Flooring & Tiles
6mm Movement Absorbed by a Schluter Ditra Uncoupling Mat Under Porcelain
Schluter Ditra is 8mm thick, with a polyethylene web of square cavities and fleece laminated to...
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Cut Herringbone Waste to Under 8 Percent with a Rubi DU-200 Bridge Saw on Chevron Layouts
A 24 by 24 porcelain slab cut into 45-degree chevron pickets often loses 15 to 18 percent on a...
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Mapei Keraflex Maxi S1 vs Ultralite S2 for Bonding 60x120 Porcelain on Underfloor Heating
On a 60x120 cm porcelain tile laid over underfloor heating, the choice between Mapei Keraflex...
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28 Metres of Perimeter Movement Joint Placed with Schluter Dilex on an Open Plan Ground Floor
A 9m by 5m open plan ground floor gives 28 running metres of perimeter and 45 square metres of...
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Lippage Under 0.5mm Corrected with a Raimondi RLS Levelling System on 120cm Slabs
A 120cm porcelain slab exposes edge deviation as soon as adhesive starts to skin over. With...
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Marazzi Grande Marble Look: Why Rectified Edges Cut Grout Lines to 2mm
A diamond blade squares every side of a Marazzi Grande marble-look porcelain slab to within a...
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Rubi Fast 85 vs Montolit Masterpiuma for Snapping 100cm Rectified Porcelain
A 100cm rectified porcelain plank shows the limits of a manual cutter quickly, especially at the...
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Ardex X 7 G Plus vs Mapei Adesilex P9 for Fixing Ceramic Over Anhydrite Screed
A calcium sulphate screed at 0.5 percent CM changes the whole tile adhesive specification. Ardex...
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15 Litres of Adhesive Saved by Notch Trowel Selection on 300 Square Metres of Porcelain
On a 300 square metre porcelain floor, swapping a 10 mm square-notch trowel for a 6 mm half-round...
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