I have just tiled a floor for a WC using tubbed adhesive, but I have just realised that the adhesive is for walls.

The tiles are ceramic and the floor is concrete. The room is only v small (3 tiles by 5 tiles).

Will I need to pull up the floor and start again or will it be okay?

Hi unregistered,

That's a bit of a pickle.. Tubbed adhesives don't tend to dry particularly quickly, so you might be able to get all the tiles up, wash them off and start again with a cement based powdered adhesive.

How big are the tiles you have put down? And have you grouted yet?

Thanks
GRR

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they need to come up, and start again wiuth bagged stuff

as above rip them up quick and you can scrape of and use a cement bagged adhesive to put them down again!

definitely get them up....

You need to wash the tiles down as well...no contamination of the tubbed adhesive needed..then re-stick with cement based adhesive.

(Perhaps not so) Interesting story: Was stripping a hall a few months back, and on examining the adhesive, it looked like the tiles were stuck with tubbed adhesive onto plywood. The joke was, the tiles were still alright after 8 years until I forcibly disturbed them.

Best lifting them now while they're still soft though.

I have come home and tried to move a tile, but it won't budge!
I though that was a good sign until I read your replies, should I risk trying to jemmy them up or should I say a prayer to the tile god every time I step on them?

Just measured them they are a bit bigger than 315 -ish does that make a difference?

And the room they are in is like an oven

yeah get em up mate , No point tiling a floor you cant walk on for 4 weeks, its only 15 tiles and you will be much happier with your efforts if you do it proper imo. Good luck with it

Tubbed adhesive will dry provided the moisture ( H2o ) can dry out. this will take a bit longer than with a cement based product but none the less it will work in "most" cases provided it isn't put on to thick or on to a wet or non porous back ground.

what size trowel did you use - was the slab clean & dry - have you got another loo to use temporarily.

If it's your own house treat it as an experiment, you can always lift them later, but out of sheer curiosity i'm sure at least half the forum would like to see the out come, the rest either already know or don't care.

If it's a paying customer take them up and re fit using the correct adhesive.


Pete
Homefront Bathrooms.

Hmmmmm, as above

i take it this is a diy job on your own home as mentioned rip them up and used powdered adhesive

hope it isnt a paying customer

Take them up if any water was to get to the adhesive it would break down leaving a more difficult problem to rectify

The adhesive that you used is not the correct way to go about tiling a floor by a mile, but personally, as this seems like it might be your first go at tiling a floor at home I would leave them be and see how it goes out of interest mate, and remember to research what propper materials you will need on any other DIY job you do next time

If they do start to lift then redo with correct cement based powdered adhesive.