Fixing Marmox Boards Floor

Marmox board concrete floor installation.

Fixing marmox boards floor.

Marmox multiboard is ideal for many uk applications. New concrete or screed bases should be adequately cured and dried to allow shrinkage to occur prior to fixing the marmox boards. Measure an cut to size the marmox multiboard using a knife or saw. Press the board firmly on to the wall.

Multiboard the original marmox board. As a tile and shower backer board it provides an effective decoupling membrane to prevent tiles and grout from cracking due to horizontal movement in the floor. Installing marmox boards using screws. Marmox board pro ultra is suitable for installation on walls and floors.

Drill fixing holes through the board into the solid wall. Marmox board pro ultra is very easy to install on floors provided that the underground is prepared to be flat rigid and clean. Make sure the sub floor is level and dirt and dust free and there are no loose boards. Apply suitable tile adhesive layer with notched trowel.

Timber floors must be dry rigid checked for flatness oil and dust free. The concrete surface must be clean before applying the board. Fixing to concrete floors fixing timber floors. The floor must be dry.

For short boards drill 5 holes 1 in each corner and in the middle and for long boards drill 6 holes around the edges and 2 in the middle. Timber floors must be rigid checked for flatness. All marmox board pro ultra with a minimum thickness of 10 mm is suitable to be used on timber floors. The screw method for installing tile backer board is used to fix on to wooden floors.

The unique surface structure and patented bonding of the surface to the foam core allows marmox boards to carry much heavier tiles than other types of tile backer board. Thicknesses range from 4mm to 60mm allowing multiboard to be used to. Existing concrete bases and screeds should be mechanically prepared removing all traces of existing finishes contamination etc to expose a clean surface. The floor must be primed according to the manufacturers instructions before the flexible cement adhesive can be applied with a notched trowel.

When the board is fixed to a masonry wall with a continuous bed of tile adhesive tile weights comfortably exceed 100kg m. New concrete slab should be cured before fixing marmox insulation boards. An additional mechanical fixing of the boards is possible and we recommend use of 5 nails screws per m. Solid wall fixing dowels.