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Ardex K 40 Rapid Drying High Flow Levelling And Smoothing Compound - Very smooth self levelling compound

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Ardex UK Ltd – High Performance Flooring, Tiling, Screeding and Building Products Third party certifications:
  • DoP

    DoP

    Certificate type

Rapid drying high flow levelling and smoothing compound.

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Application

For levelling and smoothing most new and existing internal subfloors including, concrete, cement/sand screeds, anhydrite screeds, stone, terrazzo and ceramic tiles, and suitable timber floors.

Description

Rapid drying high flow levelling and smoothing compound that once mixed can be applied from 2 to 20 mm.


Features and benefits:

  • Walkable in two hours.
  • Install resilient and timber floorcoverings in six hours.
  • No patching or rubbing down the next day.
  • Helps eliminate trowel marks, ridges and imperfections.
  • Suitable for underfloor heating.
  • Rapidry formula, dry in 6 to 24 hours depending on thickness.
  • Pumpable

General information

Color

Grey

Finish

Smooth

Material

Fibre-reinforced

Shape

Formless

Length

Bespoke

Width

Bespoke

Height

Bespoke

Uniclass

Pr_35_31_06_80 Smoothing and levelling underlay compoundsPrimary

CAWS

M50/65 Laying coverings

M50/25 Carpeting

M50/10 Resilient floor tiling

M50/20 Sheeting

M50/15 Carpet tiling

M40/12 Mosaic to

M50/460 Smoothing/ levelling underlayment compound

M50/150 Sheeting

M50/170 Carpeting

M50/130 Carpet tiling

M40/460 Smoothing underlayment

M40/120 Mosaic to

M40/110 Tiling to

M10/160 Proprietary self smoothing levelling screeds

K21/10 Wood laminate flooring

K21/20 Composite laminated flooring

M40/5 Tiling to

M50/110 Resilient floor tiling

K21/146 Laminate flooring

K21/145 Composite laminate flooring

K21/115 Wood laminate flooring

Specification data - Smoothing and levelling underlay compounds

Material

Fibre-reinforced.

Primer

Not required.

ARDEX P 51.

ARDEX P 4.

Manufacturer guidance

All surfaces must be primed to maximise the working time, maintain the flow life, and prevent air bubbles rising through the levelling compound.

Compressive strength – 1 day

9.0 N/mm².

Compressive strength – 7 days

29.0 N/mm².

Compressive strength – 28 days

37.0 N/mm².

TensileStrength

2.5 N/mm² (1 day); 6.0 N/mm² (7 days); 9.5 N/mm² (28 days).

Flexural strength

9.5 N/mm².

Coverage

5 m².

Guidance for specification option:

At 3 mm thick per 22 kg bag.

Capacity

22 kg.

Application thickness

3 mm.

Total VOCs (maximum)

EC1+R.

Working time

30 minutes.

Guidance for specification option:

Flow life at 20°C approx. 25 minutes.

Density

1.2 kg/L.

Manufacturer guidance

Bulk density of powder.

Weight

1.9 kg/L.

Manufacturer guidance

Weight of fresh mortar approx.

Sustainability data

Country of product manufacture

United Kingdom

BIM objects

BOS

NBS BIM Object Standard

This BIM object has been authored to meet the requirements of the NBS BIM Object Standard.

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Platform Compatible Version
Revit
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1

IFC
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1

Third party certifications

DoP

ARDEX K 40 FLOW - DOP

Literature

Ardex K 40 Sustainability Data Sheet

Ardex K 40 Sustainability Data Sheet

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