We're laying a Karndean floor at the weekend/next week and have been
trying to get hold of a floor roller. After a lot of ringing round
tool hire shops in South London the soonest we can get one is next
Tuesday.

Any suggestions from anyone? I dont suppose anyone local has one we
can borrow.

"anthony james" wrote in message
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We're laying a Karndean floor at the weekend/next week and have been
trying to get hold of a floor roller. After a lot of ringing round
tool hire shops in South London the soonest we can get one is next
Tuesday.

Any suggestions from anyone? I dont suppose anyone local has one we
can borrow.

Ive had a few kardean floors laid in my house over the last few year (my
wife used to work for kardean), but have never used a floor roller. Not sure
which product you are using, but ive got the plank type De Vinci and the
tile type De Vinci. First time round i laid it myself without a problem
without the roller. The second time it was done professionally, and they
did'nt use a roller either. I think you are worrying to much.

The head office is about 1 mile away from me. If I can be of any help let me
know.

"Jim S" wrote in message ...
I think you are worrying to much.

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Maybe, but we rented a garden roller anyway. On reflection i'm not
sure it was required. We were laying DaVinci tiles with the 'contact'
adhesive and i'm amazed how easy it was - the tile laying went really
well.

The latex levelling compound however.... certainly didnt self level
and we failed to work it enough to get the trowel marks out. We woke
on Sunday to a floor that was significantly worse than it was when we
started on Saturday morning. 4 or 5 hours troweling on Ardex Feather
Finish sorted it out, improved our trowel skills and left us both with
blisters. We ended up with a very smooth floor with slightly gentler
undulations than we started with. Next time we'll just use the
feather finish.

"anthony james" wrote in message
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"Jim S" wrote in message
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I think you are worrying to much.

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Maybe, but we rented a garden roller anyway. On reflection i'm not
sure it was required. We were laying DaVinci tiles with the 'contact'
adhesive and i'm amazed how easy it was - the tile laying went really
well.

The latex levelling compound however.... certainly didnt self level
and we failed to work it enough to get the trowel marks out. We woke
on Sunday to a floor that was significantly worse than it was when we
started on Saturday morning. 4 or 5 hours troweling on Ardex Feather
Finish sorted it out, improved our trowel skills and left us both with
blisters. We ended up with a very smooth floor with slightly gentler
undulations than we started with. Next time we'll just use the
feather finish.

Agreed on the "contact" adhesive.

I've laid Karndean flooring in two bathrooms now. You can see one example
result at
http://www.btinternet.com/~simon.str...orfinished.jpg

The first one (in the picture) used the old "high temperature" adhesive.
This was VERY wet and VERY messy and, like you, I hired a garden roller as
it seems nobody has heard of a proper metal sectional floor roller here. I
spent most of the time wiping off excess adhesive. It think I probably used
the wrong trowel.

The second one (using "planks" rather than "tiles") was more recent. They
had introduced the new "pressure sensitive" adhesive and that was an
absolute pleasure to use. I got the proper special trowel this time from my
local flooring supplier. I just used a small hard hand roller in places but
I didn't feel it was really essential. No signs of lifting yet and there are
plenty of pointy "corners" as it was laid in a diagonal arrangement.

Regards,
Simon.

Simon Stroud wrote:
I've laid Karndean flooring in two bathrooms now. You can see one
example result at
http://www.btinternet.com/~simon.str...orfinished.jpg

That's an impressive layout, particularly how the tile corners meet the
border without any of the tips having to be cut.

--
Toby.

'One day son, all this will be finished'

"Toby" wrote in message
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Simon Stroud wrote:
I've laid Karndean flooring in two bathrooms now. You can see one
example result at
http://www.btinternet.com/~simon.str...orfinished.jpg

That's an impressive layout, particularly how the tile corners meet the
border without any of the tips having to be cut.

--
Toby.

'One day son, all this will be finished'

Hello Toby,

It looks great (if I do say so myself). However it took a LOT of planning to
millimetre accuracy and on closer inspection you would find that the borders
on each side of the room are slightly different widths to allow the
diagonally cut half tiles to work out correctly. Also I had just had a VERY
amusing quote for supply and fit so I was determined to do a good job of it
myself to avoid the embarrassment of having to go back, with my tail between
my legs, to the local pro fitter if I cocked it up.

See my older post at:

http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=e...1.giganews.com

.... where I reveal my secret (which was finding some very useful info on the
Amtico site on how to plan this type of layout).

Actually the link in there to the Amtico interesting pages doesn't work any
more. However for your convenience I have just tracked down the information.
They have now made it available in a PDF file. You need to go to
www.amtico.co.uk and select "business". Then under Get Help (up the top)
then FAQ page then "Technical data sheets" (near the top of the screen) you
can download the PDF. It's called the US Technical Manual. NOTE this is not
the same as the similarly named PDF that lives on the "Advice""Technical
manual" page. This is a slightly cut down "glossy brochure" version that
seems to have some of this very useful layout information removed.

Regards,
Simon.