Floor leveling products are important because they ensure an even, stable and durable base for further floor installation.
Here are a few reasons why floor leveling products are central to construction and renovation projects:
Even surface: Many types of flooring, such as parquet, floor coverings and carpets, require a completely level surface to lay properly. Levelling compounds fill in unevenness and provide a smooth surface for further floor installation.
Improves durability: An even and properly leveled floor reduces the risk of damage, creaking, cracking or movement and uneven wear and tear in the finished floor - this increases the life of the floor.
Time efficiency: Our range of floor leveling products consists of pumpable, fast and normal drying products for both thin and thick layers. Together, this gives the floor layer full control over the time aspect of any project.
Advantage when embedding heating cables and waterborne heating: The screed completely encloses cables and pipes so that the underfloor heating system works more efficiently, providing optimal heat distribution and avoiding air pockets that can lead to installation problems.
Improved sound insulation: Levelling layers combined with Mapei's footfall sound underlay contribute to significantly improved footfall sound reduction and less noise from footsteps and other vibrations between floors.
Prevents moisture problems: Bonding flooring to a Mapei levelling compound reduces adhesive and coating degradation over time, unlike where coatings are bonded directly to concrete substrates. This is due to the differences in pH values between concrete and screed.
Sustainability and innovation in practice
Sustainability is about more than just words - it's about actually making a difference. Innovation and sustainability are important in everything we do, and our research center for sustainable concrete technology has worked purposefully over time to develop floor levelling products that help achieve the construction industry's goal of reduced greenhouse gas emissions. These products are part of our overall commitment to all aspects of sustainability:
New RECLIMATE technology: our floor levelling products contain low clinker cement, which means we've reduced the carbon footprint as much as we can in the products themselves - without compromising on quality.
Product-specific EPDs and documentation: Low greenhouse gas emissions are documented with product-specific EPDs for all products. We can also help to contribute to project-specific EPDs.
The products are part of Mapei's ZERO concept: with this concept, we take the CO2 emissions remaining from the product during its lifetime and offset them by supporting climate projects in other countries.
Pre-Mixed by Mapei: most of our new levelling compounds can be delivered, mixed and pumped directly to the construction site - also by electric truck. This reduces waste, minimizes dust issues and saves time.
Local development and production: the products are developed and manufactured at our factory in Nord-Odal.
Low emissions: our levelling compounds are all EC1 Plus-certified, which means that they emit as few volatile organic compounds as possible. This contributes to a safe and healthy indoor environment.
Want to know more about how our floor leveling products can make a difference in your next project? Get in touch with us today!
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