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Adrian2009
We had a conservatory floor tiled by our builders about 3 years ago.
I noticed some tiles sounded hollow within a year but these were at the edges, so left. Not sure how the problem progressed but ended up checking thorougly and now have about 20% of floor tiles lifted with about 3/4 of these fully recovered. When working on this I soon realised that although the tiles are very strong in some respects they are also very easily chipped on the top surface with one careless chisel.
The problem is that tiles are now obsolete (Magica swain beige). I have plenty of spare tiles but not all the right sizes ( we have a pattern with 4 sizes), so need to cut down some of the largest to make up for broken ones. As these are not at the edges should I attempt to put a bevel back on or just live with the edge that is cut ?
Not sure what caused the problem, the rest of the floor is very good. When taking up the tiles nearest the edges they were very easy to get up and left no cement on the concrete floor, which feels chalky. (The concrete floor was spec'd over the top bieng over 6" thick with reinforcement as we didnt want any cracking in floor due to movement - and I shold add we thought builders did a very good job).
Should I use PVA before getting tiles reset ?
Thanks for any advice.
I noticed some tiles sounded hollow within a year but these were at the edges, so left. Not sure how the problem progressed but ended up checking thorougly and now have about 20% of floor tiles lifted with about 3/4 of these fully recovered. When working on this I soon realised that although the tiles are very strong in some respects they are also very easily chipped on the top surface with one careless chisel.
The problem is that tiles are now obsolete (Magica swain beige). I have plenty of spare tiles but not all the right sizes ( we have a pattern with 4 sizes), so need to cut down some of the largest to make up for broken ones. As these are not at the edges should I attempt to put a bevel back on or just live with the edge that is cut ?
Not sure what caused the problem, the rest of the floor is very good. When taking up the tiles nearest the edges they were very easy to get up and left no cement on the concrete floor, which feels chalky. (The concrete floor was spec'd over the top bieng over 6" thick with reinforcement as we didnt want any cracking in floor due to movement - and I shold add we thought builders did a very good job).
Should I use PVA before getting tiles reset ?
Thanks for any advice.