Tiling in our extension one wrong - any ideas??

[mikethetile]

noggins are the pieces of wood that are fixed between joists to stop them flexing

it makes sense that the architect specified a screed floor for a kitchen extension as the prefered floorcovering in a quality kitchen is tiles or stone

removing the floating floor and laying a screed is the best long term solution but its expensive to remove and refit a kitchen

is there any chance of getting the builder back and ask him 2 questions

why did you lay a floating floor when a screed floor was specified

where did you get the spec for the floating floor if the architect didnt specify one

 

[DHTiling]

Hi and welcome..

Firstly..IMO Floating floors should be banned full stop..

Back to your floor, was in over boarded in anyway and if so what with and what thickness.?

The floor could be pulled down tighter by screwing and plugging it to the block beam/screed structure underneath.. but again not a guaranteed fix.

The idea of tiling to wooden substrates is for them to be virtually deflection free before tiling commences.

So a few question like mike mentions need to be answered as well..

 

[orchard]

Thanks I think this is what we are looking at - luckily the area of extension has no kitchen units on just our table so this may not be as disruptive as may first seem...

 

[Bathfix Bob]

Sorry for my question but how can a floating floor be identified?

To my knowledge I've yet to come accross one.

 

[doug boardley]

basically Bob, it's like a big stud partition wall laid on the concrete slab without any fixings, or just t&g laid onto kingspan type insulation board.