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Isabelle
Hi, I'm looking for some advice please
We recently had our kitchen floor tiled to match the existing floor of our adjoining extension. The kitchen floor was over an inch lower. We had an ufh co who laid a cork base over the old tiles (which had no movement), then the heating mat and then a latex screed.
Then to make up the floor level, the builder laid a level of adhesive and then spotted the corners and middle of each tile.
Now, a few months on some of the tiles are moving/noisy when you walk on them.
The problem is, the builder is a friend of the family who did the floor cost price for us (and I know actually lost money on the job).I've spoken to him and he is going to come and have a look later in the week.
When I explained to him on the phone, I asked if it could have been caused by the dot/dab method. He said that because of the different floor levels there was no other way. He said that they could have latexed again but would have needed several applications which would have meant we couldn't use the kitchen for a week or two. He also said that a solid base of adhesive would have been a) extremely expensive and b)would have taken a very long time to dry out.
I'm just wondering if this is right? Are there any other ways of building up floor levels? Part of the issue was that the floor needed to be higher on the side adjoining the extension, but not higher by the other side so there is no step up from the hall. So it is everso slightly sloped.
I'm really worried about it and finding the whole thing very awkward. Any advice would be great!
Thank you!
We recently had our kitchen floor tiled to match the existing floor of our adjoining extension. The kitchen floor was over an inch lower. We had an ufh co who laid a cork base over the old tiles (which had no movement), then the heating mat and then a latex screed.
Then to make up the floor level, the builder laid a level of adhesive and then spotted the corners and middle of each tile.
Now, a few months on some of the tiles are moving/noisy when you walk on them.
The problem is, the builder is a friend of the family who did the floor cost price for us (and I know actually lost money on the job).I've spoken to him and he is going to come and have a look later in the week.
When I explained to him on the phone, I asked if it could have been caused by the dot/dab method. He said that because of the different floor levels there was no other way. He said that they could have latexed again but would have needed several applications which would have meant we couldn't use the kitchen for a week or two. He also said that a solid base of adhesive would have been a) extremely expensive and b)would have taken a very long time to dry out.
I'm just wondering if this is right? Are there any other ways of building up floor levels? Part of the issue was that the floor needed to be higher on the side adjoining the extension, but not higher by the other side so there is no step up from the hall. So it is everso slightly sloped.
I'm really worried about it and finding the whole thing very awkward. Any advice would be great!
Thank you!
