Low dust technology puts Saint-Gobain Weber in a class of its own

Saint-Gobain Weber, leading UK formulator and manufacturer of innovative materials for the construction sector (including Green Guide A+ rated renders, award-winning external wall insulation systems, technical construction mortars and commercial screeds), has witnessed substantial sales growth in tile fixing and floor levelling compounds. 

Since the introduction of Low Dust Technology (LDT) in 2009, an advanced formulation applied to weber.set rapid SPF tile adhesive and more recently to weber.floor flex levelling compound, sales have increased to an unprecedented level. LDT has been added to the original products after rigorous research, development and investment by Saint-Gobain Weber.  The addition of LDT dramatically reduces airbourne dust created during pouring and mixing, whilst maintaining all of the original benefits to the contractor.

“Month on month sales gains indicate that our distributor network has taken this new technology on board and are really behind it,” says James Mead, Head of Product Management, Saint-Gobain Weber.  “Equally tile fixers and flooring contractors are experiencing first hand the real benefits of these easy to apply, labour saving and technically superior products.”

weber.set rapid SPF with LDT is a rapid setting, flexible cement-based floor and wall adhesive suitable for interior and exterior use.  Ready for light foot traffic and grouting after only two hours, it is available in light grey and white, and packaged in 20kg paper sacks. It can be used to fix all ceramic, porcelain and natural stone floor and wall tiles. It is also perfectly suited to under-floor heating applications and on wooden floors that have been over-boarded with WBP plywood or a suitable thickness of cement or fibre board. 

The high performance weber.floor flex is a cement based, self-smoothing, fibre-modified, rapid-setting floor levelling screed with the added benefit of LDT.  It is ideally used for correcting irregularities on difficult surfaces including wood, concrete slabs, ceramic tiles, floating floors and with underfloor heating.  weber.floor flex with LDT is suitable for interior use only, can build up to 50mm and offers excellent bond strengths even to difficult substrates.  It is ready for light foot traffic after just three hours.

“These products have always been popular, but in the new formulation, with Low Dust Technology, tile applicators and flooring contractors really don’t want to use anything else,” continues James Mead.  “Applicators benefit from these time-saving products which are helping their efficiency and ensuring a more comfortable environment.”

The company’s manufacturing site at Flitwick, Bedfordshire, is one of the few factories in Europe with the capacity to manufacture low dust fibre modified products with total consistency and quality assurance. Local manufacture also affords the shortest route to market and a competitive pricing policy.

For more information about Saint-Gobain Weber’s tile preparation, fixing and finishing products, and commercial flooring systems, please call 08703 330070 or visit: www.netweber.co.uk.

Back to News

Back to top