled on it many many times but when its been down for some time ( months to decades old) using acrlic primer + 1 part flexi . i just want to know if there is a standard or reccomended cooling / cureing time before tiling ? thanks Gary

[Dave]

Just when it is cold... but really you should not tile direct to smooth Asphalt..

[Ken Bruty]

If it is smooth then it is a no go as it is.. when interior use.. then you can slurry coat it for a bond.. but IMO uncouple it with a membrane..

I agree Dave, or you can use a 2 part latex screed and skim 3mm over the top to screen it off from the adhesive

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

his labourer took up the old tiles with a large sds and ruined the asphalt, customer gone mental so he had to get it re-done hense the last
minute change of plan...

were the old tiles layd in sand and cementon top of the asphaltif so screed then un -couple and tile

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it will be shiney smooth so i will need to key the surface, anyway i'll only see the job in the morning, ta Gary

[whitebeam]

Sbr slurry works well

[poynton phil]

I would abrade the asphalt as well.

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i think keying is the key, i have never had to screed or slurry , i do try to full bed with 1 part and build up to maintain level, i am just worried about any cureing time it may need, i will put off tiling until at least monday, what do you think ?, thanks chaps , gary.

[Ken Bruty]

i think keying is the key, i have never had to screed or slurry , i do try to full bed with 1 part and build up to maintain level, i am just worried about any cureing time it may need, i will put off tiling until at least monday, what do you think ?, thanks chaps , gary.

Be careful mate, I don't know of any adhesive that would stick directly to asphalt, and not delaminate later.

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hi ken , i normally use the styrene / acrylic primer for asphalt 1 part flexi loves it ...

[Ken Bruty]

hi ken , i normally use the styrene / acrylic primer for asphalt 1 part flexi loves it ...

Nice one, I'll search for some of that on the next one

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no problem ken, tilemart bolton/preston £25 / 5 litre , make sure you tie your boot laces tight as even when dry its very sticky , if you stand still for too long and go to move you 'll leave them behind....like flypaper for humans....

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oops i see you are in Wellingborough a bit far to travel for primer, i think the product is made by Tilemaster its a flexi addative as well.. its worth the money ,,great for dodgy surfaces ....Gary

[Dave]

hi ken , i normally use the styrene / acrylic primer for asphalt 1 part flexi loves it ...

In English it is called SBR..

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[Ken Bruty]

In English it is called SBR..

I'm still a bit old school in my methods sometimes

[Dave]

Keep your bedroom probs private ken.. we are just tilers..

[Ken Bruty]

Keep your bedroom probs private ken.. we are just tilers..