A Mapei tile installation system has been used by J H Lidstone to complete an extensive project at the iconic St Moritz Hotel & Cowshed Spa in Cornwall. The installation, which featured a variety of N&C Nicobond mosaics and tiles, spanned the indoor pool area, hydro pool, sauna and steam room, experience showers and changing rooms. The Mapei specification included a waterproofing, preparation and installation system, featuring products from Mapei Zero Line – with CO2 offset in the entire lifecycle – and EMICODE: EC1 Plus formulations.
Located in an enviable position on Cornwall’s north coast, near Rock and Polzeath, the St Moritz Hotel is an iconic landmark with a whitewashed tiered façade.
During preparation of the swimming pool, wellness areas, showers and changing rooms, Mapei Planitop Fast 330 quick-setting, fibre-reinforced cementitious levelling mortar was applied to surfaces, incorporating Topcem special fast drying hydraulic screed binder. Surfaces were then tanked with Mapelastic Zero flexible cementitious waterproofing mortar and Mapeband 120mm – an alkali-resistant rubber and felt tape for corners and adjacent walls – to create an impermeable waterproof barrier.
The tile installation was completed with three Mapei adhesives: Keraflex Maxi S1, Keraquick XL Fibrelite and Keraquick S1 Zero. Tiles were then grouted with Ultracolor Plus, also from the Zero Line, and within the pools and showers with Kerapoxy Easy design.
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