Three Steps Up in Underlayment: No Cracks, No Warping, No Stress
When you see perfect tile flooring, there’s a good chance Triton DCI Mat™ is at work behind the scenes: absorbing compression, managing moisture, and preventing cracks. As the industry’s hardest-working decoupling mat, it intuitively adapts to the ever-changing conditions that threaten even the best-laid tile plans.
The Triton DCI Mat™ Value Equation
Less Time, Less Material, More Savings
• No waiting! Triton DCI Mat can be applied over green concrete as soon as it’s walkable
• The Triton DCI Mortar Lock System allows for fast, one pass mortar application
• Does not dent when kneeled or stepped upon, leading to a quicker installation process
• Flexible and lightweight for fast, easy application over any load-bearing and even substrate
How It Works
DCI Technology: Stop Cracks in Their Tracks – For Good
Triton DCI Mat features proprietary DCI (crack isolation) technology that springs into action at the first hint of a tile-destroying force. It protects tile patterns and prevents tiles from popping, dislodging, or cracking. With the Triton DCI Mat tile underlayment, you’ll never have to worry about irregular, unstable, or cracked substrates impacting your tile floor – even in older buildings.
Triton DCI Mat tile underlayment is engineered to meet the challenge of keeping tiled floors intact and impeccable for the long haul. When installed over any subfloor for tile – such as OSB, plywood, and concrete –this powerful uncoupling mat creates a stable, waterproof tile underlayment that can’t be matched by competitive products:
• Proprietary column construction prevents compression from even the heaviest traffic
• Absorbs sound and eliminates loud, hollow footstep sounds
• Prevents crack-causing moisture from affecting tile and grout lines
Why It's Best
Armed with patented 3-Layer Technology, Triton DCI Mat is the best decoupling choice for combating the forces that challenge the integrity and appearance of tile flooring.
Layer 1) Mortar Lock Mesh – Meshing Strength and Stability
• Locks in thin-set mortar with one stroke, saving time
• Tightly bonds matting to the tile mortar
• Highly resistant to compression from load-bearing
Layer 2) Dimpled Geometry Mat – Strong and Waterproofing
• Impenetrable polypropylene forms a vapor barrier
• Prevents mold growth and grout discoloration
• Creates superior adhesion
Layer 3) Advanced Fleece Weave – Maximum Shear Strength
• Mitigates shear forces present in all tile floors, allows safe movement of both tiles and substrate
• Triton DCI’s single layer fleece eliminates fleece separation and failure, unlike competitive products with multi-ply fleece
• Triton DCI fleece is 3x thicker than the competition for the highest tolerance of shear forces and stronger adhesion
Where To Install Triton DCI Mat
Freshly Laid Mineral Subfloors
• Cement screed
• Calcium sulfate screed
• Concrete
Subfloors Subject to Plastic Deformation
• Old synthetic flooring
• Mastic asphalt screed
System Floors
• Double floors
• Raised floors
Outdoor Flooring
• Balconies
• Patios
• Verandas
Problematic Subfloors
• Cracked subfloors
• Mixed-material subfloors
• Wooden subfloors
• Heating screed
• Dry screed
• Metal subfloors
