Suitable for use in residential and commercial tile and stone installations.
Floor tile isolation membrane.
Because they re stretchy crack isolation membranes dissipate the crack s force into the material preventing it from moving upward.
Coupling membranes are similar to crack isolation membranes but they re not the same thing.
The purpose of the membrane is to stretch with the movement of the concrete but not allow this movement to telegraph to the face of the tile or grout joint.
So not only is it considered an uncoupling membrane but is also categorized as a crack isolation membrane.
Crack isolation membranes are stretchy membranes designed to prevent cracks that originate in the substrate from causing the porcelain or ceramic tile above to crack.
Easy to use and can be applied by roller trowel or airless sprayer.
These have been tested and have the highest performance.
Plywood underlayment over a 3 4 in.
The membrane also produces a moisture barrier.
How to prevent cracked tile floors.
If you want to prevent cracks in the concrete from transferring through to your tile floor the best products are a118 10 crack isolation membranes.
An isolation membrane is used when ceramic tile is going to be laid over where there is a hairline crack in the floor that will be under the tiles.
Designed for interior and exterior use.
The crack isolation membrane is critical as it protects the tile from small movements.
Mapelastic ci prevents nonstructural in plane floor cracks up to 1 8 3 mm from transferring through grout ceramic tile and stone.
If there are hairline cracks in the floor under the tiles they could result in the horizontal movement of the floor along the cracks.
Redgard waterproofing and crack prevention membrane prevents cracks in tile and stone floors due to surface movement.
Subfloor with a crack isolation membrane under the tile.
The tcna spec shows this detail with the tile bonded directly to the plywood but few tile experts recommend doing this.
Mapelastic ci is a premixed liquid rubber quick drying crack isolation membrane for installation under ceramic tile or stone in residential and commercial interior and exterior environments.
Schluter systems kerdi band orange plastic waterproofing tile membrane.
Schluter ditra and ditra xl are specifically designed for ceramic and stone tile installations ditra and ditra xl provide uncoupling to prevent cracked tile and grout.
This movement occurs when a fault or deficiency below the concrete shifts causing an up and down motion.
Conversely crack isolation membranes are not recommended over structural movement.
This type of cracking can be easily avoided in the tile layer either by installing the tile on a mortar bed set over a cleavage membrane method f111 for example or by installing the tile over a crack isolation membrane using a thinset method.
