Porcelain Loose external porcelain tile

nesting · Mar 29, 2021

I got some everscape porcelain tile from Topp Tiles last year installed externally. It was put on a bed of mortar and a few of them has now come loose. These are the ones that lips just over a few mm over steps down hence the movement. Others seem ok as they are pretty heavy.

How best can I stick them down to the hardened mortar without digging everything up? I have about 7 slabs that goes across the steps.

They are pretty heavy 60cmx60 format. I also have easy joint resin grout in between.

Thanks!

Dave · Mar 29, 2021

They have been fixed down wrongly , sand and cement isn’t suitable for external with porcelain and they will simply pop up with the freeze/thaw we have in the winter.. a screed mix with a slurry bonding of the tile to get a bond..

nesting · Mar 29, 2021

Dave said:
They have been fixed down wrongly , sand and cement isn’t suitable for external with porcelain and they will simply pop up with the freeze/thaw we have in the winter.. a screed mix with a slurry bonding of the tile to get a bond..

Hi Dave - im new to this so excuse the naivety. When you say screed mix and slurry bonding agent, does this mean, I can apply some cement levelling screed on top of the mortar then some SBR onto the tile?

Im trying to avoid digging up the hardened mortar. Will an adhesive do?

Dave · Mar 29, 2021

nesting said:
Hi Dave - im new to this so excuse the naivety. When you say screed mix and slurry bonding agent, does this mean, I can apply some cement levelling screed on top of the mortar then some SBR onto the tile?

Im trying to avoid digging up the hardened mortar. Will an adhesive do?

A quick fix would be tile adhesive , i was just stating the initial install was not done correctly for Porcelain tiles..

nesting · Mar 29, 2021

Dave said:
A quick fix would be tile adhesive , i was just stating the initial install was not done correctly for Porcelain tiles..

Fab thanks. Any specific adhesive you'd recommend considering the mess its in? Ta

Dave · Mar 29, 2021

nesting said:
Fab thanks. Any specific adhesive you'd recommend considering the mess its in? Ta

Preferably a min C2 rapid for adhesion to the tile.

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