damaged tiles after water leak?

manus30

hello,
I recently found a central heating leaking pipe in the concrete floor of my hall/kitchen/sitting room area. the laminate floor of the sitting room was destroyed.
my question is this, the tiles and skirting in one corner of the kitchen were saturated. skirting was rotten and tiles were wet with the grout turned black in colour. do you think the tiles could be damaged underneath?
a mate told me that moisture underneath the tile would casuse it to lift and be no longer attached to the floor by its adesive, is this true?
the tiles also seem to be gone off in colour slightly in the wet area.
any help appreciated, thanks in advance.

Joey the lips

It depends. Depends on the type of adhesive etc to stick the floor. You will have a better idea as the area dries out.

What is your thinking.?

Its most likely if there is no traffic in that corner that the tile wont come loose anyway.

manus30

thanks joey. i removed the skirting on the tiled area and there is mould and black damp around and under the tile. the reason i ask is that my home insurance have offered to pay to retile the kitchen. i dont want to refuse and be in the situation of having loose or damaged tiles later on.
do you think i should claim and let them retile?
i might have to claim anyway if the plumber has to lift tiles when tracing for the leak next week.

Joey the lips

I dont know. But there is a couple of thoughts

1. Wait for the plumber as he might need to lift tiles

2. Write to the insurence company asking them if they can allow you tile to see if the damage is serious enough to remove the tile

3. Get a loss adjuster to asses it.