Setcrete High Performance floor levelling compound is recommended for smoothing flooring screeds that contain underfloor heating systems, prior to the installation of a floor covering.
The levelling compound can also be used to encapsulate mesh-mounted wire underfloor heating systems installed over both screeds and well-fixed timber (plywood) subfloors.
It’s fibre-reinforced formulation ensures the compound will retain its integrity throughout the warming and cooling cycles of the heating system, ensuring that the super smooth surface it delivers will remain intact and uncompromised during the lifetime of a flooring installation.
The levelling compound is suitable for use over both absorbent and non-absorbent subfloors, including sand/cement and concrete screeds, as well as granolithic, terrazzo, epoxy and polyurethane resins, ceramic and quarry tiles. In addition, the fibre reinforcement provides a level of flexibility that makes it suitable for use over plywood subfloors.
As such, Setcrete High Performance can be used throughout the entire floor of a property, providing a uniform, unbroken subfloor finish that offers the perfect base for the installation of floor coverings to optimise their aesthetic appearance and the long-term performance of the floor.
Setcrete Acrylic Primer should be applied to the subfloor prior to the application of the levelling compound to help promote adhesion and to prevent pinholing and the unacceptably rapid drying of the compound when applied over absorbent subfloors.
Commenting on the product, Setcrete Brand Manager Peter Wilson said: “We always recommend that merchants include Setcrete High Performance in their levelling compound range, because of its wide-ranging capabilities and the extra assurance it gives to builders that their flooring projects won’t be compromised, especially when they involve underfloor heating and/or flexible subfloors.”
