Issues with tiling on chipboard

[benson]

hi there,i dont think you will be entitled to a new floor to be honest but thats just my opinion,it seems from what you have said that you employed a kitchen fitter and not a tiler to carry out the worknot saying a kitchen fitter doesnt know how to tile as some of them do but its not really his main trade is it.

also if you supplied 6mm ply and this guy didnt even want to lay it that should have sent alarm bells going,tiles havent cracked or grout cracked just a slight creak in one area ...that doesnt warrant a new floor...the guy might just turn round and say there was no creak when he laid it? you cant argue against that

i do agree though the only way to resolve this creak is to remove the offending tiles....however if you have spares and the current 6mm ply install hasnt failed you could lift the offending area and remove the ply and also chipboard,,,add strengthening and re sheet and re tile and use a 6mm cement sheet instead it might just solve the issue do you have any spares or can you get spares? let us know cheers

Yeah that seems fair enough. On the one hand I'm a little dissapointed that its creaking but then I don't know if I'm being unfair in relation to my expectations of what can be acheived on a chipboard floor. In relation to the comments on him not being a professional tiler, this is a service that he advertises in addition to kitchens so on this basis a normal lay person such as myself would assume that he is a professional tiler.

My kitchen's only small so taking up just a section probably isn't worth it. I think I'll just learn to live with it and perhaps just accept it as a lesson learnt in relation to tiling and possibly look at the alternatives that have been suggested.

 

[benson]

From the first sentence of your second paragraph, I read it that the kitchen fitter did the tiling of your kitchen floor.
If this is the case then I doubt that you have any comeback whatsoever as his lack of knowledge and preparation of substrate is totally unacceptable, and your terminology that he is a professional fitter can not be used in the context of the tiling element involved.

Noted thanks

 

[jstrats]

I think your floor could fail eventually if it's creaking, keep an eye on the tile that is above the creaking, if the grout starts cracking then you know that's the start of the failure.

 

[Perfect Tiling]

As you have probably gathered from all the answers you have been given...the floor should not have been tiled onto 6mm ply and it should have had any creaks/weaknesses eliminated prior to work commencing. If the tiles are not cracked and still appear to be stuck down is there any way of getting under the floor to strengthen it? If you have a sufficient space under the floor (I'm assuming it is downstairs with it being a kitchen) is there a hatch or the possibility of creating a hatch elsewhere in the house so that work can be done under the floor to put in props. We often get the carpenter to go under and prop a floor if an island is to be put into a kitchen or when worktops are to be granite etc as this increases the weight on a floor dramatically.