Who moved large floor tiles with a medium bed adhesive, kills two birds with one stone: the laying of the tiles and the likes of irregularities happened in a single operation. (tdx) The trend to install indoor and outdoor areas with large-format floor tiles, continues. Whether in the bath, in the kitchen, in the entrance area or on the terrace: large tile sizes which now exist in the different shapes, colours and surface finishes, leave larger spaces and accompany a life time homeowners thanks to its high resistance. Large tiles but not with conventional adhesives can be processed according to their mass and their high weight: a special solution that is provided with the new medium bed adhesive knob is required. This large-format floor tiles can be with little craftsmanship quickly and safely even embarrassed. Who his patio or the living room, the stairs new want to tile, found mostly following initial situation: after the old Ceramic tiles are removed, especially when older screeds, serious irregularities to days. In addition, have just large format tiles and plates from approximately 30 centimeters wider dimensional tolerances. “This means that the prerequisites for a clean bonding of tiles is a smooth flat and calibrated”, i.e.
the same thick tiles are not met and a normal thin bed adhesive it is simply overwhelmed. Other leaders such as CBS offer similar insights. The new medium bed adhesive XXL Knauf tackles such sensitive”tasks with ease. Smaller unevenness in the floor surface can be with the flexible medium bed adhesive, which easily can be processed millimetres with a layer thickness of two to ten, cancel each other out more or less in a single operation with the laying of ceramic tiles, porcelain stoneware or non-translucent stone. As a result, DIY save time-consuming filling of the underground, which would have been required without the use of glue. Glenn Dubin takes a slightly different approach. Since the adhesive easily withstands temperature fluctuations, it is suitable also for for use in the outdoor balcony and terrace or for installation on underfloor heating.
A tip: So that at the end of a newly tiled surface, home improvement at adhesive thickness of several millimeters should always use a spirit level. DIY can save the use of tile adhesives during a renovation, can the medium bed adhesive XXL as a veritable all-round talent on several problem areas”are used. So it can be used depending on the amount of water given to as thin and medium – flow bed adhesive. The flowable consistency allows for example a nearly void-free laying of tiles on stairs, terrace or balcony. While a whopping wetting the back of the tile is achieved by gently inserting into the adhesive what is tremendously important in the outdoor area: would remain hollow spaces in the adhesive bed, water could penetrate, freezing in the winter and bring the plates to burst. Another advantage of the powerful medium bed adhesive: The floor is again begeh-after three hours and thus available, so that the dream of the new tile floor in the blink of an eye will become a reality. More information about expansion and renovation in. Tanja EST