New Ceramic tile 1 week old in flood. Need some thoughts

Mark Saiger

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Ok,

I could post this in a number of different rooms here, but am posting here due to the possibility of more info/viewer traffic.

New ceramic tile layed a week ago in basement. Basement had a toliet that broke and flooded basement with fresh water 4 inches deep in entire basement. Water sat in Basement about a day before being discovered. Water was and is apparently under tile. After 2 days of drying structure, tile/concrete is reading today about 85-90 points on non penetrating meter (which is encouraging).

My main question, does anyone know if there could be a problem because the tile and grout was so freshly laid?

I am looking for opinions, experiences....thoughts....

Thanks guys,

Mark Saiger
 

Doug Cox

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Only out of personal experience and not as a flood expert. If the mortar (which I'm assuming it would be) and grout had a week after installation before it was flooded, I would that it would have been fully cured and just like any other floor. Just my opinion.
 

Mark Saiger

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Thanks Doug,

We are hoping it was cured, but still wondering if anyone had a similar experience. Customer has up to 2 years to file additional claim with insurance if a problem. We are just curious and I told the adjuster I would try and find out from others.

Mark
 

John Watson

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Should have cured, if in doudt, I once heard you can take your white rubber mallet and tap the tiles, mainly the one around the edges and listen for a different sound from any loose ones.. This is a great place to tent the parimiter and put a desacant to work to speed up the drying, make it come out the way it went in
 

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