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We are removing the tiles installed on my kitchen floor as they are lifting on their own. As we remove the tiles I've noticed that the adhesive used is glued to the concrete floor but none of it has adhered to the tile itself. I don't know anything about installing tiles but to me it seems...

Hi I fitted a wetroom myself last year. Used a marmox tray with proper cement addy & grout. Unfortunately I noticed this afternoon that the tiles have lifted a a loud squelching sound can be heard. I think the fault mainly is not using sealant around around the edge of the drain where it meets...

Can anyone give any advice please. We bought a new house 7 years ago and lived in it for 5 years and then rented it out. After 2 years with the same tenants they called us to say that some of the kitchen tiles were lifting. Our immediate thoughts were subsidence or water so we rushed down to...

Hello there, I've the finish lifting off my slate kitchen floor tiles at this time, and would really appreciate some direction in the product that I would be needing to source / apply to restore them. I will be as descriptive as I can be, but am by no means an expert so please bear with me...

Hello there, I've the finish lifting off my slate kitchen floor tiles at this time, and would really appreciate some direction in the product that I would be needing to source / apply to restore them. I will be as descriptive as I can be, but am by no means an expert so please bear with...

just had call. fitted around 10 m2 porcelain 60x60s (porcelaiosa) 3 weeks ago. substrate anhydrite screen... rubbed down and primed.... tiles are lifting??? all materials are butech. adhesive stuck to floor but not tile... any ideas? no pics yet!.... now all i can say is, adhesive has not...

Hi guys newbie here this may seem like a strange question but you guys will no if it's possible or not? I have a customer who's floor tiles a starting to come loose under foot the grout is coming away the tiler who Did the job has'moved away' and will not honour the job. The customer states...

Hi, I recently bought a victorian house and have now found out that the builders will have to dig up the tiled path to the house in order to replace old lead pipes. I would really like to keep the tiles. I have attached a picture and was wondering the best way to lift them up with minimal...

Hi everyone, I am a new member of the forum and wonder if someone can give me some advice on the following. I was asked to tile an ensuite floor but when I saw the tiles I told the customer they were not floor tiles, but wall. They told me they were sold as floor tiles to them by B&Q. To ease...

Hi. I really need one advice. My husband has just spent the last 3 days laying a Victorian floor. However now the tiles are lifting. Obviously the tile fix is wrong. It would appear to have stuck onto the ply but he lies themselves have nit stuck. What would be the best product to use to...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...