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ARDEX K 15® Premium Self-Leveling Underlayment​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
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ARDEX K 15® Premium Self-Leveling Underlayment​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Choose the Benchmark

ARDEX K 15® is the original and the most specified self-leveler in North America.

Install over: interior concrete, terrazzo, ceramic and quarry tile, epoxy coating systems, wood, metal and non-water soluble adhesive residue on concrete; can be installed over concrete treated with certain curing compounds.

Key Features 

  • Formulated with a special blend of polymers
  • Pour with the ROVER® or pump with the AMP®
  • Interior use
  • Use on, above or below grade
  • Mixes with water
Installation
  • General priming recommendations:
    • Concrete: ARDEX P 51TM Primer
    • Most non-porous substrates, epoxy coatings, adhesive residue: ARDEX P 82™ Ultra Prime
  • Packaging: 55 lb. (25 kg)
  • Coverage: 30 sq. ft. per bag at 1/4” (2.8 m2 at 6 mm)
  • Thickness:
    • Levels at 1/4” (6 mm)
    • Installs from 1/8” to 1 1/2” (3 mm to 4 cm) neat
    • Up to 5” (13 cm) with aggregate
    • Can be tapered
  • Flow time: 10 minutes
  • Walkable: 2 to 3 hours
  • Install floor coverings:
    • Moisture-insensitive tile and stone: 6 hours
    • All other floor coverings: 16 hours
Performance
  • ASTM C191 Initial Set: Approx. 30 minutes
  • ASTM C191 Final Set: Approx. 90 minutes
  • ASTM C109 mod (air cure only) Compressive Strength: 5500 psi(386 kg/cm2) at 28 days
  • ASTM C348 Flexural Strength: 1200 psi (84 kg/cm2) at 28 days
  • VOC: 0
Specification
  • Working time at 20°C
    approx. 30 minutes

    Flow life at 20°C
    approx. 15 minutes

    Initial Set (Vicat)
    approx. 30 minutes

    Final Set (Vicat)
    approx. 2 hours

    Compressive Strength (EN196)
    After 1 day 19 N/mm²
    After 3 days 22 N/mm²
    After 7 days 28 N/mm²
    After 28 days 35 N/mm²

    Tensile Bending Strength (EN196)
    After 1 day 4.5 N/mm²
    After 3 days 5.8 N/mm²
    After 7 days 6.0 N/mm²
    After 28 days 9.0 N/mm²

    Suitable for underfloor heating
    Yes

Technical specification
  • Unique ref.ardex-k-15
  • Product familySubfloor Preparation
  • Product groupSelf-Leveling Underlayment
  • TypeObject (single object)
  • Date of publishing2018-09-07
  • Edition number1
Related
  • Designed inUnited States
Classification
  • BIMobject CategoryFlooring - Underlay
  • IFC classificationFloor
  • UNSPSC nameCarpet or rug underlays
  • UNSPSC code30161719
  • CSI MasterFormat 2014 Code06 16 26
  • CSI MasterFormat 2014 TitleUnderlayment
  • OmniClass Number23-15 17 11 13
  • OmniClass TitleFloor Underlayments
  • CSI UniFormat II CodeB1010
  • CSI UniFormat II TitleFloor Construction

Region availability

North America Europe Oceania Asia
Anguilla
Austria
New Zealand
Singapore
Antigua and Barbuda
Czech Republic
Thailand
Aruba
Denmark
Barbados
France
Belize
Ireland
Bermuda
Italy
British Virgin Islands
Russia
Canada
Sweden
Caribbean Netherlands
United Kingdom
Cayman Islands
Collectivity of Saint Martin
Costa Rica
Cuba
Curaçao
Dominica
Dominican Republic
El Salvador
Greenland
Grenada
Guadeloupe
Guatemala
Haiti
Honduras
Jamaica
Martinique
Mexico
Montserrat
Nicaragua
Panama
Puerto Rico
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Saint-Barthélemy
Sint Maarten
The Bahamas
Trinidad and Tobago
Turks and Caicos Islands
U.S. Virgin Islands
United States