What to do with a raw wood floor...stick down tiles didn't stik
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Liz Grimsley
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I am finishing a house for my 87 year old mother We live in Jamaica, so climate must be considered. As a quick finish, the contractor put stick down tiles,but neglected to clean the floor correctly so now they are all popping up and won't even glue down. We're out of money and time and now have a plywood floor (that's sticky from the tiles) and don't know how to deal with it. Any suggestions? BTW..we cannot find roll flooring here, so this is going to have to be some kind of finish. Please, someone offer some ideas...
7 answers
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I'm so sorry this happened. It's so frustrating when you pay someone to do something and they don't do a proper job. You would think the contractor would have known better. If you can I'd have him come back to remove the tiles, properly clean and prepare the floors and put down new tiles. If he refuses your best bet is to remove the tiles, clean the floors (using an adhesive removing solvent) and if you can't afford new tiles and they still won't stick using more adhesive, you could paint the floor using and enamel paint.
Z
on Nov 14, 2013
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I don't quite know what you are wanting to do ..In the first place if you want to get the floor from being sticky try using talc powder and sprinkle it on the floor using a broom to spread it around..If you are wanting to put another peel and stick floor down , then pop some chalk lines at the entrance way ( length & width ) after you do that ; then use a flat trowel to spread "clear set adhesive " all over the entire floor working your way back to the entrance ...The clear set will look milky , but wait until it clears up completely This is like contact cement , so once you peel and stick make sure you are on the chalk lines when placing tiles ..Good luck !! :)
Terry's Flooring
on Nov 14, 2013
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Buy some liquid nails or another type contact glue (very inexpensive) gently pull up all tiles and put wax paper on glue side . Spread a very, very ,very thin layer of the glue down w/ notched trowel then remove wax paper and re apply tiles. Then take a rolling pin and roll over whole floor when done. Try not to walk on for 24 hrs let glue set so tiles don't shift, but this will keep them down. And on another note your contractor should be the 1 fixing this at his cost.
Cynthia E
on Jan 06, 2014
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Not sure I you are still looking for a solution but here is one. If the subfloor is wood, pull up all the tiles and discard. Clean the floor of the sticky residue left by the old tiles with an adhesive remover. Once that has dried, use a adhesive tile primer and apply to the entire floor that will be tiled. This will go on looking like milk but will dry clear. Once the floor has dried you can now add the new peel and stick tiles! I hope the old contractor is not sleeping well at night!
Lori Snarski
on Jan 06, 2014
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Thank you for the suggestions...we pulled up the tile, cleaned the dirt stuck to it as best we could. Then we cleaned the floor for half a day until nothing came up on a white cloth wiped across it. We spread out clear set adhesive and put them back down. Worked like a charm. A nasty, hard on the knees job, but it is fine now.
Liz Grimsley
on Jan 07, 2014
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I happy too Izzy!
Don
on May 19, 2015
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Mastic is a very sticky sort of adhesive for sticking down floor tiles. I think it needs a special trowel with notches in the side to spread it correctly but I think it would be excellent for a job like this.
Jim Saurman
on Oct 12, 2015
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