Screeding a wet floor

Discussion in 'Subfloor Preparation' started by Yiddo1982, Dec 21, 2017.

  1. Yiddo1982

    Yiddo1982 Well-Known Member

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    Job im on has gone tits up with the uplift and floor has had to be de greased. Running out of time for floor to dry so my boss just said screed it with ardex na. I refused but he banged on about it has to be finished so I just went ahead with it reluctantly. Do you reckon it will be ok or the screed will fail?
     
  2. Spacey

    Spacey Super Moderator Staff Member

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    Wet as in When the degreaser was washed off ?
     
  3. Spacey

    Spacey Super Moderator Staff Member

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    What was the subfloor so it had to be degreased?
     
  4. Yiddo1982

    Yiddo1982 Well-Known Member

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    Yes no more grease and concrete subfloor been mopped out so just wet

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  5. Spacey

    Spacey Super Moderator Staff Member

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    Why degrease a concrete floor ?
     
  6. Yiddo1982

    Yiddo1982 Well-Known Member

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    Was a chicken factory with vinyl tiles and was in a very bad state. When uplifted the grease and fat had gone under all the tiles and spread everywhere[​IMG][​IMG]

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  7. Yiddo1982

    Yiddo1982 Well-Known Member

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    In an idea world we would have scabbled up the whole floor but again time is against us

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  8. Spacey

    Spacey Super Moderator Staff Member

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    I’ve never know NA to fail over anything Tbo
     
  9. Spacey

    Spacey Super Moderator Staff Member

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    Looks like you had fun there :rolleyes:
     
  10. Yiddo1982

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    Sitting at home now and can still smell the stagnant water and chicken fat

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  11. Rugmunching

    Rugmunching Well-Known Member

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    Eerrrr! Nice job to break you in for Xmas hey.
    We done similar years ago but we had to take up ceramics, underneath was like a greasy sponge.
     
  12. Neilydun

    Neilydun Well-Known Member

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    Looks nasty. I remember the smell !!!
     

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