JohnfrWhipple
BATHROOM DESIGN & BUILD
Standard for UNCOUPLING
As request---what would you guys like to see in a Standard for Uncoupling membranes?
some sort of performance levels..
At what point does it uncouple?
What does that mean?
I know it says limit the transfer of stess but what does that mean to you??
Should it come loose from the floor??
COMENTS!!
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Eric - Noble Company Guy Posted - June 5, 2010
I pulled this quote of the John Bridge Tile Forum. I have not yet read the full discussion but was wandering. Since the post was in June 2010 - I'm thinking the Standards have been outlined.
Is this correct?
Or is the truth of the matter that the product has been sold for years and there is not any Industry guidelines that measure uncoupling. Isn't uncoupling kind of like breaking free or tearing away? Why would you want that?
In Kerdi and Ditra training years ago I was taught that the uncoupling was to stop the floor from popping if the floor gets pushed on from the sides. They showed us in class a metal ruler and then moved it 1/16". The ruler popped way up in the middle.
Can they (TCNA TEST COMMITTEE) not just tile a floor and then add pressure from the sides? How hard is it to come up with a test after four years? Weird.
As request---what would you guys like to see in a Standard for Uncoupling membranes?
some sort of performance levels..
At what point does it uncouple?
What does that mean?
I know it says limit the transfer of stess but what does that mean to you??
Should it come loose from the floor??
COMENTS!!
__________________
Eric - Noble Company Guy Posted - June 5, 2010
I pulled this quote of the John Bridge Tile Forum. I have not yet read the full discussion but was wandering. Since the post was in June 2010 - I'm thinking the Standards have been outlined.
Is this correct?
Or is the truth of the matter that the product has been sold for years and there is not any Industry guidelines that measure uncoupling. Isn't uncoupling kind of like breaking free or tearing away? Why would you want that?
In Kerdi and Ditra training years ago I was taught that the uncoupling was to stop the floor from popping if the floor gets pushed on from the sides. They showed us in class a metal ruler and then moved it 1/16". The ruler popped way up in the middle.
Can they (TCNA TEST COMMITTEE) not just tile a floor and then add pressure from the sides? How hard is it to come up with a test after four years? Weird.