CONCRETE & STONEWORK
FUGA-PAVE ABC
SUPER REVIEWS FOR A NEW MORTAR,
PRIMER AND GROUT SYSTEM
A guaranteed installation
system that delivers substantial
improvements over traditional sand
and cement, at no extra cost. No
wonder professional landscapers
and their suppliers are excited about
FUGA-PAVE ABC.
Tilers Tools (a division of Aquacut
Limited) has announced the
launch of a cost-effective, but
powerful system that can be used
for installing porcelain, stone or
cementitious products. While
delivering a number of benefits
over traditional sand plus cement
plus additives methods, FUGA-
PAVE Parts A & B gives valuable
improvements for no greater cost
than sand plus cement installations.
Tilers Tools has a reputation for
working closely with the landscape
community – they have held a series
of demonstration and ‘how-to’ days
throughout the country and are
often approached for advice with
regard to installation techniques,
tools, equipment and consumables.
As 20mm thick porcelain is
specified more and more, the team
at Tilers Tools were increasingly
asked to recommend the best
installation techniques. Tilers
Tools picked up the challenge to
develop a system designed for
professional landscapers whether
installing porcelain, natural stone or
cementitious products in landscapes
and hardscapes.
The folks at Tilers Tools approached
adhesives manufacturers with a list
of attributes they insisted that Parts
A and B, (hybrid cement and primer)
must have.
These included;
• Economic – the cost should be
no more than existing sand plus
cement techniques
• Easy to mix – hybrid cement
mixes with grit sand and water
(6:1, sand:hybrid cement), for the
primer just mix with water
• Easy to use – creamy texture,
hold the flag well, must not ooze
through the joints
• Good pot life
• Water based – so easy to clean up
• Can be used on porcelain, natural
stone and cementitious flags
• Permeable but very hard bed
– particularly important when
laying porous stone and cementbased
flags
• Strong bond between substrate
and mortar, and mortar and flags
• Comes in weatherproof bags, so
can be stored outside on site
• The hybrid cement can be mixed
with builders’ sand for use as a
strong mortar for brick walls
The hybrid cement has been
formulated to be laid on a compacted
bed 100-150mm thick. The mortar
applied at least 25mm thick, acts
alongside the primer to give a
powerful monolithic bond that really
grabs the flags in a similar way as a
tile adhesive on steroids would.
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