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    BCT Ceramic Wall Tiles in Shower Cracking After 12 Weeks

    Crack that we think is along a seam by chris4275 posted Mar 25, 2018 at 9:02 AMHi everyone: I'm new here and was hoping you'd be able to help. We recently redid our bathroom and (unfortunately) chose BCT. The tile in question is 10x16 Herson Cararrara, as seen here: Herston Ceramic Collection...
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    • bct ceramic ceramic tile crack cracking debonding former shower shower tray tile tiles wall wall tiles wetroom
    • Replies: 15
    • Forum: Tanking and Wetrooms
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    Crack in newly fitted travertine tile. What would cause this?

    Tiling nightmare continues... These were fixed at the start of the month and in the last few days this crack has appeared. I think a crack (or two) might be appearing in the tile above too. We're not in a good place with this. I've no confidence in our tiler's ability (see previous thread)...
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    • canada crack cracking debonding this tile travertine what would
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
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    Cracking Statuario Marble Tiles in Wet Room

    Hello, We have recently had a new Statuario marble floor laid in a newly created shower room. Unfortunately, after only a couple of times of using the shower we are experiencing tiles cracking. See attached pictures. Firstly three tiles cracked straight across, they appear to be cracking on...
    • Tammy Leggetter
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    • canada crack cracking debonding marble room statuario tile tiles wet wet room
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
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    What is your preferred choice of crackle glaze sealer and method of application?

    The tiles we all love to hate.... crackle glazed tiles! But what is your preferred choice of sealer and method of application??
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    Grout Cracking despite rakeing it out and doing it again

    hi all, did a bathroom and a kitchen floor this week. Used standard set addy which gave me a bit more time to work. Left it for a good 24 hours before grouting Plywood subfloor installed by joiner and sealed with latex sealant by me before being left to dry and then tiled. Grout in bathroom fine...
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    Grout coming out and crackling noise under some tiles

    Dear All, I have recently has procelain tiles laid in my downstairs area which is around 80sq.m. We have UFH (water based) installed as well. The builder has was Lafarge (anhydrite) screed. He has allowed enough curing time (3 weeks) and heating was commissioned in the right way (starting...
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    Help, Grout Has Cracked In New Bathroom. Now What?

    I've had serious problems with a tiler I found on mybuilder and what I've been left with is a bathroom floor which has a heck of a lot of movement and the grout has all cracked. It's a high water area so obviously I'm extremely worried and it all has to be ripped up. It's a tiny space - only 18...
    • Sienna
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    • bathroom crack cracked cracking debonding grout help new build tile grout what
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Bathroom Tiling Advice
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    Help! Grout Has Cracked In Bathroom

    Hello all, I'm Sienna based in North London! I've had serious problems with a tiler I found on mybuilder and what I've been left with is a bathroom floor which has a heck of a lot of movement and the grout has all cracked. It's a high water area so obviously I'm extremely worried and it all...
    • Sienna
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    • bathroom crack cracked cracking debonding grout help tile grout
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Bathroom Tiling Advice
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    Cracked tiles on big floor

    Hi all Just had a call from a customer who's floor was finished two weeks ago Tiles are 900 by 900 porcelain Fully bedded ,back buttered installed correctly The l shaped cuts around certain walls have cracked First thoughts were expansion of floor, but tiles go under dot and dabbed walls around...
    • merit
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    • big canada crack cracked cracking debonding floor floor tiling tile tiles
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
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    advice on cracked shower grout just completed by repairman

    I had a couple small spots of mildew between grout and caulk at the edge between the bottom tile and the top edge of the porcelain shower floor, so hired a repair person to clean this up. I had tried to do this myself but when I tried to remove the caulk, the grout came off in bits the size of...
    • syl
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    • advice crack cracked cracking debonding grout just shower tile grout
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: The Welcome Forum
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    Tiling onto a concrete screed, but there's a crack by the door....

