skoobidude

The floor in my bathroom was tiled 2 months ago by an ex work colleague. We stripped the existing carpet away and both agreed that the floorboards felt "solid".
I bought some tiles and paid the guy to fix them directly onto the floorboards.
They have now worked their way loose, which means we were probably silly in the first place for tiling directly onto the floor boards. The joints in between some of the tiles are now cracking and flaking away!
Question is: What is the best way of sorting this? Is there a more flexible joint-compound available to allow more "give" in floor movement?
I get the feeling I may have to pull them up.
I'm average with DIY but tiles arn't really my thing!


Nick

bigmac

visit a decent tile shop. Topps Tile sold me a two mix compound (part one is a powder/part two is a white liquid). It is specially designed for putting tiles onto surfaces that may have a little bit of movement.

It's called Fastflex - and it ain't cheap! But it is very good.

regards, Mark.

megabusa

You need to pull them up and screw some marine ply onto your floorboards I'm afraid. It's the only way to keep em solid.

skoobidude

Thanks guys. Whats the best way of getting them up without busting them? Hammer and Chisel? The good thing is that at least they are already cut-to-suit. So re-fitting should be easy.

Nick

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