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**enduro** · 30-03-2008

A mate of mine lays amtico flooring, he puts latex down on every floor then the following day go's over it with a hand grinding block then starts laying the tiles, i have seen him fixing them and they look just as easy to fix as ceramics...He gets £200 per day, a brand new van every 3 years starts at 9 and finishes at 4. Anybody fix these

GazTech · 30-03-2008

I fixed them constantly between 1986 and 1990....very tough on the knees but not difficult....Gaz

**enduro** · 30-03-2008

Thats what i thougt gaz, looked like i could do it. Also he is employed by a local carpet fitting company he isnt self employed not bad money and a van....

30-03-2008

there a bugger to grout

**Cliff Anger** · 31-03-2008

LOL nice one PJ

The latex he uses is probably Mapei Latexplan ! I find it odd that the soft flooring guys go for a bag and a bottle (2 part Mix ) levelling compound yet ceramics favour water based (1 part)

Dirrty · 31-03-2008

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Originally Posted by enduro

A mate of mine lays amtico flooring, he puts latex down on every floor then the following day go's over it with a hand grinding block then starts laying the tiles, i have seen him fixing them and they look just as easy to fix as ceramics...He gets £200 per day, a brand new van every 3 years starts at 9 and finishes at 4. Anybody fix these

I had a flooring company enduro...... this should tell you all you need to know about laying them www.flooringsupplies.co.uk/documents/amtico_technical_manual.pdf

Jim

Grace'sDad · 17-07-2008

EH?!

frogeye · 17-07-2008

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Originally Posted by enduro

A mate of mine lays amtico flooring, he puts latex down on every floor then the following day go's over it with a hand grinding block then starts laying the tiles, i have seen him fixing them and they look just as easy to fix as ceramics...He gets £200 per day, a brand new van every 3 years starts at 9 and finishes at 4. Anybody fix these

My next neighbour had amtico fitted - he had the floor levelled prior to the installation - god what a stink - he apologised for the smell which lasted days - but the floor was the dogs danglies - a big floor that he shelled out over £5000 for - 25 year guarantee though. Pity his marriage didn't last that long - they split up and sold the house 2 years later.

Amtico is for life not just Xmas (or a marriage)

badzy · 30-07-2008

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Originally Posted by frogeye

My next neighbour had amtico fitted - he had the floor levelled prior to the installation - god what a stink - he apologised for the smell which lasted days - but the floor was the dogs danglies - a big floor that he shelled out over £5000 for - 25 year guarantee though. Pity his marriage didn't last that long - they split up and sold the house 2 years later.

Amtico is for life not just Xmas (or a marriage)

owwww!

essexsi · 30-07-2008

Where would you go to recieve training in installing this kind of florring? Do any of you tilers lay other types of flooring as well as tiles?

Cheers guys Si

30-07-2008

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Originally Posted by essexsi

Where would you go to recieve training in installing this kind of florring? Do any of you tilers lay other types of flooring as well as tiles?

Cheers guys Si

Amtico run training courses i think you have to pay though

**365drills** · 31-07-2008

I did look at Amtico for my kitchen floor but it never quite
what I wanted and at £100 psm laid it was a lot of money. Plus I heard rumors that if flooded (which can happen in a kitchen) its prone to lifting as would be most types of tiles.

So what I opted for was a liquid resin pour. Light grey. And this is the result

I went for as much white as poss to "bounce" the light. Dark units and a light grey liquid floor.

Its a two day operation. Day 1 is to lay fibreglass matting, patch the cracks in the concrete. Seal it. Let it cure. Day 2 is to mix and pour the liquid latex to a depth of about 3mm. Its a self level compound. They broom it with an airator to pop the air bubbles. Walk about on shoes with nails in the bottom to raise themselves up off the floor.

It takes a week to cure. Then you can put your kitchen worktops on it. The beauty of this is that I did it right back to the edges of the floor so if there is a leak then its going nowhere.

This company do them. I wanted a much more contemporary look than Amtico could give me. This is them

This is it prior to finishing. What you can see it the gas pipe poking up for the centre island. Plus a white chanel for the wires to my cooker. In the background a radiator pre plumbed in.

You only get "one go" with these floors. So everything has to be in place prior to pouring. That includes all first fix. Once the resin slips in over the radiator pipes then they are permanent. You cant change your mind. Ever.

For someone like me involved daily with tiles - I chose not to use them in my kitchen!