Moving floor tiles

[White Room]

Remove the grout and try to prise a tile up, no promises it won't break though.

 

[Ajax123]

Well thanks for the quick responses. Seems to be a consensus that my tiler used the wrong method. Too late now, he's probably not in the country any longer. For those who asked, the type of adhesive used; on my order docket it says 'rapid set flexible white adhesive' none left to tell you the brand. The adhesive was mixed by the tiler and believe me he used very large dabs (for the person who asked about that one). So lads and lasses surely someone has a fix out there. Re-tiling the whole floor again not an option and anyway only 6 tiles are moving out of more than a hundred so that idea seems a bit extreme. Is there an easy way to lift tiles without breaking them?

Cheers.....

Not sure if anyone does a flowing grout which could be "injected" under the tiles to fill the voids or even how much such a thing would cost. we used to do this under paving slabs which had been undercut by water. We used to use a foamed concrete. It would offer enough rigidity and compressive strength to remove the voids from under the slabs and prevent he deflection stresses which are what is most likely to have caused your tiles to delaminate.....not sure though. Perhaps a call to some of the major grout suppliers e.g. Weber, Tremco or Uzin might be helpful

 

[Del W]

Can you buy more tiles ? or are they a special order.

 

[Daz]

Incorrect fixing; I guess the floor plays tunes when you sweep it due to all the hollow spots.
The only professional advice that we can provide has to be to retile, I'm afraid.

If I had been asked to visit a similar job to provide the client with a solution, there would be only one course of action.

If you do choose to undertake a localised "repair", then make sure that whatever you do with the remainder of the floor, you do not drop anything on it! Even cutlery will crack / break a tile if it lands on a hollow area.

Good luck,

Daz

 

[Perry]

Arfon what part of the UK are you from?

 

[charlie1]

Well thanks for the quick responses. Seems to be a consensus that my tiler used the wrong method. Too late now, he's probably not in the country any longer. For those who asked, the type of adhesive used; on my order docket it says 'rapid set flexible white adhesive' none left to tell you the brand. The adhesive was mixed by the tiler and believe me he used very large dabs (for the person who asked about that one). So lads and lasses surely someone has a fix out there. Re-tiling the whole floor again not an option and anyway only 6 tiles are moving out of more than a hundred so that idea seems a bit extreme. Is there an easy way to lift tiles without breaking them?
Cheers.....

Hi afron
You could dig a tunnel under your house, need to be quite large though as a person will need to fit in it and then tunnel up under your concrete floor, then simply drill through and use injection cement method to fill voids.....yes im being ridicules!!!.... but lifting tiles don't seem so bad now eh

 

[arfon]

10 out of 10 for the most imaginative reply. Thanks to everyone for your advice. Will lift a tile and see how it goes. everyone is on the same track so no more advice needed.

cheers

Wayne

 

[easyt]

10 out of 10 for the most imaginative reply. Thanks to everyone for your advice. Will lift a tile and see how it goes. everyone is on the same track so no more advice needed.

cheers

Wayne

Oh. to late then. I had a similar problem at my daughter home with just a few tiles in a area where I suspect that self levelling had been laid quite thick and it was tiled on too soon. I removed 4 tiles. I found it easiest to chain drill to remove the grout around and between the tiles before gently levering them up. I also found that a glass lifter greatly helped in removing the first tile where I could not get right under it. We had no spare tiles and did not want to break any. We were able to lift the offending tiles intact.

 

[arfon]

Not too late - interesting reply. I understand most of what you say but not sure what you mean by a glass lifter. can you explain.

Thanks

 

[White Room]

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