Could anyone help with some advice. The polished granite floor we had laid is uneven and wonky and the whole lot needs to come up and be re laid. How do I go about lifting the tiles (if possible) and re laying them? Or have we lost our money and have to buy new tiles? Many thanks

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Depending when they were fixed it maybe difficult to save them. If they've been fixed recently the sooner you try to save them the better. Granite is the ardest tile there is so you might be lucky. I would use a hammer and bolster or SDS drill with tile removing chisel. You may also have adhesive stuck to the back of the tile which would need removing and you could use a fein multimaster tool (if you can get hold of one) with an adhesive removal attachment

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no you dont need to re ask jmh

you mighy be lucky and lift them with minimal damage as already stated, can you get under them in a doorway to get you started

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I can Doug

the wonders of modern education LOL

what size are they JMH?

I can get under them from the dining room side as we haven't laid the floor there yet. It's a kitchen diner. The grout is still wet. Is it worth trying to get as much grout out as possible? Thank you

The tiles are 40cmx40cm thanks

okay so they should lever up without snapping under their own weight, but I'd try and rake out the grout first.

Thanks for your replies. I'll have a go and let you know if it works....If not I'll be looking for a tiler who can either save them or lay new new ones - preferably not the latter

Who fixed the tiles ? did you get a Pro tiler or did you do it yourself ?

EDIT you must have posted while I was typing, sounds like you did the job yourself ?

We couldn't find anyone to do it as they could only do ceramic and didn't want to take the risk with it being granite. Even the kitchen fitter was unable to recommend anyone as they had used a few that did a bad job. A friend did it as he said he was confident he could do a good job!! New to this DIY stuff as never had to do anything before.

I wish I had - couldn't have been any worse!

If you do want a pro from here let us know and we'll sort out somebody to survey it for you without obligation

Sorry to hear that you had trouble finding a fixer, at least you know where to come now, where in the country are you anyway ?

In Buckingham. Thanks for the help - I may be asking sooner rather than later as I can't get the kitchen fitted until the floor is done.

Buckingham, good grief, your surrounded by a lot of members of the forum, as and when, and if you want to,post in the, I'm looking for a wall and floor tiler section ( sorry it's long winded ) from the responses, you can then choose someone or admin ( Dave normally ) can recommend someone to you.

Buckinghams nice

I lived in chackmore village for a while

The chances of you being able to remove and re-use the tiles will be greatly increased if you can remove as much of the still-wet grout from between the tiles as possible before it sets.

I think we're going to have to get the professionals in as we haven't got the tools to get the tiles up. Doug, can you recommend anyone? How do I go about it?. Many Thanks. I'll try and upload a picture so you can have a look. The room is 13sqm and fairly square and just had it plastered and rewired (by professionals!)

Originally Posted by justmovedhouse

I think we're going to have to get the professionals in as we haven't got the tools to get the tiles up. Doug, can you recommend anyone? How do I go about it?. Many Thanks. I'll try and upload a picture so you can have a look. The room is 13sqm and fairly square and just had it plastered and rewired (by professionals!)

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Thank you