Removing popped tiles and putting them back down
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- Опубликовано: 26 май 2021
- When a 3' x 3' square of tile popped up off the concrete floor of my living room I pulled them up to see what was going on. I couldn't find anything that caused the problem soI cleaned the tiles up and put them back down. Here's how I did it.
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Oh how i wish there's someone here could work on my tiles that just popped yesterday... i definitely admire how u do it... its so nice that u have all the equipment that could make it easier for you to fix your tiles... i will be going to buy new tiles though some of the tiles has no cracks but need to replace evrything with new one...
This is tenting, and it is caused by an improperly installed tile floor encountering seasonal temperature changes. Checked under your baseboards - I'm 99% sure that the installer won't have left an expansion space. Your house has squeezed your floor right off the slab when it contracts during cold weather.
Thank you for sharing.
I really needed to find you. Lol
I am replacing my tiles in my bathroom but needed about 8 tiles to replace in the kitchen where I have chipped tiles.
This is just what I was looking for.
Thank you again. 👍🇦🇺
Thank you for this video! The same thing just happened in my house in Fort Lauderdale. Research says that over time concrete expands and if there are no expansion joints/if tiles and grout go all the way to the wall, there is nowhere for tiles to go but up. Hoping my concrete slab underneath is in the same condition as yours when i get the tiles up.
Glad this video helped... The trick is getting them up without breaking them... cleaning off the old mastic... and matching the grout... my grout has been down for over 20 years, I have the original grout but the color dosen't match anymore... the grout between the tiles seems to have turned more grey over the years even though I've cleaned it thoroughly... I tried to find a matching grout and put it down but after it completely dried the grout didn't match as well as I'd hoped... I now have a rug over it... I understand that expansion causes popped tiles but this was only a 3x3 square in the center of the room that came up- I haven't had a problem with it for last 20 years... not sure why it suddenly happened... no real way to explain it... good luck to you
Thank You 🙏
Wasn’t exactly sure how to do this. I have several that I had to pull and now put back. This video helps a lot! Awesome 👏
Thank you for this video. Having the same problem on the house we recently purchased. This is exactly what I need to do!
Glad I could help!
Thanks for the video. It just happened here at house yesterday. It’s because of the hot temperature that expands the tile. I will try to do it by my self as well. Thanks
AWESOME! 👍
I also just encountered basically the same type of problem. Thanks for posting and sharing. Also dude you could be a stand-in for Brad Pitt! 😂
Basically found out why sometimes tile will buckle or pop up, etc..has to do with moisture buildup underneath between the concrete floor and the mud used to set the tile.
Thank you for show your experience. I have the same problem right now but without any spares !!..😨🤞
Great video. I have the same problem and I have no extra tiles if I break one. Do you have any additional suggestions how to get the tiles up without breaking? thanks!
awesome job thank you for sharing as a senior citizen retired trying to save i think i can do this
Thank you. That was helpful.
good video just what I needed to see to do mine, thanks🤠
Nice and useful video…
What kind of adhesive are you using
Why people need to saw between tiles is to release pressure from when knocking out tile and not starting a chain reaction on knocking tile loose
That’s one way. The long way home I’d say.
Don’t forget to seal the new grout
Sometimes when carpet was removed and tile installed, the residual glue from the carpet and lift the tiles. Also, the biggest tile lifter is water getting under the slab and loosening them.
The tiles were put down when the floor was built. My best guess as to what happened was that my guests left the blinds open all day on an unusually hot day in the winter and the sunlight beamed onto the tile and heated it up to the point it expanded and popped up from the floor. As you can see there wasn't any moisture under the tile and there is no glue from carpet so I'm going with my theory of open blinds because when I open them completely the sun shines right on that spot.
Interesting. Thats why premium stone mortar is bought because it last longer. Simple basic thin set is only rated to last 5-10 years. @@sunshinetv2419
Thank you
Your problem resulted from expansion and contraction of cement subfloor differential from the tile. Most likely you will find the tile installed either very tight to the walls (under the baseboard) or very tight to the baseboard with cement grout installed instead of siliconized grout caulking. When the subfloor and walls expand, it puts extreme pressure on the tile mortar. If you pull up a tile and it comes clean on one of the surfaces this is a tell-tale symptom of pressure. Your fix most like will be a somewhat temporary one unless you dress the perimeter.
He didn't back-butter the tiles, do you think that's an issue? I have a similar problem.
Hey not sure if I missed it but did you find a reason for this happening? The how to fix it was great and I'm in the same situation I'm just wondering why this would happen...new main floor installed less then a year ago so having loose tiles is pretty concerning. Thanks!
I never did find out the reason it happened... I was on vacation, and we had a house sitter, when I came home I noticed the tiles popped up... I thought it might be from water undeneath or broken slab or something... I was also wondering what my guest could have done.. I've asked around and no one has given me a good answer. The tile has been down for 20 years, and it has not happened anywhere else in the house... Very odd indeed...
Sunshine TV is this from your house settling?
@@emilyreed4948 My home is over 20 years old and sits on a concrete slab in Florida... I would think the house would have settled by now... honestly the cause is still a mystery to me..
