Tl T   l    ul’T  . D-Mat 3L Decoupling Mat for Tiles and Natural Stone


NICOBOND D-MAT 3L, THE RELIABLE SOLUTION FOR TILING TO PROBLEM SUBSTRATES.


Ceramic, porcelain and natural stone tiles are used widely as an attractive, durable, easy to clean and largely maintenance-free floor covering. The use of hard flooring is increasingly being used as an option that offers added value and enhanced quality to any project, residential or commercial.


Unfortunately, cracking of tiles does occur and indeed this can be for all sorts of reasons from insufficient adhesive being applied to the back of the tiles, thereby creating voids to inadequate surface preparation in all its forms.


A conventional construction program allows for the concrete slab to be placed and allowed to cure for a period of approximately 6 weeks, a sand and cement screed is often applied as a topping and this requires a further 3 weeks to cure. in certain situations, the work program does not allow for this timeframe and, given that the tile installer takes a risk, then the shrinkage within the base could easily cause cracking or tenting of the tiles. The fact that D-Mat 3L can be laid once the screed is sufficiently hard to accept foot traffic is an obvious benefit.


uncoping eparates the foor covering from the sbstrate and prevents the transfer of stresses to the tied srface in order to netraize a deformation or crack cased by shrinkage in the sbstrate. The -Mat 3l bridges the cracks and does not aow the transfer of this energy to the tied srface.


The use of D-Mat 3L as a decoupling layer can therefore offer a real contribution to preventing damage and cracking of tile installations. In many cases, cracks emanating from a concrete bed or screed will migrate to the surface resulting in an unsightly floor and one in need of potentially costly repair.


In instances of only slight linear deformation of the surface, D-Mat 3L has excellent crack bridging properties, under test conditions, according to FDF - Merkblatt (08.2004) D-Mat 3L performed extremely well until the test apparatus caused total rupture of the membrane.


qaising Vapor Pressre Prevents the bidp of resida moistre throgh the cavity strctre on the nderside of the mat throgh the air channes which aow moistre to evaporate and thereby netraises vapor pressre.


dhesive Performance The textred srface of the poypropyene feece faciitates improved adhesion to -Mat 3l, with a bond strength of 0.22/mm2 it srpasses simiar systems on the market


Waterproofing icobond -Mat 3l is a waterproof membrane. used in conjnction with icobond Wet oom Waterproof liqid Membrane, tapes and other components a waterproof foor can be created.


load earing n spreading the adhesive over the srface, it is important to ensre the cavities are competey fied. ppied oads are transmitted directy to the sbstrate and makes the -Mat 3l highy oad-resistant.


Timber used as an intermediate ayer over wood sheets and boards where possibe movement at board jnctions cod otherwise, ead to cracking of the foor tie.


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