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JOINTEC GT By PROFILITEC
Collection: Jointec
Type: Joint filler for industrial floors
JOINTEC GT - Joint filler for saw cuts in concrete and quartz-paste industrial floors, smoothed with vibrating float. Once casting has been completed, the floor is saw cut normally in 5m x 5m bays, to control the movements and ensure proper dilatation space. Thanks to the exclusive production system with an inner glass fibre thread, this joint does not elongate during installation and limits the shrinkage, as it normally happens with profiles without glass fibre, at the rate of 5/10 cm already after a few days after installation. The particular lightened shape in the upper part improves the profile versatility, which can suit cuts widths from 3,5 to 5,5 mm. Settlements of the structure, expansion and compression due to thermal excursion, shrinkage and structural bending are elements that create continuous movements and stresses in the flooring that often generate problems of cracking or premature detachment of the covering. It is therefore a good idea to provide an adequate grid of expansion joints during installation, choosing the type of joint and its location in consideration of the loads and stresses to which the cladding will be subjected and the different thermo-hygrometric linear expansion coefficients of the bedding and tiles and the possible interactions between different materials. The splitting of the surface and the screed underneath is in fact decisive in order to guarantee a workmanlike laying in both the adhesive and traditional methods. Always foresee a joint - In correspondence with a change in the substrate material and/or the casting joints. - In correspondence with pre-existing discontinuities in the substrate, such as structural expansion joints and different screed blocks. - At fixed elements such as columns and doors. - At changes in the laying direction. - At points where the tiled surface meets walls or containing elements. The resulting modules should be as regular as possible. As a general rule, the proportion between the two sides should not exceed 2:1.