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Sunken porch - Minton tiling dipped. How to save and what to do?

louiseineastyorkshire
last month
last modified: last month

Our new house has what I think is original minton tiling on the porch but as you can see the ground has actually sunk/dipped quite a lot I'd say 3/4 inches difference in some places so the tiles are also very dipped and warped (our house survey has confirmed there is no subsidence to the property thankfully). The seller said it was like that when she bought the house 15 years ago.

I'm not sure why it has happened or how to fix it? Could it be because of damp? The porch does seem to have some damp although the rest of the house has had a damp proof course in the past year.

I assume tiles will need to be taken up then is it for a builder to somehow build this ground up again so it's flat and level? Then get a tiler to retile? Can original tiles be saved?

Any insight or ideas would be *really* appreciated!




Comments (4)

  • Sarah U-S
    last month

    We had a similar issue and decided to retile. We measured up, took photos and then went to a specialist tile shop (Alternative Tiles in Derby - think they do online too). Over a couple of weeks, we went back and forth via email with various computer aided designs until we settled on a final one. They quoted for the price of the tiles and materials. They then gave me the details of various tilers that they work with and we chose one. He came and looked and gave two quotes - one for him doing everything and one for us that involved us smashing out the old concrete and pouring in new. We went with the cheaper option! He told us the level / height to poor the concrete to. We had to wait for the concrete to dry out and then he came back and tiled. Smashing out the old concrete was actually easy as it wasn’t very deep. We made the new slab much deeper and we put in some insulation too. It wasn’t a quick job or a cheap job (!) but it’s now done properly. I initially hoped the sinking floor could be fixed, but it couldn’t…

    louiseineastyorkshire thanked Sarah U-S
  • louiseineastyorkshire
    Original Author
    last month

    Thanks so much @Sarah U-S that's really helpful. Your new tiles look gorgeous btw.


    We're not too far from Derby so might just have to pop into that shop too!

  • Sarah U-S
    last month

    No worries! We aren’t in Derbyshire, but having googled, they seemed to be the nearest specialist. We went for a drive over and had a good chat with them and then they did various designs for us - and there was absolutely no pressure to buy anything. They have two websites that are linked - the normal Available Tiles website and then a link to their period floor site. It’s here: http://www.periodfloors.co.uk/gallery.html. The shop is only small - but they’re really knowledgable and nice. It was quite a pricey process, but I didn’t feel at all ripped off or taken advantage of - everything was very transparent. The tiles weren’t actually as expensive as I was expecting - but then you have to factor in things like the adhesive, concrete, levelling compound and then the tiler. It’s worth getting an experienced tiler too because it’s a really fiddly job. Good luck!!!!

  • Sarah U-S
    last month

    Oops - I meant alternative tiles and not available tiles!

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