Self levelling compound over heating mats

[Doggit]

The primer is actually to enable the tape to hold. You can apply adhesive straight to the boards, so the SLC should be okay as well.

 

[jimmbo]

Ah right. Well, better safe than sorry I suppose! Hopefully gonna get it done in the morning now!

Thanks

 

[jimmbo]

Finally got round to doing the SLC this morning.

20 bags of Level it 2 mixed n laid covering 36m2.

Definitely 4 person job! 2 mixing, 1 pouring n levelling, 1 cleaning buckets.

Worked a treat though.

A few areas where the matting is showing through but that will be fine for tiling.

Certainly glad I did it. Just wish I'd have used some to level the subfloor to start with coz it would've made putting the boards down so much easier!

Thanks again for all your advice guys!

 

[Doggit]

Take a bow Jimbo, you've done a nice job there.

 

[chappers]

Nice one, looks like a tidy job, that.
Best crack on with the tiling now

 

[jimmbo]

Cheers guys.

Hopefully get cracking with tiling today.

Just checking -

So spread adhesive with 10mm rounded trowel onto the floor then spread a thin layer all over the back of the tiles with a straight edge trowel rather than combing it with notched trowel?

Cheers

 

[chappers]

Either really, I just use the same trowel. Basically for larger format tiles, the point of back buttering is to ensure complete bedding/support of the tiles, in all honesty you should get that anyway with a 10mm notch as you press the tile in.