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Self Levelling Underlayment
I had the opportunity the other day to install some leveler in a small bath over concrete. The floor was ' out ' more than 3/4", yet the room was fairly small, and with our busy schedule we wanted the job to complete on time, so for the first time I used Mapei UltraPlan1 Plus with HCT technology.
I primed the floor with their reccomended primer ( dried fast over the existing PlaniPatch ) got my buckets, measured my water, mixed for the reccomended 2 minutes, poured, mushed it around a small amount, then I went for my second bucket. Now I already had a second pail cleaned, and ready with measured water in, just had to mix. Mixed for 2 minutes again, and poured. The material I already poured was still quite wet, and I was able to get an unremarkable seam from first bucket to second. I had a little more spreading, but honestly not a lot.
I went home for lunch and returned 2 1/2 hours later to find an almost completely dry, flat surface. By the time I set up some cutting equipment, got my hand tools out and mixed my thin-set, the little floor was ready to go.
To me, that is AMAZING ! The 2 bags were mixed with 12 US Qts ( 11.36L ) of water, and completely dried in like 3 hours, ready for tile. READY FOR TILE !
To top it off, the bags actually cost me less than what I was paying for another brands ' contractor ' grade leveller.
2 thumbs up from BC Tile !!
I primed the floor with their reccomended primer ( dried fast over the existing PlaniPatch ) got my buckets, measured my water, mixed for the reccomended 2 minutes, poured, mushed it around a small amount, then I went for my second bucket. Now I already had a second pail cleaned, and ready with measured water in, just had to mix. Mixed for 2 minutes again, and poured. The material I already poured was still quite wet, and I was able to get an unremarkable seam from first bucket to second. I had a little more spreading, but honestly not a lot.
I went home for lunch and returned 2 1/2 hours later to find an almost completely dry, flat surface. By the time I set up some cutting equipment, got my hand tools out and mixed my thin-set, the little floor was ready to go.
To me, that is AMAZING ! The 2 bags were mixed with 12 US Qts ( 11.36L ) of water, and completely dried in like 3 hours, ready for tile. READY FOR TILE !
To top it off, the bags actually cost me less than what I was paying for another brands ' contractor ' grade leveller.
2 thumbs up from BC Tile !!
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Permalink Reply by Dave Carr on -
Hi Brian,
Strange coincidence really, but I was at a Mapei demonstration yesterday where they had three of their self levelling compounds. Pretty sure UltraPlan was one of them and as you say in three hours ready to tile.
I was very impressed with the stuff and if I can find a local supply I'll be switching.
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Permalink Reply by Jim Bourgeois on -
Where are you located? I will do what I can to find you a local distributor.
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Permalink Reply by Chris Roe on -
Dave
Have you tried Tile Trend
if not give me a call and i will point you in the right direction
their head office is in Stourbridge 4 miles from Mapei hq and tile trend have got a branch in nottingham
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Permalink Reply by Dave Carr on
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tile trend... interesting. I've got one of those within a couple of miles. I thought they were all BAL products? I check them out and see, cheers Chris.
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Permalink Reply by Chris Roe on
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ring me first 0789 908 7477
as the bosses are based in stourbridge and also my neighbours
they do mapei bal and dunlop plus varme products
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Permalink Reply by Jim Bourgeois on
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Thats great to here, but keep in mind that when leveling over smooth concrete to mechanically prepare the surface prior to priming to ensure a good bond. If this isn't possible use an epoxy primer and one of our Low prep underlayments and that will give you a successful job as well.
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