MS ISO/TR 17870-2:2015 Ceramic tiles – Guidelines for installation – Part 2: Installation of thin ceramic wall and floor tiles and panels.

Scope:

This part of ISO/TR 17870 defines the quality of thin ceramic tiling and provides guidance for materials selection, installation, and use, to achieve required levels of quality and performance. It considers aspects related to the specification and installation of the tiling project, in terms of:
— manufacture and distribution of the materials (thin ceramic tiles and panels, adhesives, grouts, etc.),
— specification of the thin tiling, and
— installation of the tiling (thin tile fixing operations).

It is applicable to internal and external thin ceramic floor and wall tiling, installed by adhesive methods. NOTE The quality of thin ceramic tiling depends on the following general characteristics:
— regularity;
— durability;
— safety.

The durability of the thin tiling can depend on its use and management.