Tiling using gulfstone quartz on bathroom floor

tkblueyonder · 15 Jul 2010

Hello

am planning on laying 5m of 30x30cm Gulfstone Quartz tiles on our bathroom floor ( the blingy sparkly ones). upon reading the box it says the tiles should only be layed using a latex based adhesive? i am tiling directly onto a bitumen type over concrete floor? could anyone just clarify for me the correct adhesive to use?

Thanks in advance

jctilingservices · 15 Jul 2010

there are plenty of adhesives you can use, such a mapei kerraquick, you should also seal your tiles with something like a lithofin impregnator, sometimes i have noticed on quite a few quartz jobs that the backs of the tiles need cleaning as there is considerable dust,which will not help adhesion

tkblueyonder · 15 Jul 2010

So would this Mapei product be latex based then?.............. until i read the box i was just going to use a flexible addy by unibond would this be suitable? and seriously do my tiles need sealing they are a very glossy finish as it is?

thanks for the reply by the way

bathstyle · 15 Jul 2010

A tile adhesive that is suitable for low porosity tiles will be ideal here. I don't understand what they mean by latex based? Perhaps they are suggesting an elastomeric...... Which is overkill if you ask me. The important thing to do is go to a decent supplier with a tile in your hand and they can advise you. Bal single part flexible or rapidset would work.

tictic · 16 Jul 2010

when they say a ..latex based addy..

what this means is you would add..

mapei "latex plus" to the kerraquick instead of water.

but imo i have never done this with gulfstone,always mixed with water,but i do hear certain addy mfr wont back up the tile fixer if there is a failure with fixing.
and do give the back of them a clean as jc has said,also when fixing open all boxes and take tiles from differant boxes when fixing.

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