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Laticrete revolutionized ceramic tile and stone installation techniques. The new material piloted the opening of the ceramic tile market towards new horizons. Laticrete mortars were suitable for use in installing tiles of all types, including difficult products such as glass mosaics, and in difficult situations such as exterior facades and Swimming Pools. LATICRETE mortars resolved problems inherent to installations in climate zones subject to freeze/thaw as well as to physical and thermal shock. * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laticrete
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What is the business turnover of MYK Laticrete?
what is the turnover of myk laticrete in india for 2012-13
What is the pronuciation of laticrete?
Laticrete is pronounced as "lay-ti-kreet."
What is the name of a kind of flooring material that is waterproof?
There are two methods to waterproof your floor. One is to apply a waterproof membrane prior to putting tile or carpet. Dal Tile offers a great product made by Laticrete. The second is to apply a waterproof flooring material. The current trend is urethane / epoxy quartz broadcast flooring systems. A substrate of urethane or epoxy based material is put on the floor. Then a sand mixture is broadcast over the urethane /epoxy and rolled with a paint roller to embed the sand into the urethane / epoxy. After that has dried, a urethane clear top coat is applied. The resulting texture on the floor will depend on the amount of sand used and how many topcoats of urethane. I wouldn't advise this for a do it yourselfer. It's messy messy. You should be able to get it professionally done for less than $10 a square foot.
Can you lay new ceramic tile over old ceramic tile in your bathroom if you sand it with 80 grit sand paper and put some kind of bonding agent or sealer on it?
If your old ceramic tile isn't cracking, loose or otherwise breaking apart then yes you can lay new tile over old. I wouldn't sand it with sand paper because I don't believe that sand paper will do enough scarcifying to the tile. get a right angle grinder, put a diamond blade used for tile on it and run it across the top of the tile. you don't need to take the whole surface off just have a few tracks running across each tile. Then you will need a more high performance thinset. whenever I have done this in for a client I use Laticrete 254 platinum or you can use a bonding agent. This is a roll on liquid that bonds to the existing tile and is a good substrate for the thinset you'll be using. You might have to go to a store that specializes in Tile to get these items. just as the sales rep there and they will point you in the right direction. hope this helps, good luck!
How do you lay floor tiles?
Answer Well its about getting the right products for the job. Depending on what type of project is going on but here are the basics. floor preparation. if starting on plywood there must be a subfloor for the mortar to adhere to. this can be cement backer board, the floor can be mudded with a self leveling mortar. Cement backer board is the most common use. it come in quarter to half inch thick sheets and can be cut with a razor knife (score and snap then cut), or cement sheers (dewalt has some). cover entire floor. Then buy mortar either custom building product which can be found depot, or other such as mapei or laticrete. a knotch trowel is needs (size of trowel depending on tile size). mix mortar and follow directions on the bag. mix in 5 gallon bucket with drill and mortar mixer attachment. but before this measure and see how you want to tile layed on the floor. it is good to mark with chalk, also measure two points off a wall to make sure you are square the the wall. tile spacers are a good idea. this helps leave room for the grout and keeps everytile square to each other. spread mortar evenly to an area with knotched trowel, but only an area to only til about 4-6 tiles at one time, then repeat the process. do no mortar the whole floor first and dont rap ourself in a corner. lay the tile where you want it and press down firmly. wipe excess mortar on edges of tile. there are parts that you can use for room to room transitions, like carpet to tile. find one you like and tile to it and follow instructions. once finished let dry for 24 hours. then grout. (24 hours is excessive, in my opinion, considering the temperature and humidity of the house, 8-12 hours should be plenty) throw the spacers away, pop a chalk line square to one of the walls, a long exterior wall would be best. measure your tiles, measure several as they will vary slightly and get a good average size, if you're using 12"-18" tile, double your average size of the tile and add 1/2" for grout lines. pop a line parallel the other chalk line exactly that dimension away (2 tile sizes + 1/2"). continue across the room(s). now you need a line perpendicular to these lines, laser square works best but there are plenty of ways to get a perpendicular line. you can check by popping the line and and then popping another parallel the same dimension away from that line (2 tile sizes +1/2"), then measure corner to corner diagonally on the square it creates, both directions. these dimensions should be as close as possible, if the lines are perpendicular, these dimensions will be exactly the same. once you have those lines, continue to pop the rest in that direction using the same dimension throught the room(s). you will now know where every tile will be placed and can actually make every cut you need before mixing your thinset. when you're ready to install, trowel your mortar in one square at time and install 4 tiles in the center of this square. your grout lines will be straight and much more consistent than using the spacers
