ᐅ Experiences and Recommendations with Anhydrite Floor Screed?

Hello

We are considering installing an anhydrite screed floor because products like Bodarto, Naturofloor, etc. are too expensive for us.

Who has experience with these types of floors, either from personal use or knowledge of their advantages and disadvantages? How do they compare in price, and can anyone recommend a good specialist in the Eastern Switzerland region?

Thanks and best regards

Anhydrite "floor covering" or "screed"? As a floor covering – I believe – anhydrite is less suitable; or are there products that can withstand constant moisture from floor cleaning? I don’t know of any at the moment, but that doesn’t mean they don’t exist, I’m just not familiar with them.

I don't have personal experience, but my uncle has this kind of flooring. He is quite satisfied with it. In the area where splash water occurs, he installed insulation.

I have had a bad experience with anhydrite as a floor screed. It simply did not dry. Normally, it should be dry after 11 weeks, but not in our case.

This anhydrite screed is simply not recommended. I applied it myself at an acquaintance’s place, and it just never dried. We also heated the area for at least 5 weeks, maintaining temperatures around 25°C (77°F). Then we used a construction dryer, but that helped very little.

In the end, we removed all of the material except for the insulation. Not a pleasant job.

Louis schrieb:
This anhydrite screed is simply not recommended. I even installed it for an acquaintance, and it just wouldn’t dry. We heated the area for at least 5 weeks, with temperatures around 25°C (77°F) the whole time. Then we used a construction dryer as well, but that barely helped.

After that, we removed all the material except for the insulation. Not a pleasant job.

Thank you all for the information. At first, I also planned to use an anhydrite screed. But after reading about the significant drying issues here, I’ll rather avoid it and look for other alternatives.