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    Cracking grout along tub workaround?

    I tiled my sister's shower with subway tile but due to movement in the floor underneath the grout all crumbles were the tile meets the tub. I spent quite a bit of time trying to brace up the floor and walls and she's had people in there before to Jack up the house and brace everything. At...
    • Mikecclark
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    • canada crack cracking debonding grout job jobs tile grout tiling jobs tiling work work
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
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    Tiling on a small subsidence crack

    I have been to quote a job today, 35m2 in a kitchen, but they have a slight diagonal crack in the floor which I believe to be a subsidence crack, is there anyway to get around this or stay away from the job? Cheera
  3. Adrian mcc

    Adhesive for anticrack matting

    hi all, I have never used an anti crack matting before but hav asked the customer to use one as I’m tiling over underfloor heating overlay boards, I have primed in prim grip from tile master. He has bought this orange matting looks like schluter but think it’s a copy I was just wondering what’s...
  4. S

    Cracked Tiles

    Hi looking for advise regarding cracked wall tiles on an internal wall. I had a new bathroom installed with the bathroom being fully tiled. A few months after work finished I noticed cracked tiles at the window. The company came out to inspect the tiles and said they had never saw anything...
    • slj
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    • canada crack cracked cracking debonding tile tiles
    • Replies: 18
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  5. M

    Help with cracked crumbling grouting

    Hi there, I wonder if you can help. I have some porcelain tiles and I believe there is a little movement which means that the grout is cracked and has come out - see pics. (I've tried three tilers and always had bad outcomes). So now the floor always looks dirty and I'm also extremely worried...
    • Marzi
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    • crack cracked cracking debonding grout grouting help tile grout
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: The Welcome Forum
  6. E

    Cracked Tiles over Bonding Plaster

    Hi all, We had our bathroom fully re-done approx 2 months ago. 1880's property, the previous tiles around the shower area had failed, due to water ingress. All tiles, old plasterboard etc were removed. The two brick walls were then bonding plastered. The side of the chimney breast was built out...
  7. B

    Wall tiles cracking in a line

    Hi, I'm not sure if this is the right place to post but I'm hoping for some advice. About 2 months ago we had our bathroom redone and all was fine until last night when a line of 4 tiles spontaneously cracked over a period of 20 minutes while my son was having a bath. The line runs from the...
    • Ben
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    • canada crack cracking debonding line tile tiles wall wall tiles
    • Replies: 37
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  8. W

    Commissioning UFH, cracked screed, large tiles, help

    Hello. I'd appreciate it if you guys could help me out here; I've been reading as many threads as I could on the matter over the last few days here and while I think I have a fair understanding of things, I'd like to provide the specifics of my situation. I have a 68 sqm apartment in which UFH...
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    Help please, tiles cracked/moving

    Hi everyone, I’m looking for a bit of help please. My house was a new build 18 months ago and we paid the builder extra to tile the first and second floors with polished 600x600 porcelain tiles as our previous house had these on the full ground floor with no issues whatsoever. All was okay for...
  10. J

    Tiles cracking On conservatory floor

    i have a conservatory floor which is 33 sq mts in a L shape It had a level screed over the pipes and was. very flat as laid with a laser, backed up by tiler who said it was within 1mm all over. I used a proffesional tiler and was laid with mapei? Both tile and grout cement. The floor was laid...
    • Jimcub
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    • conservatory crack cracking debonding floor floor tiling tile tiles
    • Replies: 18
    • Forum: Tiling on Underfloor Heating
  11. K

    Badly cracked limestone - can I replace individually with decoupling

    self build completed 10 years ago, large kitchen diner on 65mm hand mixed screed, with no stress relief joints & wet UFH! Tiled with limestone, found that the tilers switched to cheaper adhesive not suitable for UFH approx a third of the way through the job, they then added flex fluid to the...
  12. D

    How to prevent tiles cracking

    Hi guys, I'm just after a bit of advice please. Basically we are splitting a bedroom into a ensuite and bathroom. We will be taking existing plaster off and going back to brick and either half or fully tiling. At a later date we will be having an extension directly below the room and having a...
  13. T

    After a long day, i go home and crack open a bottle of........

    SHOW US YOUR TIPPLE! Fancied this today:
  14. J

    Tiles cracked in new bathroom

    Hi, I was hoping I might get some advice with a cracked tiling issue I am experiencing. We had a new bathroom installed about a year ago, and noticed the other day that half the top two rows of tiles along an interior brick wall are cracked. We had a closer look around the bathroom, and found...
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    Hairline cracks in tiles

    I would just like to see if anyone could give me any advice on why this may be happening with tiles I installed a year ago I installed a bathroom with ceramic tiles which the customer decided on. I have had a nightmare with them as people ever since on the most annoying little things which I've...
  16. A

    Cracking Grout, advice needed

    could someone advise? I’ve recently had my bathroom floor tiles with ceramic tiles and in advance of my ruler fitting them we boarded the floorboards with 9mm ply. Since the tiler installed the tiles the grout has started to crumble and fall out! The ply seemed solid and no one walked on the...
  17. D

    Tiles coming up, cracks, and hollow points

    I recently had my whole ground floor tiled as part of a larger renovation project. On moving back in I noticed a tile with a crack in it which the contractor said would be replaced. Over the course of the next two months, a few more tiles developed cracks in them and a few lifted off the floor...
  18. R

    crackle tiles and dark grout: patchy staining

    I have used dark grey grout with crackle metro tiles, the idea being that the grout stains the cracks before applying sealant and gives it an aged look. However, the tiles have stained very irregularly: some tiles just atined in patches, some have not taken stain at all. Any ideas what i can do...
    • rsk
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    • crack cracking dark debonding grout patchy staining tile tile grout tiles
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: DIY Tiling Forum
  19. J

    Bathroom Tiles on Walls Cracking- Any Ideas?

    Hi and thanks for letting me post on here. Sorry if this is a long post, trying to just do the main points as it's been a bit of a nightmare. The problem is with the wall tiles in our new bathroom. It was tiled last July with British Ceramic Tile V&A tiles. These are ceramic 152mm x 152mm. We...
    • jonc27
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    • bathroom bathroom tiles crack cracking debonding ideas tile tiles wall walls
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Best Bathroom Tiles
  20. S

    Hairline crack repair advice

    Hi All, We have just discovered a hairline crack in one of our 6mm italian porcelain tiles. Its in quite a high traffic area and i would like to try and repair it. Im more concerned with reducing the chances that the tile gets worst and starts to move. Im less concerned with the appearance...
    • Shai
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    • advice canada crack cracking debonding hairline hairline crack repair
    • Replies: 20
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
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