This modern house on a beautiful site overlooked by Oversley Castle was purchased as a shell and then completed by Sam Taylor, the owner of Valla Homes.  He chose Tile & Flooring in Bath for the installation of the tiles, flooring and bathrooms with Kerakoll products used throughout.

Barry Montacute, Contracts Manager at Tile & Flooring commented: “At Tile & Flooring, Bath we now specify Kerakoll products for all of our projects. We are very impressed with the performance and the green credentials of the product range.  Mark Jory and Chris Lewis from Kerakoll are always available for advice with all of our projects and I personally value this service.”

A major challenge onsite was the bad weather which hampered progress externally where 161m² of 20mm thick porcelain tiles were fixed with Biogel adhesives and grouted using Fugalite Bio which is a water-based resin grout that is resistant to UV rays and waterproof allowing it to withstand the elements on the hilltop site.

Internally there was an in-screed wet system running throughout the building. The existing screeds were levelled using Kerakoll Eco R10, R30 self-levelling compounds and Keralevel Eco LR which is a levelling compound with extra-rapid setting and drying. Where necessary Primer A and Keragrip Eco were used to promote adhesion. Both tiles and wood flooring were specified with 140m² of porcelain and 210m² of marble and limestone as well as 98m² engineered oak flooring in the living area. 

All wet areas were waterproofed using the Laminate No Crack Waterproofing system for the floors which uses Biogel adhesives to form a laminated bond between the substrate and the Aquastop Green membrane and another between the membrane and the tile covering. Nanodefense Eco was used to waterproof the shower walls before tiling.  The choice of adhesive and grout depended on location and the need for speed dictated by access for other trade: Biogel No Limits and Revolution were both used alongside Fugalite Bio and Fugabella Eco Flex. 

The oak flooring was fixed using Idrobuild Tex reinforced anti-cracking sheet and Slc Eco L34 adhesive, a tried and tested product from the Kerakoll wood flooring range.

“The overall result is extremely impressive and definitely worth the hard work”, commented Barry.

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