On Mon, 14 Sep 2015 11:34:50 -0400, "TomR" wrote:

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Fair enough. Photos and the work map. I don't know that they did all
the tiles with the X in the map. EIther they were reset, or a hole
was put in the grout and adhesive was pumped in. I hope this link
works for all of you and not just me.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/276109...57657871631940

I haven't read the entire thread and all of the other responses etc.

But, by just looking at the photos, it looks to me that probably the
whole floor original tile job was defective -- maybe not enough
adhesive, or possibly moisture coming up through the concrete if it
is a ground level slab, or whatever. It looks like the other
original tiles were already in danger of coming up and when they
replaced and re-attached or glued the new tiles adjacent to the old
ones, just the slightest amount of expansion or contraction due to a
temperature change or whatever caused the already-defective original
tiles to start popping up. Looks like you need the whole floor to be
re-done and that trying to only fix the tiles that you knew were
loose wasn't the solution that you needed..
I am not sure that I would have the heart to ask for all of my money
back from the contractor who did the fix, but maybe just a partial
refund since whatever he did didn't work -- probably due to the
orignal floor tile job being defective. By a partial refund, at
least he wouldn't take a total hit after spending time and money
trying to fix your original problem. Maybe he should have known that
the other original tiles were also defectively installed and may also
start to pop up once the part that he fixed was done, but I am not
sure that he could have predicted that. He did spend time and money
and he showed up and did the job. I think it's just a problem with
the whole original floor tile job.

P.S. Is this a basement level of below grade level living space? The last
photo looks like the floor isn't level and the old thinset didn't adhere to
the concrete floor uderneath.


You make a point. Today:

_RedGard® Liquid Waterproofing and Crack Prevention Membrane_

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mG5GIqcYkSs

Seal the slab or walls.

On Mon, 14 Sep 2015 11:34:50 -0400, "TomR" wrote:

In ,
TomR typed:
In ,
dgk typed:

Fair enough. Photos and the work map. I don't know that they did all
the tiles with the X in the map. EIther they were reset, or a hole
was put in the grout and adhesive was pumped in. I hope this link
works for all of you and not just me.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/276109...57657871631940

I haven't read the entire thread and all of the other responses etc.

But, by just looking at the photos, it looks to me that probably the
whole floor original tile job was defective -- maybe not enough
adhesive, or possibly moisture coming up through the concrete if it
is a ground level slab, or whatever. It looks like the other
original tiles were already in danger of coming up and when they
replaced and re-attached or glued the new tiles adjacent to the old
ones, just the slightest amount of expansion or contraction due to a
temperature change or whatever caused the already-defective original
tiles to start popping up. Looks like you need the whole floor to be
re-done and that trying to only fix the tiles that you knew were
loose wasn't the solution that you needed..
I am not sure that I would have the heart to ask for all of my money
back from the contractor who did the fix, but maybe just a partial
refund since whatever he did didn't work -- probably due to the
orignal floor tile job being defective. By a partial refund, at
least he wouldn't take a total hit after spending time and money
trying to fix your original problem. Maybe he should have known that
the other original tiles were also defectively installed and may also
start to pop up once the part that he fixed was done, but I am not
sure that he could have predicted that. He did spend time and money
and he showed up and did the job. I think it's just a problem with
the whole original floor tile job.

P.S. Is this a basement level of below grade level living space? The last
photo looks like the floor isn't level and the old thinset didn't adhere to
the concrete floor uderneath.


Only one floor but it's Florida. It's possible that the tiles were
done badly, but all the houses around me were done by the same builder
at the same time, and none of my neighbors has had this happen. I
think a partial refund is probably fairest.