engineered quartz stone as flooring

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Author Message Bob Bailey (Unregistered Guest) Unregistered guest Posted on Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - 10:43 am:    We are using this product as floor tile for the first time. Anyone with experience doing this and some tips for achieving a solid level installation? Lynn Javoroski FCSI CCS LEED® AP SCIP Affiliate Senior Member Username: lynn_javoroski Post Number: 1488 Registered: 07-2002 Posted on Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - 11:12 am:    I'd treat it as a large format tile installation. Consult the manufacturer and TCNA for recommended installation guides. If the substrate is concrete, make sure to have the recommended flatness and levelness specified in that section. Questions, though, include (1) size of tiles; (2) condition of substrate; (3) need for waterproofing or crack isolation membrane (I'd recommend the latter no matter what); (4) transitions to other flooring materials - and I'm sure I haven't though of everything. Dale Roberts CSI, CCPR, CTC, LEED Green Associate Senior Member Username: dale_roberts_csi Post Number: 99 Registered: 10-2005 Posted on Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - 12:06 pm:    Subsurface tolerances for large format tile, tiles with at least one edge 15” in length, maximum allowable variation is 1/8” in 10’ from the required plane, with no more than 1/16” variation in 24” when measured from the high points in the surface. For tiles with all edges shorter than 15”, maximum allowable variation is ¼” in 10’ from the required plane, with no more than 1/16” variation in 12” when measured from the high points in the surface. You will also want to check with Quartz company for their recommendations for setting materials or have the product tested by one the mortar manufacturing companies. You may need to use an epoxy mortar instead of a cement based mortar. Bob Bailey Junior Member Username: bailey Post Number: 2 Registered: 07-2009 Posted on Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - 12:11 pm:    we do have depth enough for a full mortar bed and were looking at TCNA # F111-11 for stone. And the tiles are in fact large format; 24 x 24. Anne Whitacre, FCSI CCS Senior Member Username: awhitacre Post Number: 1265 Registered: 07-2002 Posted on Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - 01:47 pm:    can it take whatever point loading and/or rolling loads that may be projected for the space? and, will the manufacturer's warranty cover the material in a floor installation? ken hercenberg Senior Member Username: khercenberg Post Number: 256 Registered: 12-2006 Posted on Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - 02:53 pm:    Hi. Are you sure the product isn't this http://www.quartzfloors.com/? If it is, installation is pretty much like any other high end vinyl tile. Phil Kabza Senior Member Username: phil_kabza Post Number: 507 Registered: 12-2002 Posted on Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - 10:27 pm:    I would want to make sure that the setting material manufacturer is on board with the application.