A few pics from over the last 2 days. First up we did some floor prep. Tried out different screed compounds and compared a range of different primers and tried out some dpm also We moved on to cover the new recommendations on preparing a wooden subfloor along with different ways of reading moister which we tried out and some top secret stuff that is ... well a secret... :shock: We also had a go at installing a new 'click' lvt that is due to be on the U.K market later this year. Will be interesting to see how it holds up over the rough subfloor along with the fact i will be abusing it over next few months and seeing how it reacts to extreme heat (conservatory conditions) Daz was busy on his phone giving us all a update about something or other..... Time flies it is was 6pm before we knew it ! So today we got started on the LVT install. Normally we would install in the training bays. But been a group of lads that are advanced (well so Dazlight keeps telling me :roll: ) installers i figured we 'might' just end up with a impressive floorcovering that would be a shame to rip up. So we decided to install in the main walk area . We are not allowed to secure to the subfloor in the training center so we would bend the rules a bit and install on Mapie-lay that is a isolator membrane. ALL isolator Membranes are not recommend for installing LVT on. Not going to get tech on it but the truth is you can. We have proven this. It does however make the install of boarders etc a much harder challenge. But no worries, Daz was here ! (going to stop taking pee out of Daz now, sorry Daz. O did i mention Daz's trainers and his nifty sock trick to hide the holes? ) So we mark out and install some tiles with feature strip in a semi circle that will double up as a shower tray at the next stage. (sorry no pics) Next we cracked on with bending a lvt plank around the 'shower tray' or should we say our semi circle of lvt tiles. Also to add we demoed a new method or beveling the edge of tiles. I think the lads was impressed with this nifty way of actually being able to bevel the tiles the same as factory and more so without a beveling tool :idea: Now to confuse things we made things hard and actually did two different types of ways of installing boarder but in the same area. It was done more so show the difference and different techs and to show off how good the Mapei 'pressure sensitive' adhesive is when pushing it way past what other brands of adhesives can be used for. (hard to explain what we was doing but again i thing the regular pressure sensitive users was impressed with what can be done and how well it grabs the product with continued abuse through out the day) So we ended up with this - it looks fab lads. O and showing off there certificates ! Massive thanks to all that came. Been a great 2 days and a great bunch of lads. Extra thanks to Daz for the helping out and some dodgy boarder thingy straight edge he done for me Really hope you all enjoyed yourselves and more important actually learn't a few tricks to help you out on future installs. :mrgreen:
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Thanks again matt for the course and daz for your input, Matt would it be ok to use the pics of karndean border work we did on our own websites
That all looked like a good course with good pics......could have done without the shot of Daz's bumcrack though somewhere to keep his knife holster spose
Cool not there, it's me vman and bournemouth. You can't really lay on a membrane, Matt just used that as cant lay direct on that floor. It still worked though Steve but wouldn't risk it myself.
Hard to tell Steve, it was good gear and was very tacky but using it on the membrane it did peel off a bit. I have taken a part drum so will test it out in the next few weeks.
If it was me I would have used a full plank, put a nail in the middle bottom of it, cut a notch out the opposite end and pull round with knife in notch as this will give a perfect circle arc. Think of it like the hands going round on a clock, size of arc gets bigger with length of plank and vice versa. That is the way I would do it but may be dome on the course different
Not had a issue in the past. Done over 1000 sq'm on it and been down on multiple jobs over last 15 years. BUT as explained on the course it is not recommended by manufactorer . The reason why is because when first used many years ago installers was having LVT plank / tiles etc drop on the joint between sheets. This is not a product problem but installer mark out error. Due to this and the issues that it may cause they simply say not to use it under tile / plank products. But like i say, if used correctly there is no issues.
