Hollow section under porcelain 600 x 600 tile, floor finished 2 months ago.

[Tilesponge]

Hi,

I had the whole bottom floor of my house tiled with 600 x 600 polished porcelain. Great job but there is a single tile where one corner (say 200 x 200) is hollow underneath (hollow sound when I rap it with my knuckles). I'm really worried about this breaking when one of my kids inevitably jumps on it. Is there any way to fill the hollow space under the tile without disturbing the tile? The grouting is about 3mm wide.

Thanks guys!

 

[Mike]

it would be best to have the tile re-laid. did you get a pro to do it? ask him to come back do it. i hope it's not been dot and dabbed or you could have more like that which over time you may notice. if you are doing the job yourself cut all the grout lines around the tile (carefully) with a stanley knife then smash the 'hollow' tile to remove. if you try lifting with a screwdriver/ chisel etc chances are you'll damage the other tile. good luck

 

[Billy Hunt]

Chances of it breaking with kids jumping on it are slim I would say,but if you have paid a pro to do this job why not call him back to replace?not a difficult job and piece of mind for you.

 

[DHTiling]

I would just leave it be, call the fixer back if it breaks.. and that is if..

 

[easyt]

If I had paid to have the whole ground floor tiled and found one with a hollow beneath I would want it replacing for peice of mind and to see what the adjacent ones are like.

 

[kilty55]

hi sponge how long has the floor been down? maybe ask your tiler to come back and change that 1 tile

 

[easyt]

hi sponge how long has the floor been down? maybe ask your tiler to come back and change that 1 tile

The clue is in the Title K. 😉 (2 months)

 

[diamondtiling]

Its not broke so leave it for the time being.

 

[kilty55]

The clue is in the Title K. 😉 (2 months)

lol..let me get a coffee

 

[easyt]

The thing though Diamond is how did the OP know. Unless he has sounded them all it could well be one that he walks on regularly and has noticed the sound when he steps on it.