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ARDEX K 15 Rapid Drying Heavy Duty Self-Levelling Smoothing Compound

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Ardex UK Ltd – High Performance Flooring, Tiling, Screeding and Building Products

Rapid drying and heavy duty, ARDEX K 15 self-levelling compound will level and smooth most types of sub-floors including concrete, cement screeds, tiles and anhydrite screeds.

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Application

For leveling and smoothing most types of sub-floors including concrete, cement screeds, tiles and anhydrite screeds. Ideal for use with ARDEX flooring adhesives.

Description

K 15 is a rapid drying self-levelling sub-floor smoothing compound.


Features and benefits:

  • Improved yield and superior flow and levelling characteristics.
  • Rapid hardening - walk on after two hours.
  • Receives floorcoverings the next day, regardless of thickness at 20°C.
  • Apply from feather edge up to 35 mm thick.
  • Can be applied by trowel or pump.
  • Strong - high compressive strength.
  • Suitable for floors with underfloor heating.


Thickness:

  • May generally be applied to any thickness, but non-absorbent sub-floors, e.g. flooring grade asphalt, must be levelled with at least 1.5 mm of ARDEX K15.
  • No more than 6 mm of ARDEX K 15 should be used on top of asphalt.
  • Limitations: ARDEX K 15 is limited to 10 mm thick on ARDEX P 82 primer.
  • This is reduced to 6 mm on ARDEX P 82 when onto ARDEX DPM/ ARDEX DPM 1C/ ARDEX DPM 1CR.

General information

Color

Grey

Finish

Smooth

Material

Cementitious

Shape

Formless

Length

Bespoke

Width

Bespoke

Height

-

Manufacturer guidance

ARDEX K 15 can be applied from a very thin coating up to 35mm thick. ARDEX K 15 should be applied at thicknesses greater than 1.5mm to benefit from its self-levelling properties.


NOTE: Non-absorbent sub-floors, e.g. surface damp proof membranes, must be levelled with at least 3mm of the smoothing compound up to a maximum of 6mm thick.

Uniclass

Pr_35_31_06_80 Smoothing and levelling underlay compoundsPrimary

CAWS

K21/10 Wood laminate flooring

K21/115 Wood laminate flooring

M42/10 Wood flooring

K21/110 Wood flooring

K21/145 Composite laminate flooring

K21/20 Composite laminated flooring

M40/12 Mosaic to

M40/120 Mosaic to

M40/5 Tiling to

M40/110 Tiling to

M50/10 Resilient floor tiling

M50/110 Resilient floor tiling

M50/15 Carpet tiling

M50/130 Carpet tiling

M50/150 Sheeting

M50/20 Sheeting

M50/170 Carpeting

M51/110 Carpeting

M50/25 Carpeting

M10/160 Proprietary self smoothing levelling screeds

M40/460 Smoothing underlayment

M50/460 Smoothing/ levelling underlayment compound

M50/65 Laying coverings

Product range

Levelling Compounds / Industrial

Specification data - Smoothing and levelling underlay compounds

Material

Special cements, graded aggregates and high quality synthetic resins.

Primer

Not required.

P51 primer.

Guidance for specification option:

Aqueous synthetic based dispersion primer and bonding agent used to prepare internal surfaces to receive cement-based levelling compounds, adhesives or screeds. Use ARDEX P51 on very absorbent surfaces.

P82 primer.

Guidance for specification option:

Two-part water based synthetic dispersion primer and bonding agent used to form a priming/ bonding layer on most substrates, particularly smooth or dense surfaces, e.g. smooth power floated concrete including ARDEX DPM/ ARDEX DPM 1C/ ARDEX DPM 1CR.

P4 primer.

Guidance for specification option:

Solvent free rapid drying primer, applied to concrete, screeds, terrazzo and ceramic tiles and can be used externally.

Manufacturer guidance

All surfaces must be primed.

Aggregate filler

Not required.

ARDEX 3—8 mm Coarse Aggregate.

Application thickness

0—35 mm.

Coverage

Approximately 1.4 kg of ARDEX K 15 per m² per mm thick.

Guidance for specification option:

e.g. One 22 kg bag will give enough material to cover approx. 5.25 m² at 3 mm thick.

Compressive strength – 28 days

35 N/mm².

Flexural strength

9.0 N/mm².

Sustainability data

Country of product manufacture

United Kingdom

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Platform Compatible Version
Revit

Revit 2016

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Literature

ARDEX Tiling Guide

ARDEX Tiling Guide

ARDEX Fast Track Floor Screed Brochure

ARDEX Fast Track Floor Screed Brochure

ARDEX Datasheets Booklet

ARDEX Datasheets Booklet

ARDEX RIBA CPD Seminars Brochure

ARDEX RIBA CPD Seminars Brochure

ARDEX K 15 Sustainability Data Sheet

ARDEX K 15 Sustainability Data Sheet

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