Blanke Permat

[Crazygirl]

This has been suggested to me by my tiler/tile shop as a solution for tiling onto my floating T&G chipboard floor. I can't find much info on it. Any opinions wld be much appreciated. If this is a no no then it will have to be Amtico, just worried that Amtico wld scratch?

[kilty55]

you could use karndean flooring?

[Dave]

That mat will not cope with deflection associated with floating floors.

[Crazygirl]

Well lets hope the tile shop is willing to refund me for the tiles as they assured me the Permat would do the trick. I looked at both karndene and amtico but the only one that was the right colour match was an amtico, just worried as I have heard it scratches easily? Anyone know anything about Amtico?

[Dave]

Speak to the members on our sister forum for Floor layers etc.. http://www.flooringadviceforum.com/

[Crazygirl]

Will do - thank you.

[tfs]

It is pretty tough but, if you drag a cooker or washing machine etc over it then it will scratch. (I did this in my livingroom floor before I replaced with carpet)

Amtico and karndean are used on commercial premises so it is a pretty tough solution. I installed it throughout the lower floor of my home and had it down for anumber of years. My two year old decided to plug in the iron one day and left it on the middle of the hall floor and it began to melt.

It is a good option for floating floors when tiling is not an option in my opinion especialy the likes of bathroom floors that wont get the same abuse as kitchens and hallways.

If installing over a chipboard floor it is common practice to sheet the floor with 6mm ply and feather finishing all the joints on the ply. A good floor layer will work cleanly and clean the floor with white spirit to ensure that there is no glue seeping through the joins as this will grab lots of dirt over time and reduce the effect of the floor. If you choose a wood effect vinyl tile I would suggest choosing one with the bevel edge as this is more realistc than the square edge ranges. Polyflor do a slightly cheaper option called Camaro.

Amtico and karndean will last for years if installed properly, I have had my floor down in the hall for 6 years.

[diamondtiling]

Great answer tfs, well written and explained

[tfs]

Cheers matey!