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Hi guys,
Been reading the helpful advice here but now need some of my own!
I had a tiler in to do my bathroom and long story short he started then disappeared citing family problems. Not much I could do except carry on where he left off and decided to finish myself as had all the tiles and adhesive and a free weekend.
No I have followed the same lines he set out which is proving difficult around the window. I am using 600x300x9mm ceramic tiles.
Basically it works out that around the window i need to cut a 49mm cut about 250mm into a 600mm wide tile. So I am left with a tile with a thin cut edge along the bottom. The cut is not the problem I have cut the tile and laid it, however after the adhesive has set the tile has cracked out from where the two cuts meet. Now this has happened both sides of the window so seems to be either the tile or the adhesive.
It is tiled onto a plastered and primed wall and using bal CTF4 adhesive.
It is not due to movement in the wall as this is solid and the tile cracked between 24 and 48 hours after laying. So I am assuming that as the adhesive is setting it is pulling the tile apart slightly and causing a fracture. Does this sound right?
Finally if someone knows how and why this is happening how do I stop it happening again?
Many thanks for any help given!
Matt
Been reading the helpful advice here but now need some of my own!
I had a tiler in to do my bathroom and long story short he started then disappeared citing family problems. Not much I could do except carry on where he left off and decided to finish myself as had all the tiles and adhesive and a free weekend.
No I have followed the same lines he set out which is proving difficult around the window. I am using 600x300x9mm ceramic tiles.
Basically it works out that around the window i need to cut a 49mm cut about 250mm into a 600mm wide tile. So I am left with a tile with a thin cut edge along the bottom. The cut is not the problem I have cut the tile and laid it, however after the adhesive has set the tile has cracked out from where the two cuts meet. Now this has happened both sides of the window so seems to be either the tile or the adhesive.
It is tiled onto a plastered and primed wall and using bal CTF4 adhesive.
It is not due to movement in the wall as this is solid and the tile cracked between 24 and 48 hours after laying. So I am assuming that as the adhesive is setting it is pulling the tile apart slightly and causing a fracture. Does this sound right?
Finally if someone knows how and why this is happening how do I stop it happening again?
Many thanks for any help given!
Matt
