OCTOBER 2017

88 Kerakoll promotion Tiles

02 be in London Kerakoll produéts deliver the right fi.nish for London's Intercontinental Hotel in Greenwich

The riverside 02 InterContinental hotel in

London stands on the buzzing Greenwich

Península, with 453 luxury rooms, a 17m

svvimming pool, a beauty spa, 20 meeting

rooms and 3,000-capacity ballroom.

When main contractor Balfour Beatty

appointed Chiltern Contracts Ltd as the tiling

con tractor, it quickly involved Kerakoll in

site meetings and consultations with both

contractor and the architect, Gl Architecture

& Interior Design, for the choice of the tiling

systems.

Karl Beeden, the Kerakoll representative,

selected the products knowing that time

constraints meant over 16,00Q m2 of tiling

had be carried out without a hitch. H40 Eco

Tenaflex was chosen to tile most areas, as it

is extremely high grab, is easily adjustable

and has a pot life of four hours. Fugabella Eco

Porcelana 0-5 was used to grout the tiles and

its Eco Silicone to seal joints. The Fugabella

collection of grouts has natural antibacterial

protection from NHL and very high levels of

mechanical resistance, colour consistency

and water repellence.

The first area to be considered was the

swimming pool, where glass mosaics and

porcelain tiles were specified. Tenaflex

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and the Fugabella grout and silicone carne

into their own here: the adhesive is totally

stable even when in constant contact with

water and the Fugabella range withstands

sustained attack from chemicals.

The architect and designer chose

610mm by 610mm by 15mm River White

granite tiles inlaid with brass to create

an astrological pattern across the floor of

the reception lobby, common areas and

communal washrooms.

Before tiling, the floor was prepared

using one oftwo self-levelling compounds:

Keratech Eco Rl0 is ready for tiling

approximately 12 hours after laying, while

Keratech Eco R30 is used in areas where the

original substrate is more uneven as it can be

laid in thicknesses from 3-30mm, but dries

equally rapidly.

H40 Eco Marmorex was specified as the

adhesive for the granite. It is a pure white

rapid set adhesive which locks in excess

mixing water and prevents stains from

forming on the surface of delicate natural

stones. Washroom walls were tiled with :Jura

Beige limestone fixed with H40 Eco Tenaflex.

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OCTOBER 2017