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Surely you would think that in the design of the floor there would of been a structural engineer involved to work out the static loads on the floor and also the dynamic loads as well . I'm sure they didn't just dream it up and hope it would be ok especially in a public place .But how do we know what sufficient support is without knowing the weight of said motorcycles (or whatever else is put on suspended floors) ..... it is a minefield and one that always bites the tiler, not the manufacturer of fixing materials.
In your area and with alpha hemi probably a Tom Mayhew screed . Happy days super flat .Thanks for all your input guys, thank you Glynn for saying you would spec it out, appreciate it. I emailed the firm today to say I wouldn’t tile the mezzanine, just to big an area for something to go wrong down the line for me, personally can’t risk it, they agreed that lvt would be the way they go.
On the plus side Glynn there is 350m2 on the ground floor, which happens to be an alpha hemi, so as always will be using anhyfix
Jcrtiling is bang on for me. The weights and dynamics must have been disscussed and built in to the floor structure, and 38mm chipboard is 110% thicher than the 18mm that is installed in most dwellings and we don't question the strength but trust it has been built to Building Regs, so we should trust the builder will build the mezzanine floor to the same Building Regs. I have always tested all my floors with the glass of water test and would do the same on a mezzanine floor and make my decission on the out come of this test. Its a simple test from the Jurassic Period of tiling.But how do we know what sufficient support is without knowing the weight of said motorcycles (or whatever else is put on suspended floors) ..... it is a minefield and one that always bites the tiler, not the manufacturer of fixing materials.
Well, I am old but wasn't around during Dorset's formation, what is your glass of water test then?I have always tested all my floors with the glass of water test and would do the same on a mezzanine floor and make my decission on the out come of this test. Its a simple test from the Jurassic Period of tiling.
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