    Hi, any advice on tiling over a crack 750 wide? Basically there's a 300 resess to the back door and it seems as the builder has patched in the concrete in the small area to the existing original concrete floor after the new back door has been fitted. It also sounds pretty hollow. I know I could...
    • llevram
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    • canada concrete crack cracking debonding door screed tiling
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
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    Travertine floor covered in cracks.

    I moved into a new build home 7 years ago with tiled flooring and underfloor heating on the ground floor. The kitchen and patio was tiled in travertine; the remainder in porcelain tiles. After a year hairline cracks appeared in several of the travertine and I had the tile company inspect the...
    • alig9
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    • canada crack cracking cracks debonding floor floor tiling travertine
    • Replies: 29
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
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    Marble Floor Tiles - Hairline Cracks

    Hi All, Is probably not the problem I would like to talk about but looks like me and my dad mess something up with my bathroom flooring … Floor was put down about 3 weeks ago and yesterday I noticed some tiles do have cracks. Tiles are cappuccino marble and subfloor is wood boards 15mm on...
    • Alzak
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    • canada crack cracking cracks debonding floor floor tiles floor tiling hairline marble tile tiles
    • Replies: 20
    • Forum: Best Floor Tiles
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    Grout cracking upstairs bathroom

    Hi all just got my upstairs bathroom all tiled couple of months back. Where the floor tile meets the wall tile all the grout has started to crack all around the bathroom. What's causing this to happen and how do I fix it
    • Cmac88
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    • bathroom crack cracking debonding grout grout cracking tile grout
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Bathroom Tiling Advice
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    Line of cracks along tiles :(

    Hi, About a year ago I got my kitchen tiled by a professional tiler. The tiles have started to crack along the joins of the 18mm WBP. The WBP was put down by myself. Looking back I have realised I laid it wrong - the long long crack is where the Plywood is 90 to the floorboards and not the...
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    Hairline cracks on a new floor

    So I've returned to a job today to put some tiled skirts on and I see hairline cracks on the floor! Only in grout lines. 30m2 floor 600x600 porcelain tiles double buttered with tile master rapid setaflex onto dura Matt and using grout 3000. Floor was Alfa hemi hydrate that's been moisture tested...
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    • crack cracking cracks debonding floor floor tiling grout hairline heating new build
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Tiling on Underfloor Heating
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    How can I Repair a Cracked Ceramic Floor Tile

    Hello, I have a cracked ceramic floor tile (discontinued and no spares to replace) which because the underneath was no solid and a chair leg was put on it caused a large star-type crack across it in all directions. As a temporary fix, until I can find some, I thought I could pour some thin fluid...
    • ppeetteerr
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    • can ceramic ceramic tile could crack cracked cracking debonding floor floor tile floor tiling how repair tile tile adhesive
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Tile Adhesive and Grout Advice
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    Cracked porcelain floor tiles - can they be repaired?

    Have posted for replacement porcelain floor tiles that have been discontinued without success, so wondering if it's possible to invisibly repair them? Floor was laid when house was built in 2007 on concrete rafts(?) but cracks didn't appear until around 3 years ago, which is puzzling - there...
    • DTL
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    • attach can canada crack cracked cracking debonding floor floor tiles floor tiling porcelain porcelain floor porcelain tile they tile tiles
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Best Floor Tiles
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    Cracked wall tiles with NMP

    Hey people Been a long time since i was last on here! I've had a customer come back to me with some cracked tiles in his bathroom. Its 12mm no more ply, I've called them and apparently it has to be glued on the joins AND to the stud work, who knew? Anyone else had any issues with this? I've...
    • Scott
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    • canada crack cracked cracking debonding tile tiles wall wall tiles
    • Replies: 19
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
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    Selflevelling cracking

    Hi all just asking if anyone else has come across selflevelling compound cracking and what they have done about it. The floor in question is an old farm house and was a mixture of concrete and old type tiles but as walls had been removed these were all at different heights hence levelling. The...
    • baht'at
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    • canada crack cracking debonding levelling
    • Replies: 19
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
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