@@sunshinetv2419 I am a bout to start my repair job - very helpfull video thanks. We had guest over winter in Melbourne. Very cold at night & warm in the day - The 2 spots that need doing in my house are where the ceiling ducted heating comes down. Perhaps in my instance it was from this area cooling & heating continuously over the month. Further a bit of stress, as there is just grout throughout, it had to give at some pressure points at som times. I might try clean the old grout chmically (steam cleaner didnt do to well) or possibly grind a small layer off & re grout them all
I have same issue on new home. Hollow tiles and cracking grout. I think the cause was poor instulation. On my tile no thinset was on floor and only a little on back of tiles picked up in whole tiles. You did a good job putting tile back down
Alternatively, how could this be done without powertools?, such as the vibrating saw.
You can't tell me he didn't need to pull up a couple of those tiles to add more thinset!! Have him knock on those tiles the next day after the installation, I can hear the hollowness in the tiles around the ones he pulled while he was grouting. You can hear it in the video. This was about how the thinset that didn't stick to floor .
The vibration of the oscillating tool would cause the other tile around to lose bond with all the vibration of this was a bonding problem to the substrate. Also he said mastic on the floor🤔
@@limmwisc2728 that's not a excuse . Bad installation , or you didn't use grout saw around the tile to release pressure. To blame it on the tool , lol.
Could you use a grinder with a diamond disk instead to cut the grouts?
You could but you risk accidentally hitting the tile and damaging it... The spinning wheel will make it difficult to control and the dust would be disastrous... I highly recommend the vibrating saw
Don't use a grinder to remove grout. One slip and you will significantly increase your workload. A fit for purpose grout removal saw or manual tool is a much safer bet. A manual tool is always the best however if you have to remove a large amount of grout it will take a considerable amount of time to do so.
Until last night, I probably said ok, whatever sure. Last night, I thought I heard 2 gunshots, woke my sleeping husband up, asked if he heard anything weird like a muffled gunshots but he said he didn’t. We got up looked around all over the house and didn’t see anything unusual, woke up this morning and discovered that my ceramic tile floor in my living room buckled up. My husband wanted to break the floor right away to see what’s underneath it but I begged him to leave it alone for now. I feel uneasy,somewhat like I’m in some sort of horror movie or freak show. I wasn’t at all superstitious but I maybe now
What’s the tool called?
oscillating multi tool... they're quite handy
What the name if your cutter tool?
Oscillating saw...
No expansion joint around the parameter of the walls ...do not grout what the moldings hide
I understand expansion however the tile has been down for over 20 years and this just recently happened
THE ONLY THING WHICH YOU SHOULD HAVE DONE WAS BUTTER THE BACK OF TILE BEFORE INSTALLING THE TILE IT WOULD HAVE MADE SURE THE TILE HAD ADHESIVE
The concrete floor was too dry . The thinset dry before bound
Not mastic it's thinset
if the product can sit in a bucket and not harden it really is a mastic. i know it says thinset, but its not really. thinset is a real cement but premixed is just a glue with polymers added and once you lay tile on it and grout it there is no air to really dry it, so it really never dries like a real thinset. not a product you should of used
@@frankcatrini4816 I know the difference between the two. Teaching how and why to people who never installed tile wouldn't know if you are right or wrong.
Another person Trying to show people how to tear out tile. Lol. You do not start by prying up a tile with a screw driver up against another tile. Put a piece of card board between the screw driver and the tile you are prying on . Use a margin trowel than a screw driver. Less likely to chip edge
John while I appreciate your viewing my video and posting comments, I clicked on your channel and see that you have posted no videos and have not contributed at all to the RUclips community... you simply critique what others take the time to film, edit, and upload. Sure it's easy to be an armchair quarterback... next time try posting something yourself. While there are a hundred ways to do things yours isn't necessarily the only way. Apparently you were not paying attention to the issue I was having... the tile had popped up a 1/4" off the floor and was no longer attached to the floor. There was barely any pressure applied to lift the tile with the screwdriver and it lifted fine without any chipping. There are nicer ways to getting your point across than saying "Another person Trying to show people how to tear out tile. Lol. You do not start by prying..." As a content creator I try my best to post content and how-to's that I think can help people... other people's videos have helped me so much and I try to give back to the community... when you become a creator and not just a critic your are more likely to approach your critique in a more constructive way.
@@sunshinetv2419 don't sit here and cry and complain because your video is crap and you should not be posting videos are pretending to know what you are talking about. If you were in the business first of all I would tell you or ask WTF are you doing prying on another piece of tile with a peace of metal up against another piece of tile. You would get mad most likely and quit because your feelings are hurt . Just like now. The most tear outs are underlayment because of people like you thinking you are the righteous u tube poster that thinks you are helping .
That floor in your video ! I can show it to twenty installers and the first thing they say is that your whole floor needs to be replaced. Not the few you replaced and tell you the exact same thing as I'm telling you. And you not even using anything other than screw. You are wrong and stop posting this garbage.
@@sunshinetv2419 Actually he is contributing to YT Community by reading, watching, commenting. Next time when you make a video, watch it by yourself and see how that turns out.
Tks for the video anyway. My 10 yo marble floor is coming loose. I fixed some 1 year ago by drilling and injecting, but now whole house is gone. Adhesive failure. They take to long to install new marble and very expensiver as well. I will just keep dumping pva glue. The ones I injected a year ago are solid. Too many tiles.
@@sarahmmiller8152watching and commenting is contribution…..???
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From where did you find replacement of broken tiles from fifteen years ago?
The builder left me about 8 tiles that I’ve kept safely stashed in my garage… I reused as many as I could so I could always have some spare
Thanks for the info. I had no idea Tile can be removed and reinstalled like this