Editor's Note
This editor’s note highlights the key facts and market implications behind “Norit and Sopro Cooperate for XXL Tile and Natur”, with emphasis on sourcing, product fit, fabrication, logistics, or buyer impact.
For decades, tiles with a maximum size of 330 x 330 mm were considered standard and could be installed relatively easily without coupling. The use of larger formats, however, was only possible in connection with increased cost and labor – such as stiffening the dry screed with an additional layer. To avoid crack formation in the joints or even tile breakage, people therefore often reverted to smaller formats. The advantages of large-format tiles, however, speak for themselves, as they make rooms and corridors appear larger and more luxurious and radiate more harmony and calm through their continuous surfaces. Apart from that, the floor can be cleaned more easily due to the smaller number of joints. Increasing demands on aesthetics and installability made the development and testing of new techniques necessary, which should enable the installation of large-format tiles without risk.
In order to now be able to install tiles in formats up to 1,200 x 1,200 mm without problems on dry screeds from 20 mm – such as Norit-TE 20 – the right substrate and the quality of the tile are crucial. Lindner GFT and Sopro Bauchemie have therefore jointly developed and thoroughly tested an optimized solution: The composite construction consists of Norit prefabricated screed in combination with corresponding tile installation materials from Sopro: Whether ceramic or natural stone, the tile should have a minimum thickness of 10 mm.
The installation of insulation and fill can be considered. With this construction, live loads of up to 2 kN according to DIN EN 1991-1-1/NA:2010-12 are possible without the additional use of a decoupling layer.
Further information on XXL tile and natural stone installation on dry screed can be requested by email from Lindner GFT and by email from Sopro.
Source: Read the original article | Published: August 17, 2018