Moving floor tiles

[arfon]

I need help. I have large porcelene floor tiles that are moving. The floor surface was concrete and had had floor tiles removed leaving a slightly uneven but clean and sound surface. The Tiler basically placed five large blobs of adhesive on each tile and laid them down. He said that this was the best way on a slightly uneven surface. He used much more adhesive that way but it seemed to work at the time and tiles were fine and level. A few months in and some tiles have started to move slightly cracking the grout. We do not have spare tiles so I can't pull them up and replace. Therefore I need a fix. The gap between tiles is small ~5mm. If anyone has a solution of how to fix the problem in situ I'd be very grateful.

Thanks....

 

[Andy Allen]

oh dear.....dot dab is not the way to tile , ring the tiler up and get him to do the job properly

 

[DHTiling]

Hello and welcome.. Any idea what the adhesive was..?

 

[Scott]

The British standard for floors is 100% coverage therefore dot and dab, as this method is called, is not a suitable method of fixing floor tiles. Unfortunately there is no fix except removal.

Fixer error, ring him and tell him he has done it wrong

Edit: You two are too fast!

 

[Stewart]

As far as I'm aware, there are no fixes for dot n dab tiles. If they are moving then you may be able to lift them whole. Contact the tiler as they have been installed with the wrong fixing method.

 

[jay]

:welcome: the method of fixing you mention is not acceptable floor should of been corrected first can i ask what adhesive was used

 

[DHTiling]

The British standard for floors is 100% coverage therefore dot and dab, as this method is called, is not a suitable method of fixing floor tiles. Unfortunately there is no fix except removal.

Fixer error, ring him and tell him he has done it wrong

Edit: You two are too fast!

You need to learn to use more than one finger typing..:lol:

 

[Stewart]

You need to learn to use more than one finger typing..:lol:

Lol... Did you get my wife to take that pic.....

 

[Ajax123]

I need help. I have large porcelene floor tiles that are moving. The floor surface was concrete and had had floor tiles removed leaving a slightly uneven but clean and sound surface. The Tiler basically placed five large blobs of adhesive on each tile and laid them down. He said that this was the best way on a slightly uneven surface. He used much more adhesive that way but it seemed to work at the time and tiles were fine and level. A few months in and some tiles have started to move slightly cracking the grout. We do not have spare tiles so I can't pull them up and replace. Therefore I need a fix. The gap between tiles is small ~5mm. If anyone has a solution of how to fix the problem in situ I'd be very grateful.

Thanks....

There is your problem.......get the tiler back to sort it and do the job correctly IMO

 

[Ian]

As above, poor fixing method. Was the floor primed? and can you tell if the tiles have come away from the adhesive or the adhesive away from the floor? Welcome along to the forum.