Ultra tile adhesive.

[Dave]

How much are you guys buying Ultra tile adhesives for.?

Can you state which adhesive and price please...

Just trying to see how prices compare to other brands I use.

 

[White Room]

The Proflex rapid SP as I remember was £15 but that was trade, the Proflex SP+ES standard set a local guy wanted £17.50 a bag so don't buy but lovely stuff to use.

Slc is superb, flows a treat, Level iT 2 about £18 for powder and liquid

There grout great stuff as well, flex joint and Fine joint roundabout £10 for 5kg

 

[Dave]

Soooo not cheap...

I think Doug uses ultra doesn't he ?

 

[White Room]

I've seen a guy selling Ultra on ebay based in Halifax for a good price, 20kg Ultra ProFlex SP Flexible White Tile Adhesive

 

[Dan]

Stone Trader.co.uk that is. Swear he's on here. He hit AE the other day I think.

 

[padtheplumber]

I'm paying £14 a bag for proflex sp & proflex sp+es, thats single bag prices though not pallet deals from my local tile shop.

I think the sp+es is great gear

 

[Rich Midge]

I'm paying about the same in Liverpool, £14 for Proflex, £16 for Level It 1. Extended set is only available to order and a couple of quid dearer. All good gear though.

 

[Dave]

Grouts ok ?

 

[Dave]

Do they do matching silicones to the grout colours.

 

[White Room]

Grouts ok ?[/QUOTE

Wall grouts are sound, I use there white all the time but there floor stuff haven't used for some time....

 

[White Room]

Do they do matching silicones to the grout colours.

They do clear, white, cream anthracite and grey...not all grout colours have a matching silicone.

 

[Rich Midge]

Yep matching silicones. Fine Flex is lovely and smooth but goes off quick. Standard wall grouts were always superb but stockist round here now only holds flexi. Flexible and standard floor grouts are quite course. Leveller is fantastic.

 

[Dave]

Thanks for the feedback guys

 

[White Room]

Yep matching silicones. Fine Flex is lovely and smooth but goes off quick. Standard wall grouts were always superb but stockist round here now only holds flexi. Flexible and standard floor grouts are quite course. Leveller is fantastic.

They do a chocolate grout but not a matching silicone...as far as I know.

 

[Rich Midge]

They do clear, white, cream anthracite and grey...not all grout colours have a matching silicone.

Oh bugger! Just done a bathroom with Titanium grout and presumed I could get the matching silicone.

 

[White Room]

Oh bugger! Just done a bathroom with Titanium grout and presumed I could get the matching silicone.

That grout is quite new...

 

[Dougs Third Go]

Soooo not cheap...

I think Doug uses ultra doesn't he ?

use tilemaster mainly now Dave, but using Ultra on the job I'm doing now as customer supplied it, not sure what price he paid for it, but it is nice to use and I've never ever had a problem with it.

 

[The D]

we use butech porce-quick and that is manufactured by ultra it is about £5.00 a bag less than weber SPF and it's a good adhesive.

 

[Dave]

Cheers lads , just trying to get an adhesive supplier for my bros tile showroom as tilemaster turned him down , saying it wasn't policy to supply tile shops if others close by object... And one objected...

So looking for a trusted brand ...

 

[Dan]

Mapei all day long.

I can see why TM need to look after their supply chain if they're getting it established. I used to hate it when is shown commitment to a manufacturer (underfloor heating) and got my traders used to it etc and then they all just sod off to another firm who's doing it 50p cheaper or whatever.

 

[Simon benn Leeds]

£12 for proflex rapid European ceramics Leeds. Bulk rates available.

 

[Dave]

Mapei all day long.

I can see why TM need to look after their supply chain if they're getting it established. I used to hate it when is shown commitment to a manufacturer (underfloor heating) and got my traders used to it etc and then they all just sod off to another firm who's doing it 50p cheaper or whatever.

They are over priced nowa days.

 

[macten]

we use butech porce-quick and that is manufactured by ultra it is about £5.00 a bag less than weber SPF and it's a good adhesive.

How much do you pay for Weber SPF Dean?

 

[Dan]

They are over priced nowa days.

Mapei are?!

Though they were fairly good on price especially in CTD no?

What about Weber?

 

[Dave]

Mapei are?!

Though they were fairly good on price especially in CTD no?

What about Weber?

Weber is priced ok but after a few price hikes in ctd , Mapei are not cheap.

 

[Dan]

Weber is priced ok but after a few price hikes in ctd , Mapei are not cheap.

Tried anywhere else for Mapei? That might be CTD rather than Mapei.

 

[Dave]

Tried anywhere else for Mapei? That might be CTD rather than Mapei.

Phg experienced the same , he stopped using them... But tbh I do prefer weber anyway .

Shame strummer can't deal with weber direct , they point you to ctd , wrong in many ways but that's how they roll.

 

[Dan]

Phg experienced the same , he stopped using them... But tbh I do prefer weber anyway .

Shame strummer can't deal with weber direct , they point you to ctd , wrong in many ways but that's how they roll.

Yeah CTD were distributors before being a tile outlet. Even topps tiles used to deal with them for tile ranges we didn't stock ourselves.

Are the weber prices competitive when you buy from them or not?

 

[Dave]

Yeah CTD were distributors before being a tile outlet. Even topps tiles used to deal with them for tile ranges we didn't stock ourselves.

Are the weber prices competitive when you buy from them or not?

Ctd used to be only 3 shops and distributors , then Saint-gobain bought them out .... So they were always tile outlets as well.

Weber prices are ok , as a tile fixer prices are fine but to buy from them as a tile shop and sell back out ... Not worth it...

Tilemaster prices are even better but looks like they are fixing who can and can't used them directly. Which I find very odd for a small outfit.. You'd think they would want as big a chunk as possible.

 

[Old Mod]

Ctd used to be only 3 shops and distributors , then Saint-gobain bought them out .... So they were always tile outlets as well.

Weber prices are ok , as a tile fixer prices are fine but to buy from them as a tile shop and sell back out ... Not worth it...

Tilemaster prices are even better but looks like they are fixing who can and can't used them directly. Which I find very odd for a small outfit.. You'd think they would want as big a chunk as possible.

I was speaking with Mark couple weeks ago about suppliers, and he said that they had an obligation to protect their outlets who supported them in the early days.