MS 1294-1:2012 “The preparation of various backgrounds to receive cement-based achesives and the precautions that should be acopted in each instance are deseribed in Clause 6 (see aiso 713) NOTE. Some cemonttased sdhosios have teon spaciay formulated fr use on sat pred aypsum aster Me hi pister bockgroundssuotete I very dependent on the Plaster being suffcemly svong ae dry ‘preuprose 7.2.4.3 Preparation of tiles Tiles should be fixed dry, they should not be soaked 7.2.4.4 Mixing of the adhesives ‘Cement-based adhesives should be mixed with clean water anor sultable latex actives, by mechanical mixing. 2s per recemmonded by the manufacturer to obtain the desired ‘Consistency (refer to cause 5.72). For the adhesion of tow water adsorption ties (see MS 1S0 13006 for tiles in Groups Ia, 1b and 1a), a liquid polymer addtve in replacement of the rhormal mixing water is requred for normal adhesive AS in the case of using higher performance adhesive (please refer to clause 6 7 2), quid polymer addi Is not required The open time of the mix and the working time is defined by the manufacturer and these time limits should be strictly observed especially when tiling under hot or windy condition 7.24.8 Application of adhesive and tiles 7.24.64 Notched trowelting method For installation of smaller sized tiles and in situations where cry conditions prevail after tiling i completed, the notched troweling method should be used. The tinal bed thickness of the ‘coment-based adhesive (thin-ed) should not exceed 3 mn; if tis used et a thickness greater than this, excessive stresses might develop possibly resulling in cracking of the tiles andlor adhesion failure : ‘The adhesive should be applied fo the surface as a floated coat with a trovel, pressing the adhesive into the surface, to gve a bed thickness of approximately 3mm, which should then be combed through with a notched trowel of the type recommended by the adhesive ranufacturer, this gives a sories of parallt ribs into which the dry ties should be pressed with aliding action, this operation hes to be carried out correctly by sliding the tile at least the “wigth of a ib perpendicular to the adhesive ribs to ensure that the adhesive wets the back of ‘Be sleape actives ormbinim cena on ‘of atleast 90 %, spread evenly over the back of Ake a matter of goed ‘sie practice and (0 ensure long term stably of the fing installation it Is advisable to maximise the contact ec ye of the adhesive as @ sufficiently disputed coverage gives full supoon tothe tle with partioular attention being Gven to ful ‘adhesive contact a all corners and ed NOTE: wii fcreased conect coverage wi ass in resisting ferential mover, n= coverage ower fan the ‘inimum recommendation mgt facile Ung system falures, a flue to achive the mininum recommended Haar ceca aot automatealy be econ ee a piveryonuxo of aifrontal movement falures Ts is Because ‘oauhy ston eshesve posed Wing ayer to med! perarmance requitemen fs aflectes By vanes faces, ove of BRD osontact overege ane latibuton ef the aes Otar posfle contituiny Taco coud be wall Pe Secon et ha swale manutacrer for exam te elie fr the provion of adequate moverant Jor the eg astalaton © STANOARDS MALAYSIA 2012 - lights rears 38Ms 1294-1:2012 Ties siould be fixed before surface drying of the ribbed achesive bed prevents the adheslve wetting the back of the tile: the open time varies acoording to the prevailing almosphevie Conditions and is usually about 20 min; itis important not to spread more adhesive on the wall than can be covered with ties within tie open time of the achesive A suitably designed notched trowel should be used for combing the achesive. The Important ppoint is that whichever typo of trowel is used, it should be such that adequate contact between tie and adhesive is assured. As a rule of thumb, the larger the tiles the larger Notched trowel shall be used ores: 1 Tho amount of eahesive used a he hag fhe bs eshned eGov by to ang whih the we is ‘ad agat the srfoce The omount of conlst also depondent on the twang desing of the leas they ae posses oto he nb of aes 2 Its goes protic to remove a le oecesonaly a5 thy procends to check that orequate contact and wotg it boing maisines wih tha edhsive {&.Crotssaped specor insted in joins before presing to tas ono the adhesive layer may ebttuct reduce ‘ho aneatinatlg moton necessary to masimiessdhoshe contact sce 7.24.62 Buttering method ‘The buttering method can be used for occasional awkward ting positions, 2&9 around ‘openings and restricted areas whiere a notched trawal cannot be used: where this technique thas to be adopted, the achesive should be spread evenly over the whole of the hack of each fy tile with @ trowe! The bed thickness should be slightly greater than the final thickness ‘required so that when each tile is pressed or tapped firmly into position the correct thickness 's achieved The thickness should not be greater than the maximum recommended by the manufacturer of the adhesive. Care should be taken to ensure that as far as possible no voids, are left behind the ties. 724183 Notched trowelling and buttering niéthod _y The notched trowelling and uttering method combines 72.1 §.1 and 724 § 2 and should be used for fing large format tes (3 4) and ties with ribbed, deep keyed or heavy buttoned back profiles. thin coating of adhesive buttored over the backs should fil the deep keys and concave centre curvature (within the industiy's allowable manufacluting tolerance) which is Present in most large forme tiles, before placing the ties in postion on the combed adhesive bbed. There should be no significant Increase In the bed thickness os ‘NOTE “Ths Besang mothod sims to achlove a Gold hea but In praca, «numberof anal ds i neat 7246 Tile joints Tiles should never be fixed with buttjoints, as an adequate width of joint is necessary for the Felief of any local stress Joints of approximately 2 mm to 3 mm should be lef around every tie by inserting spacing pegs of suitable thickness between the tiles as faxing proceeds. If for design reasons wider joints are required, the same technique should be adopted Joint widths should be consistent throughout the instalfation unless specified otherwise (see also 7 1.4) Any surplus bedding materiel remaining on the surface of the tles or in the joint spaces should be removed before it hardens, in readiness for grouting (soe 7 3) 40 (© STANDARDS MALAYSIA 2012 Al agi casnved