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How to Fix Loose Tiled or Hollow Floors
If you’re worried about the costs and challenges of replacing your flooring, there’s good news. Our Fix-A-Floor adhesive provides an affordable and straightforward way for you to repair hollow tiles. Read on for our easy-to-follow guide on how to fix hollow tiles and, by the end, you’ll be able to solve your flooring issues with confidence and address common concerns with ease.
Materials Required:
- Fix-A-Floor Extra Adhesive: Specifically designed and formulated for easy hollow tile repair and loose flooring issues.
- 10:1 ratio thrust Caulking Gun: Load our adhesive tubes into a caulking gun for easy application.
- Drill & Drill Bits: For creating the holes in your grout with the proper sized drill bit.
- Vacuum/Dustpan & Brush: Clean up any residual dust from the drilled holes.
- Damp Sponge: Wipe away excess adhesive that comes out the grout holes.
- Weighted Objects (Can use buckets filled with water): You will need to place a weighted object on your problem area to help with the curing.
- Matching Grout: Gather matching grout for your drilled holes.
Fix-A-Floor Extra Strength Repair Adhesive
Fix-A-Floor is an extra strength repair adhesive designed to specifically fix hollow floor tiles and loose and creaky wood or laminate floors. It’s a do-it-yourself hollow tile repair solution that eliminates the need for expensive removals and replacements.
How to repair hollow tiles
Ready to learn all about how to fix hollow tiles and remove those annoying creaking noises and looseness underfoot? It’s easier than you think. Follow these steps:
Open the tube and cut the plastic tip:
- Remove the cap from the tip.
- Cut the plastic tip with a Stanley knife or scissors on the groove lines – each groove demonstrates a different sized drill bit size. Cut the tip to the appropriate size.
- The tube can be resealed with the screw-off cap, meaning you can reuse the adhesive for future hollow tiles.
Top Tip: Keep the tube upright until ready to use; place a finger over the tip when moving from hole to hole to avoid spillage.
Cut the customisable plastic tip to size:
- Trim the tip to fit your grout width.
- For smaller grout widths, carefully poke a hole through the tip or cut the end of the tip with scissors.
- Screw the tip back onto the tube.
TOP TIP: Keep the tube upright until ready to use; place a finger over the tip when moving from hole to hole to avoid spillage.
DIRECTIONS:
Fixing hollow tiles:
- Locate the hollow tiles and areas by tapping with a wooden dowel or fingers.
- Drill 2-4 holes on each side of the tile using a masonry drill bit.
- Vacuum over each hole to remove debris and dust or clean with a dustpan and brush.
- Insert your Fix-A-Floor tube into a caulking gun and place the tip into one of the drilled holes.
- Fill holes as needed, ensuring the adhesive flows consistently. For best results, apply slow, gentle pressure on the caulking gun, waiting around 10 seconds between each squeeze due to the adhesive’s low viscosity.
- Once the hollow area has been filled, wipe away any excess adhesive that has spilled out.
- Allow the adhesive to cure for a minimum of 24 hours.
- Fill the drilled holes with matching grout.
Always remember, when using Fix-A-Floor for fixing hollow tiles, allow the adhesive to cure for the full 24-hour period and place some sort of weighted object on the area being fixed. This will assist in creating a strong bond between the tile and substrate. This can simply be partially filled buckets of water.
You may also have to apply more adhesive after the curing period to properly fill the hollow area. If your tiles are still showing signs of looseness, simply repeat these steps.
Our top tips on how to fix hollow tiles
- For underfloor heated areas, simply mark your drill bit to the depth of the tile using any kind of masking tape as guidance.
- Collect the dust and reuse it to fill the pilot holes, saving time mixing up a grout to match.
- For best results when fixing loose floor tiles, go nice and slowly – while Fix-A-Floor is extremely low in viscosity, slow, gentle pressure on the caulking gun allows for the adhesive to exit the tip in a consistent manner. If you apply too much pressure it may result in leaking from the tip and adhesive coming out of the rear, so take your time.
The advantages of our flooring adhesive solutions for hollow tile repair
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Solving creaky floors and loose tiles: Our Fix-A-Floor adhesive is designed to fix loose and hollow tiles, as well as creaky wood floors, providing a versatile solution that saves you time and money.
- Cost-effective repair: Discover how our adhesive offers a cost-effective way to fix hollow tiles and flooring without needing expensive replacements.
- User-friendly application: Our step-by-step guide on how to repair hollow tiles simplifies the process, making it accessible to both DIY enthusiasts and professionals.
Conclusion
With Fix-A-Floor adhesive, you have an affordable and user-friendly solution for fixing hollow floor tiles. By following our guide, you’ll have a seamless and successful repair process, offering an affordable alternative to replacement. Your floors will be as good as new in no time, and when someone asks how to fix hollow tiles, you’ll tell them – with the Fix-A-Floor adhesive!