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    Cracked tiles on UFH

    Hi,just need some advice,I did a bathroom 10 months ago and have just got a phone call from the customer saying that 6 tiles have hairline cracks,been to have a look and 3 tiles have cracked on either side of the heating mat.The floor area is 4 m2 but the mat is only 1 m2 in front of the...
  2. D

    Crackle Glaze tile discoloured

    I work as a self employed tiler and after moving in to my new home decided to re fit the bathroom and install a shower tray and frameless enclosure. I purchased 6 square metres of antique smooth crackle glaze tiles from Walls & Floors.co.uk and used them for the two walls of the shower...
    • dodd4721
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    • aus crack cracking debonding tile usa
    • Replies: 18
    • Forum: Australia Tiling Forum
  3. R

    Hairline cracks

    Saw a customer today who had called me in to look at some cracked tiles, I was expecting the worse, but the cracks were very fine and bizarrely the tiles we not loose at all. She doesn't want themn ripped up as has no replacements and doesn't want the hassle, she enquired as to whether you can...
    • robbieraven
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    • aus crack cracking cracks debonding hairline usa
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Australia Tiling Forum
  4. B

    Cracked Substrate

    Afternoon all. Have recently said hello to theforum and finally got around to posing some questions on a bathroom refurb. Firstof all, having removed the 30 year old cappuccino coloured bathroom suite withmatching tiles I am left with plastered walls that have a nice selection ofcracks across...
    • Boondocker
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    • aus crack cracked cracking debonding substrate usa
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Australia Tiling Forum
  5. S

    Limestone tile cracking disaster on UFH

    Hi Everyone, Am hoping someone can help with some advice here. I have had 120sq mtrs of honed Opera limestone (600x600) tile laid in a renovation over a new slab. The slab has expansion joints in doorways, round the perimiter and down the centre of the largest room (59m2). After laying the new...
    • splas
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    • aus crack cracking debonding limestone tile ufh usa
    • Replies: 55
    • Forum: Australia Tiling Forum
  6. S

    Cracking due to movement

    Morning! Bit of advise needed. I've pretty much finished tiling 4 bathrooms and 3 Ensuites in a new build but first day back yesterday and 2 wall tiles have cracked on a low stud wall which makes the sink unit. It's around a cupboard opening and I can see the plaster behind has cracked in line...
  7. H

    Ceramic metro tiles cracking on wall

    Hi there, I am at a loss about how to go about figuring out the reason over 50 tiles on the wall of my newly installed shower have cracked. The tiler has been round and was non-committal about the reasons. Hopefully you guys can help. The bathroom was finished 3 months ago and within...
    • Hannah
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    • aus ceramic ceramic tile crack cracking debonding metro metro tiles tile tiles usa wall
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Australia Tiling Forum
  8. P

    cracking tiles

    Hi there I am new to this forum. In june 2014 my bathroom was retiled. Old tiles removed and replaced by Topps Tiles Lenna Grey 40 x 24cm. Two months later and they are cracking,look like inflated in the middle, craking in the edges. Topps Tiles manager came to inspect and initially thinks it...
    • pat77
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    • aus crack cracking debonding tile tiles usa
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: Australia Tiling Forum
  9. M

    Cut ceramic tiles cracking after adhesive is set

    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...
    • mdv
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    • adhesive aus ceramic ceramic tile ceramic tiles crack cracking cut debonding set tile tile adhesive tiles usa
    • Replies: 21
    • Forum: Australia Tiling Forum
  10. J

    Is anti-crack matting necessary?

