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One Day

Was the floor checked with a hygrometer before the adhesive was laid , and do you have evidence of the results ? I normally take photos
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One Day

I think your screed was cured, but not dry. Was it moisture tested before tiling?
If there is any residual moisture left in the screed, this will be forced upwards and once it hits the porcelain tile it can't get out and can de bond the tile.

And potentially soften a gypsum-based adhesive too!
 
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Toni

I didn't test it myself and don't know if the tiler did.

But it was left well over a month longer than it needed to be before the we tiled the first time (and it was force dried with ufh and dehumidifyers) and the second time we laid the tiles was a year later. I think the screed was dry but I can't be 100% until I speak to the tiler.

I'm wondering, any damp not getting through the porcelain - would it not also trap the damp of the adhesive too - so we'd always have a damp issue?

I've lifted 3 tiles. One is dry and two are a touch damp so it's not an issue with all of them. And when we had this issue last time and had to get the tiles up the adhesive was Rock hard and dry as a bone. So it seems odd that it is damp this time still.

Also the adhesive was one that allowed a bit more moisture in the screed to begin with I think. We checked that and it was more tollerant than the others.
 
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One Day

@Ajax123 - Alan Jackson might have some valuable insights into just how long these screeds can actually take to dry.
I must admit - even years later I'm still wary of them giving false readings which is why I always use Ditra as another line of defence, allowing that last bit of moisture and vapour to escape....
 
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Toni

I'd recommend any new tilers read this thread for sure as it just shows how much can go wrong.

I'm amazed its gone wrong a second time - to have a bad tiling job was bad enough but to have them lifting now is just unbelievable.

Drying tims for screed we were told 2mm a day for x depth and 1mm for anything deeper. But we were well within those times for the depth we had especially as we forced dried it and used dehumidifiers.

Its also funny that last time the tiles stuck like glue in the only room without UFH - so I think its more likely down to the adhesive not getting on with the heat than the screed being damp.
 
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Rich Midge

@Ajax123 - Alan Jackson might have some valuable insights into just how long these screeds can actually take to dry.
I must admit - even years later I'm still wary of them giving false readings which is why I always use Ditra as another line of defence, allowing that last bit of moisture and vapour to escape....
Good shout, the man's an encyclopaedia of all things screed related.
 
W

White Room

I'd recommend any new tilers read this thread for sure as it just shows how much can go wrong.

I'm amazed its gone wrong a second time - to have a bad tiling job was bad enough but to have them lifting now is just unbelievable.

Drying tims for screed we were told 2mm a day for x depth and 1mm for anything deeper. But we were well within those times for the depth we had especially as we forced dried it and used dehumidifiers.

Its also funny that last time the tiles stuck like glue in the only room without UFH - so I think its more likely down to the adhesive not getting on with the heat than the screed being damp.

That would be 1mm a day and over 40mm 2mm a day but that would be a sand/cement screed.
 

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