ACEPLASTERINGLIMITED
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Can someone please explain just 1 way trad is Better than flow screed ,cuz there's still f*#king idiots spec in it ....why oh why !! ??
I wouldnt say a trad screed dries quicker mate, and I wouldnt be tiling over it until fully dry...
Traditional screed contains much less water to begin with and will be ready to cover with a floor finish in much less time. Traditional screeds can be modified to dry even quicker. Traditional screed is cement based and can be tiled with a cement adhesive before the floor is dry.
Liquid can be layed much thinner than traditional and layed much faster without the need for the busy skilled labour. Plenty people down this way will do a 100m2 floor for £200 labour
i was taught to flood trad. screed for 7 days after laying. as it is mixed semi dry it needs to be flooded for the cement to reach full strength. it also needs to be covered with poly for seven days to make it sweat to cure.
What do u mean by flood?
I wouldnt say a trad screed dries quicker mate, and I wouldnt be tiling over it until fully dry...
I was just taught to put the poly on and let it sweat @malc
mmm I dunno. They say a mm a day but a semi dry always seems to be dry in a few weeks. Look at UFH 50mm liquid and 75mm semi dry. There is a huge amount of water in the liquid screed compared to the damp sand in semi dry.
They always choose semi dry over liquid on fastrack jobs like shopping centres or shop refurbs etc where the screed goes down and they tiling it a few days later. they cant afford to wait for it to dry out even though according to the book they should dry out the same time
realy ? My joints hurt just at thr thought and I'm only 28!!Traditional screed contains much less water to begin with and will be ready to cover with a floor finish in much less time. Traditional screeds can be modified to dry even quicker. Traditional screed is cement based and can be tiled with a cement adhesive before the floor is dry.
Liquid can be layed much thinner than traditional and layed much faster without the need for the busy skilled labour. Plenty people down this way will do a 100m2 floor for £200 labour
Does anybody use a water level nowadays haven't seen one for years.
I had one, no idea were it is now tho.. all lazers today i think, water level was accurate tho..
Can anyone remember they used to get someone in prior to mark a datum line all round![]()