Floor Repair After It Buckled
February, 2012 |
When we got home from
El Paso, the floor had
buckled near the back door. This was probably caused by
faulty installation (adhesive too dry). |
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After the badly buckled tiles had
been removed (they were not stuck to the floor), additional
tiles were identified that also were not connected to the slab
(blue tape). |
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Forty Five tiles were removed,
and none were broken! |
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Tile cleaning area on the back porch. |
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All of the thinset adhesive that
was still on the tiles could not be removed, and some tiles were
completely covered with thinset (that had released from the
slab). Only ten tiles were completely clean on the back. |
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For tiles that still had old thinset, they were first
trowelled with thinset on the clean part of the back and then
Urethane Adhesive was applied to the old thinset adhesive.
The slab was sprayed with water to cure the Urethane. Once
the Urethane had hardened, the excess was removed with a knife. |
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The finished job after grouting. |
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