Floor screed drying time - advice please

[mick7]

I'm having a 65mm thick ready mix floor screed laid tomorrow over, what would you recommend is the earliest time I could lay 60 x 60 porcelain floor tiles on it. Bit desperate as i cant install the toilet until the tiles are laid - or any ideas - its a back to the wall loo.
many thanks
Great helpful forum

 

[DHTiling]

Get some boards down to stand on and lay right on the screed a few hours after it has gone down, laying with a sand and cement mix, tiles won't go anywhere. Totally no need to wait 4 weeks.

Can you give more info on this method please matt.....

 

[White Room]

If a new screed is laid why would you need slc, 80mm is a lot of screed. Could'nt you use Bal Green screed adhesive

 

[The D]

[DLMURL="http://www.bal-adhesives.co.uk/products/green-screed"]BAL Adhesives - Products - green screed[/DLMURL]
have a look at this one is good.

 

[frogeye]

Hi whitebeam
as i said I am a crap screeder and not a plasterer - I was on my own and had 1,4 m2 to lay . Did my best as it was my own house. got it reasonably level considering the mad rush I was in and the fact I ended up doing it by torch.. Bal green screed sound good - will investigate - ta

frogeye

 

[frogeye]

Cheers deano
heres a 'g' for Birmingham :yes: you know what I mean
an answer to my problem - I will see what it costs, but at the end of the day if it does the job then thats fine.

sully

 

[frogeye]

Stone me! - £37 a bag???
whats the coverage??

sully

 

[The D]

Come on what do you want blood :lol:

 

[The D]

2.8m2 at 3mm

 

[frogeye]

£37 a bag I would expect a new kidney and fitted.
I will check application rates tomorrow -a genuine thanks for all the replies, it's been a big help - the thought of waiting till xmas to tile this small area was depressing to say the least. Just seen update - 3mm -mmmmmm - if only my screeding was that accurate - I think I could lose a bag in the middle bit. Quote anyone?
will throw in a relatively unused ts 60 something or other and a rubi washboy (little use to me now)

off to bed
cheers

frogeye ( possibly the worst tiler in the world!!! in voice of Carlsberg ad!)

 

[penno]

Can you give more info on this method please matt.....

Done quite a few floors over the last few months using this method, mainly in superstores.

More or less as soon as the screed is down then you tile over it using a slurry mix of cement for adhesive.

 

[Gazzer]

Done quite a few floors over the last few months using this method, mainly in superstores.

More or less as soon as the screed is down then you tile over it using a slurry mix of cement for adhesive.

Tiled many floors this way in the early days, in fact that was the way back then.

 

[frogeye]

I am all for the old ways(cheaper) - so is that just a bag of cement mixed very wet and place the tiles in position or is there a bit more to it than that as in a bit of sand too?

 

[Gazzer]

This method is for screeding floor and laying same day...not if floor is already screeded.
The way it was done was to screed an area of floor and the same day lay tiles by applying a slurry (neat cement and water) over the still damp screed and then tapping tiles into the compound. Worked great with the old quarry tiles.

 

[frogeye]

what a drag - too late then
I'll give it another week while I sort out the plasterboarding and have a go later
Will probably use quarries

 

[medlar]

This method is for screeding floor and laying same day...not if floor is already screeded.
The way it was done was to screed an area of floor and the same day lay tiles by applying a slurry (neat cement and water) over the still damp screed and then tapping tiles into the compound. Worked great with the old quarry tiles.

Yeah,i have just used that old method at my caravan,screeded a patio 34ft long by 14ft wide,laid my ( i know,not tiles lol ) york stone onto a slurry,left 2 hrs then grouted,it looks the dogs danglies,infact it looks that good other residents on the site have asked me for a quote,SORRY was my reply,i only done it for us,to much work involved for other people,patio base was 8" screed,because of the fall of the land.

 

[expressscreed]

we can advise on many floor screeed applications please visit we will be happy to answer your questions and queries if you have a problem and need some advise please dont hessitate to call

many thanks

Nick Barrett
hope we can help

 

[Dan]

Some of the threads in the tiling forum that have had a lot of views are being bumped up into current discussion. Just walk on by if it's not your flavour right now. Perhaps it'll help somebody out one day, and they become members, and then they post a thread, and professional tilers respond, and then you learn something from them...? Maybe?