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    Tiles lifting

    Hi New to this forum, but could do with some advise if anyone can help. I fitted a bathroom for a customer and had my tiler do all the walls and floor. Prior to the floor we screwed down 18mm wpb on top of floor boards (with plenty of screws) this then got primed before underfloor heating was...
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    Stone Floor Lifting

    Hi all, I would really appreciate any opinions on the following scenario. Thanks in advance for any help. House was 20 years old. It had a large hall with carpet on floor (50M2). Carpet was removed and concrete slab was exposed. It was dust free and dry but and reasonably level. Devi...
    • Michael Coughlan
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    • debonding floor floor tiling lifting stone tile usa
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    stone floor lifting from adhesive

    Hello, A wet floor that was layed 6-8 weeks ago is starting to fail. Several of the envelope cut tiles are not bonded to any of the adhesive(weber rapid set flexi) I lifted a tile using a glass sucker today and it was like cling film had been placed between the tile and adhesive. Any clues at...
    • vic
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    • adhesive debonding floor floor tiling lifting stone tile tile adhesive usa
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    My porcelain kitchen tiles are lifting - help.....

    We put down 40sqm of porcelain tiles in the kitchen. We have under floor heating which we commission for weeks before the floor was laid, we used flexible adhesive. It begun to lift a few months after it was laid. The tiles lift then the grout crack. It has only done this in parts of the...
    • d8wyt
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    • bathroom debonding help kitchen kitchen tiles lifting porcelain porcelain tile porcelain tiles tile tiles usa
    • Replies: 41
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    Advice Please - Lifting a currently tiled floor

    Hi, I have a job coming up to re-tile a bathroom floor so I was wondering what the best tool or tools would be to remove the old tiles and adhesive from the floor? Cheers Stephen
    • BroughtyTiler
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    • advice debonding floor floor tiling lifting please tile tiled usa
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    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    Porcelain tiles lifting and cracking after one week.

    I am having a house built and the floor is 600 x 600 polished porcelain tiles from Pocelanosa. the total area tiled is around 150 sq M. There is underfloor heating with a screed on top. The tiles have lifted and cracked after only one week. The builder says he doesn't know why. I am concerned...
    • John Lyden
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    • crack cracking debonding lifting porcelain porcelain tile porcelain tiles tile tiles usa
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    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    tiles lifting

    Hello In a customers house the tiles on the extension floor are bulging up in a long row. Was there and you could here them making a loud noise as they rose up. The floor is cement screed and the screed and floor must be down abut 15-20 years. It is a continuation of the rear room...
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    Black Quartz Tiles Lifting..Please help asap

    Hi all, This is a first for me, i have had a recall on a job 2 years after installing it. I installed a batrhroom for a sound gentlemen ( a tv exec) that was very excat on what he wanted, he wanted the walls tanked(wp1) and knew the corrcet types of fexible adhesive/grout for it etc and also on...
    • bradburytiling
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    • black debonding help lifting quartz tile tiles usa
    • Replies: 20
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    help !!!! quartz tiles lifting when uth switched on

    hi all need some advice,i layed about 50m2 of 600 by 600 quartz tiles last xmas with uth.the ut heating has recently been switched on and an area of about 2m2 has lifted into point in one area of the room.it was a concrete floor primed and layed a foam based insulation board which i hadnt used...
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    Lifting all ceramic tiles with UFH below

    Our current ceramic tiles are getting chipped and tatty and I want to replace with more hardwearing tiles. As I have electric UFH under these in the kitchen I had originally intended to tile over the existing, but this would produce a level change between utility (where these tuiles will remain...
    • echo
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    • ceramic ceramic tile ceramic tiles debonding lifting tile tiles ufh usa
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    Tiles lifting, Cement floors

    Hi I have a tiled floor in my kitchen put down 5 years ago and recently two tiles started to lift and the grouting is coming out each time we walk on them, now the surrounding tiles seem to be lifting also they sound hallow when tapped and they move when walked on. I am wondering there a way...
    • Unregistered
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    • cement debonding floor floor tiling floors lifting tile tiles usa
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    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    lifting floor tile

    Hello all, What are your thoughts on lifting a damaged marble tile? Let me explain, Ive tiled the downstairs of a new build in 305 x 305 x 10mm marble tiles. The tiles have a slightly polished finish. They were laid on Bal ptb flexible over ditra matting The floor has been grouted with Bal...
    • boart
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    • debonding floor floor tile floor tiling lifting tile usa
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    ply lifting in corners

    just priced a floor which has been plyed and is flat apart from round the wc and corners of the room, the ply tends to go upwards by around 10mm? meaning the tiles are gona rise at the edges totaly spoiling the job ! just wondering wot u guys / gals would do ?
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    lifting limestone tilesany machinery to do it????

    hi there just another thought is there any machinery that would fit into a standard house to lift limestone tiles...many thanks
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    Floor tiles lifting after laying. Please help

    Hi I would be very grateful for your suggestions/thoughts. Details: -Laying ceramic floor tiles 33cm x 33cm in the conservatory - 15m sq.. -The floor was chipboard and I layed 12mm WPB plywood screwed at 25cm intervals. -Coated with BAL - bond SBR -Used homebases Evo-Stik Tile a Floor...
    • Unregistered
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    • debonding floor floor tiles floor tiling help laying lifting please tile tiles usa
    • Replies: 28
    • Forum: Best Floor Tiles
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    lifting tiles

    hi everyone,i have come across a problem twice in 2 weeks where the ceramic tiles after a number of years just start banging and lifting and in the 2 cases the adhesive has been on the concrete floor but not on the tile.im baffled by this and i have to relay these floors with new tiles and the...
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    Tiles lifting after 4 years - what's gone wrong?

    Hi Folks, Hoping someone can offer some explanations for my issue here: Moved into a newbuild house 4 yrs ago, tiled the kitchen with 25 sqM of porcelain tiles, used Bal rapidset adhesive on a 20mm bed, grouted with Bal wide joint flexible - subfloor is concrete pad overlaid with screed...
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    Advice on lifting kitchen floor tiles

    hey guys, been asked to look at a kitchen floor that needs tiled, the kitchen units are on top the existing tiles, will it be possile to remove the tiles without disturbing the units too much do you think?
    • quackfly
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    • advice bathroom debonding floor floor tiles floor tiling kitchen kitchen floor lifting tile tiles usa
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: Best Floor Tiles
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    Tiles lifting

    Hi, i have recently done the first 2 of 22 kitchen floors (flats). The area totals 8m2 per flat. 1 tile has cracked in each flat, same tile, same place. I have gone back and removed said tiles which revealed cracks in screed. The floor has ufh throughout the kitchen area but stops before a...
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    Lifting toilets and sinks!!

    Hi everyone, I tiled my bathroom floor last year, and cut around the toilet and sink, as I want to do this full time eventually I was wondering if anyone can give me advice, regarding a short course on how to remove and re install these? As it would save alot of time! Thanks for your help in...
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