Flooring Tile - Fixing old tile

I have moved into an eighteen year house and some of the kitchen floor tile is coming loose. The floor has a screen layed down with scratch coat, then tile mortar to lay the tile. Is there a proper way prep the old floor to reset the tile ? I am not ready to redo the floor as of yet

Thanks :confused:

How many are loose? Is it a tile here and there, or is it a single area with mult. tiles comming loose?

Typically I think you have to remove the tiles that are loose until you get to ones that aren't. Ironically that's why a single area with mult tiles loose is easier than a tile here and there - easier area to work in. Dremel out the old grout, chip out the old mortar until you're down to a flat surface, use a small knife to mud in new mortar, set the old tiles back in place once you've cleaned them (and marked where they go - remember that step), and then later re-grout them and seal the new grout.

Am I missing a step?

You need to be very careful when doing this so you don't disturb the othe tile.If you start messing around with that screen you may start something you wish you hadn't and may be replacing that floor long before you wanted to.You might be better off cutting the mortar down or cement or scratch coat whatever it is down to the subfloor and remove the whole area it is sitting on and nail a piece of durock in place of the screen and scratch coat and then resetting the tile.

Try to stay away from the unaffected areas as much as possible so you are not replacing more than what is already loose :cool:

Sorry for the late reply guys I was away for the weekend. The affected areas have 3 tiles that are completely removeable and the rest still intack. If I remove the old mortar to the screen and use tile adhesive to reattach the old, am I go for a few years ?

Thanks,

Stan