Located in the heart of Budapest, Hotel Moments is one of the most important and most successful hotel renovation projects completed in the Hungarian capital in recent years. The architectural solutions adopted during the renovation of this building – built between 1880 and 1882 according to a design by the architect Adolf Feszty – are also an example of the professionalism and competitiveness of the Hungarian construction sector. And there really were numerous Mapei solutions used to both lay wall and floor coverings and install tiles.

In the basement of the building, where the dedicated wellness areas, the kitchen and various service rooms are located, the walls were covered with glass mosaics and ceramic tiles, while porcelain tiles were installed on the floor. Wherever the surface of the floors needed to be levelled, the solution adopted was ULTRAPLAN ECO 20 rapid hydrating self-levelling compound. To repair the concrete in the basement wellness area, the surfaces were initially treated with PRIMER G and then a layer of PLANITOP 400 fast-setting mortar was applied. Some of the reinforced cement and brick walls were repaired with NIVOPLAN, indoor and outdoor levelling mortar for walls and ceilings. The wellness area was then waterproofed with MAPELASTIC cementitious mortar in combination with MAPEBAND, rubber tape with alkali-resistant fabric. Also in the wellness area, 60x60 cm porcelain tiles were bonded on the walls and floors with KERAFLEX MAXI S1, high-performance, cementitious adhesive with no vertical slip and LowDust technology, particularly recommended for bonding large porcelain and natural stone tiles and grouted with KERACOLOR FF FLEX, flexible cement-based grout with DropEffect, for joints from 2 to 6 mm.