    Hi This is my first post on here :) I've been getting quotes for laying polished porcelain tiles in a recent extension. We have underfloor heating (wet? - connected to gas boiler, not electric) with a screed over the top. One of the tilers who's quoted says we need anti-crack matting but our...
    • Jayney71
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    • anti-crack aus crack cracking debonding matting usa
    • Replies: 36
    • Forum: Australia Tiling Forum
  11. R

    Cracking in new wall tiles

    Hi All, We had a new bathroom fitted just over 2 months including new floor and wall tiles (floor to ceiling wall tiles). The walls tiles were laid on the existing wall substrate as the builder advised it was in good condition. All was fine until 2 weeks when we noticed a tile had several...
    • rj101
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    • aus crack cracking debonding new build tile tiles usa wall wall tiles
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Australia Tiling Forum
  12. L

    Cracked red screed ??

    I've been asked to tile what looks like a cracked red screed. It could be some sort of water proof membrane and is about an inch thick which has been laid over the original floor. The building is hundreds of years old. It's mostly solid although it's fair to say that some of it is 'floating'...
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    Help! Why have my bathroom tiles cracked??

    Hello all, Can anyone help advise what may have caused our bathroom wall tiles to crack? We need to know the reason so that we can resolve this with our builder and who bears the cost of repair. The cracks are on a stud wall that runs along the length of the bath, and the tiles runs from the...
    • renovator
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    • aus bathroom bathroom tiles crack cracked cracking debonding have help tile tiles usa
    • Replies: 16
    • Forum: Best Bathroom Tiles
  14. J

    Grout cracked where walls meet

    Hi I've noticed that the grout has cracked most of the way down where two walls meet in the area around the shower. It's not a power shower and water isn't running down the wall, but obviously it is getting splashed. See pictures of crack. Second one a close-up, if it helps. What should I do...
    • JulesA
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    • aus crack cracked cracking debonding grout tile grout usa wall walls where
    • Replies: 21
    • Forum: Australia Tiling Forum
  15. N

    Cracked floor tiles - please help

    Hello I was hoping somebody could help me as both my bathroom and kitchen floor tiles are cracked. These were both laid in October last year. I'll address both floors separately as the tiles are cracking in different ways/places. Bathroom This floor is cement encaustic tiles and i first...
    • natalie stanley
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    • aus crack cracked cracking debonding floor floor tiles floor tiling help please tile tiles usa
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: Best Floor Tiles
  16. R

    Cracked screed

    Good evening. I looked at a job where the client wants the swimming pool surround tile with UFH. I've done quite a bit of tiling in the house but they've asked if I could tile the swimming pool area. It's currently got a grubby bit of carpet laid over the existing screed. The problem is some...
    • rj1884
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    • aus crack cracked cracking debonding screed usa
    • Replies: 18
    • Forum: Australia Tiling Forum
  17. J

    Cracked travertine over Wet UFH - help

    I would be grateful for any advice you could give me. I have recently installed 600x450 travertine tiles in a fairly large conservatory 6.5m x 4.5m over wet UFH. Used 8-10mm beds of flexible adhesive and flexible grout with 3mm spacers. My father did the installation. He's a bricklayer so is...
    • Jason20
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    • aus crack cracked cracking debonding help over travertine ufh usa wet wet ufh
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  18. widler

    Cracked tiles

    How's about this Nothing to do with me,it's a house I'm working on,he wants me to re tile bathroom,every wall tile,and I mean every,has a crack in it
  19. J

    Tiles cracking where screed slabs meet (wet underfloor heating)

    Hi all, Following some excellent advice from you in 2012, I successfully laid approximately 40 sq m of ceramic floor tiles in our new kitchen, garden room and granny flat. All was fine for a while, but then the tiles cracked across the opening between the garden room and kitchen, a distance...
    • Johneb
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    • aus crack cracking debonding floor floor tiling heating screed slabs tile tiles ufh underfloor underfloor heating usa where
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  20. W

    cracked grout

    Hi everyone, I have the following scenario on a job: Shower over bath with bath screen My client had bathroom refurbed 2 years ago bath is leaking from cracked grout The bath was either cut into the wall or plasterboarded down to the bath (unnecessarily as plenty of width in room.) This is...
    • Wood's better
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    • aus crack cracked cracking debonding grout tile grout usa
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
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