FEATURE
A FLAWLESS FLOOR FOR THE
FREEMASONS’ HALL
Mapei products were specified for a new installation of stone pattern in areas of London’s prestigious Freemasons’ Hall.
Mapei adhesive and grout products have been specified for the installation of a stone pattern in the reception and washroom areas in a refurbishment to the Freemasons’ Hall, London. The Hall first opened in 1933 as a memorial to the 3,255 Freemasons who died during active service in the First World War, and has been used for events, as the meeting place for the Grand Lodge, and annual meetings of the home counties since.
Avantgarde Tiling was awarded the contract to design, supply and install a new stone pattern to the reception floor area and to install large format porcelain tiles and feature walls, including stone vanity and credenza tops, to the washroom area. Mapei products were specified to complete the tiling projects, and included the popular Limestone Ultracolor Plus grout (shade reference 299) which was applied to 70m2 of tiling within the reception area of the building. Kerapoxy white was applied to 94m2 of washroom tiles, ensuring that a stain resistant approach was installed in areas subject to heavy traffic.
The Grade II* listed building is reputed to be one of the finest Art Deco buildings in England and, due to its popularity, was in constant use throughout the renovation work. The reception area was completed over two weekends of work, first requiring a quick setting deep base self-leveling screed for the installation of substrate. Mapei’s Ultraplan Renovation Screed 3240 was specified for its quick-setting properties, allowing Avantgarde Tiling Ltd. to install a temporary carpet over the substrate so that the venue could be used without any constraints. The following weekend, the installation of the new stone floor was carried out entirely using Mapei’s Ecoprim T, Adesilex
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P10 for mosaics, Elastorapid Grey for fast track floors and Keraflex Grey Maxi for the large format walls. These Mapei products were used due to their suitability for the listed interior of the building.
Training and education around products and the methods used in projects such as at Freemasons’ Hall plays a major role within the Mapei organisation. Regular RIBA accredited CPDs, training events and seminars are hosted by Mapei throughout the year.
RIBA CPD’s are supplemented with technical literature and handouts, and include how to specify the correct materials for your
project in line with tiling standards. The seminars help you to make sense of common tiling terminology and cover the complete system of requirements, from background preparation through to using the correct adhesive and finishing grout choices for your project.
Covering successful UK and Ireland case studies, Mapei’s Specification team welcomes queries from all attendees, with ceramics specialists available for questioning after seminars regarding your project and specifications you are looking to undertake.
Large format tiling is a sector within the design and construction industry which has seen unprecedented growth in recent times. Alongside learning how to avoid ceramic tiling failures, Mapei are presenting their own seminar regarding Large Format Tiling on 21st December (12pm). This short presentation will address the problems associated with fixing these materials along with the correct Mapei products and methods to specify, to ensure a long term quality finish to a project.
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