Tiles coming up months after installation

[Paulyboy]

Personally, i would not lay tile direct onto a chipboard floating floor.......

 

[Ian Vinton]

So upshot is:
We should strip out the tiles where we can i.e.: not the bathroom and kitchen areas.
Apply a different flooring i.e.: laminate

Shame, as I love the tiled floors.

 

[The Legend; Phil Hobson RIP]

Chipboard, floating floor? sorry Ian, primed or unprimed, commissioned or not, this is a lost cause imo. It is a rip out and start again, one tip don't use that "tiler" again get a real one. Get the prep done properly it may not be cheap. Other than that go with Karndene or similar. Good luck

 

[White Room]

The op mentioned beams which I took as joists....

 

[The Legend; Phil Hobson RIP]

As you've discovered from the earlier replies, several things either individually or collectively lead to the failures.
1. Tiling direct to chipboard - not good
2. Tiling to a floating floor - not good
3. Using a tiler who thinks doing the above is ok - not good
4. Adding heat into the equation - not good
Had you asked me to quote for this job, I would have politely declined.
Whilst I always want to see tiles used ahead of other finishes I think on this occasion I would consider an alternative.

Snap I am a bit slow typing.

 

[Rookery]

Snap I am a bit slow typing.

Speed isnt everything, especially at our age :smilewinkgrin:

 

[Tile Marble Granite]

You guys here in the UK tile onto plywood-chipboard alot which is unacceptable, you guys think if you use fexibile adhesive you are ready to go, that s wrong, 9 out of 10 jobs fail because of that. You need a subfloor, durock, ditra, screeds, hardibecker, etc... So you got hacked, it is a common thing here in the UK http://www.customtilemarblegranite.com/

 

[Stef]

You guys here in the UK tile onto plywood-chipboard alot which is unacceptable, you guys think if you use fexibile adhesive you are ready to go, that s wrong, 9 out of 10 jobs fail because of that. You need a subfloor, durock, ditra, screeds, hardibecker, etc... So you got hacked, it is a common thing here in the UK http://www.customtilemarblegranite.com/

Take it you haven't read all the posts in this thread??

 

[AliGage]

Am i right in thinking your UFH is under the clipboard floor? If so you are heating the very thing the tiles are trying to stay fixed to.
The clipboard will expand and contract. Tiles aren't ever going to stay fixed for very long.
Might be a glued wood job instead of tiles?

 

[Ian Vinton]

Am i right in thinking your UFH is under the clipboard floor? If so you are heating the very thing the tiles are trying to stay fixed to.
The clipboard will expand and contract. Tiles aren't ever going to stay fixed for very long.
Might be a glued wood job instead of tiles?

Is that not the same with all underfloor heating ?