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    Cracked tiles on wodden floor

    I have a small bathroom floor coming up and after viewing the job only 3 tiles were cracked but they were all next to each other. directly under the floor boards there is a supporting wall would that make any difference? would using a 2 part flexible adhesive make much difference or is it best...
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    Cracks in floor tiles

    Hi I have a floor tile problem , fine cracks in the floor tiles recently laid due to flexure. The tiles were laid onto wide tongue and grooved boarding and which was heavily screwed down, flexible recommended adhesive then applied. Should we tile over as we dont want to rip the tiles up.
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    Avoiding cracked tiles when transporting bathroom pods

    Hi, I am designing a bathroom pod prototype for a job in india which is going to be displayed at an exhibition. Im a worried about wall and floor tile cracking during transport and wondered is there any way to best protect against this? The floor tiles are ceramic 600x600mm and the wall tiles...
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    porc's and grout cracking on ditra on screed

    First problem i've ever had with a floor ?? 2 new build 5 bed houses / ufh underscreed hep spaced at 100mm with wall stats measuring air temp only screed 6 weeks old primed with acrylic ditra'd flexible benfer rapid solid bed trowel flexible benfer rapid fixed 3mm joint / 600x600 porcelanosa...
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    Cracking Joke...

    Was this you?
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    Cracking

    :thumbsup::thumbsup: PLUMMERS EH !!!
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    Will my tiles crack?

    Hi everybody I have recently completed an outdoor tile job in Croatia. Due to time and weather constraints I was unable to completely level the slab on which i laid the tiles. Therefor to keep it level I have made up the height difference in some places by adding some extra tile glue where...
  8. Andy Allen

    cracked floor..

    looked at a 40m2 floor today, 75mm screed, sand cement, over wet ufh, the floor has quite a few cracks in it, from what i can gather is the plumber commisioned the heating by turning it right up from the start.. will this be ok to tile with a decoupler, it dosn't sound hollow or look as if its...
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    LTP crackle glaze protector

    Never gain. 20 minutes later got a banging headache and can hardly breathe and thats with windows and door open ! gotta be something better.
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    cracked floor tiles new build

    Two floors in upstairs new build have a hairline crack along plywood edge in middle of the floor. The builder laid 6mm ply and screwed it down, flexible cement used. The question is who is at fault tilers or builder.
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    Advice re cracking wall and floor tiles

    I have 2 issues. 1. bathroom wall tiles grout cracking and hairline cracks across tiles 2. Kitchen floor tiles and wall tiles cracked. I have had a structural engineer in who stated no foundation issues. I live on busy main road causing periodic vibration through house. Can vibration cause these...
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    Glass tiles cracked in kitchen

    Hello bought 3mm thich and 200x100mm glass tiles and had fitted in kitchen around June time last year. Had stainless steel tile edging fitted as well that is about 10mm deep. Tiler had to build up tile glue to bring out tiles to meet the trim. initially one tile cracked and few days later...
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    Slate bathroom : stains, sealing and cracked grouting.

    Hi, We've just bought a house, and have a ten month old demanding baby :-). The previous owners had a flood and the bathroom was redone. It has a slate floor and shower( slate walls). The grouting is cracked in the shower, and it leaks through the kitchen ceiling when running for too long- is...
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    Cracked Tiles

    Hi all, I recently finished a loft conversion and moved in, about 3 months ago. Everything is settling a bit so there's the odd paint/plaster crack, nothing to stress over... We haven't used the new bathroom because the shower was faulty and wayyyyyyy down the list of important things.. But...
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    Sealing Crackle Glaze tiles, some advice please.

    Hi all, I'm tiling a cooker and worktop splash back with some crackle glaze tiles. The makers say they need to be sealed before grouting. Now, I'm on a really tight budget, and £20 for a litre seems a bit much to me, so can I use either some HG Impregnator that I have left over from a previous...
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    Why are my Travertine tiles cracking he asked!!

    Oh dear...:thumbsdown:
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    New En-suite leaking - Grout is cracked and colour bleeds

    Hi all Am new to this, just had my en-suite ripped out and replaced, tiles are floor to ceiling, all seemed ok until this week, shower leaking through to living room ceiling with orange stain. I have noticed some of the grout is cracked around the base near the shower tray, quite large cracks...
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    Cracked travertine foor tiles underfloor heating!!! help please

    Hello, advice needed I have recently moved into a lovely house, it is 8 years old and has underfloor heating. I have noticed that the floor in the Kitchen has started to crack the tiles (4"X4") just by the outside wall. I found 2 cracked at first but now a couple of weeks later I have found 3...
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    Limestone floor - looks permanently grubby and now has linear cracking

    Hi, I don't know if anyone can help me. We had a limestone floor laid in our kitchen about 18 months ago. Almost immediately it started to look grubby, but wouldn't clean, I called the tiler straight away and he wasn't really interested, said he'd sealed 3 times as the shop had told him. He said...
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    Old cracked screed over floorboards, can I just remove it?

    Got a hallway and utility to tile (1920's semi), hallway is normal floorboards and then goes into utility but changes to an old 40mm screed. This is cracked badly and parts are loose, under the utility is a celler and when you go down you can clearly see the bottom of the utility floor which is...

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