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    Cracked grout report advice please

    I was asked to have look at a tiled kitchen floor that was installed by a home improvement company as the grout was cracking even though it had been regrouted. It was put in 8 weeks ago. It was 9.5 mm ply over floorboards. Apart from the ply being too thin imo I wasn't satisfied as to why this...
    • SandyFloor
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    • advice crack cracked cracking debonding grout please tile grout usa
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
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    Best way to Glue cracked Toilet base

    Whats the recommended product to use for minimal aesthetic impact ?:oops:
    • Davesax
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    • best best way crack cracked cracking debonding glue toilet usa
    • Replies: 23
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
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    cracked tiles

    I had to change two tiles that had cracked on a floor I did 10 years ago it was a hard job as the tiling was but joint 600 by 300 polished porcelain brick bond and there was only two spare tiles. The lady said she could not afford to pay me but if I did the job she would sleep with me. I...
    • The D
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    • crack cracked cracking debonding tile tiles usa
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
  4. M

    Cracked Travertine

    Hi - Completed my first floor tiling project, a garden room floor in travertine tiles 600 x 400 x 13mm in December. Carried out installation all in accordance with advice received, flexible full bed adhesive and grout, underfloor heating mat, 50mm ecoboard insulation on ply deck and very pleased...
    • matchdayblue
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    • crack cracked cracking debonding travertine usa
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
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    Cracked tiles in my conservatory - HELP ME PLEASE

    Hi Any advice would be most appreciated. Last April we had a lovely conservatory fitted. Our builder (who was above excellent) recommended a local tiler. He persuaded us to have electric underfloor heating (Devimat Warm Floor System) as he could fit this as well as lay the tiles. He also...
    • Perry72
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    • conservatory crack cracked cracking debonding help please tile tiles usa
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
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    Causes of cracked limestone tiles with UFH

    Hi We have a problem with linear cracks in a newly laid limestone tiled floor. The screed substrate at around 65-70mm thickness was laid by the builder onto the foundations, then an extra thick layer of insulation - required by building control due to extra glass in the room. The screed has...
    • jasonh15
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    • crack cracked cracking debonding limestone tile tiles ufh usa
    • Replies: 25
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
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    cracked tiles

    I had a new bathroom installed recently (three months). Three walls around the bath and shower tiled. Over the past week approx 8 tiles (so far) have cracked in a vertical line (so almost the same line down on each tile in a vertical row). The tiles are over a false wall which was built to hide...
    • HEM
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    • crack cracked cracking debonding tile tiles usa
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
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    Cracked glaze/tiles with UFH

    Have a friend who is a top tiler. He put a bathroom floor in with underfloor heating, he also used flexible adhesive & grout. After 6-9 months alot of the tiles have what looks like a tree branch crack effect over them. It also looks like it is in the glaze & not the tile. The cracks don't run...
    • Scott the tiler
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    • crack cracked cracking debonding ufh usa
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
  9. faceman

    cracked travertine tiles

    I laid a travertine floor last year and loads of cracks have appeared. It was a water UFH floor about 35m. The screed was put down months before i started and had been warmed up before i started. I used a single part flexible adhesive suitable so it is baffling. it is a long floor and when i...
    • faceman
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    • crack cracked cracking debonding tile tiles travertine usa
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
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    cracked tile over under floor heating

    Hi, I´ve been asked to replace a porcelain tile on the bathroom floor of my boss´ house, problem is he has under floor heating. Was only mentioned to me on my way out of the office this evening so I didn´t get much info from him. My main question is what precautions should be taken in general...
    • thevinnyofoz
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    • crack cracked cracking debonding floor heating tile under under floor heating usa
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
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    cracked marble tiles

    Hey guys, can you help me? 18 months ago I tiled a small bathroom floor using 300mm x 300 mm marble tiles bought by client. The bathroom was in a basement of an old house. The floor was concrete and there was underfloor heating which went down first. I used flexible adhesive and joints were...
    • fred111
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    • crack cracked cracking debonding marble tile tiles usa
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
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    Cracked porcelain floor tile in a wet room

    Hi, I wonder if anyone could give me some advice. We have recently had a wet room fitted. Two months after the installation, we noticed that a tile had cracked (not in the actual showering area, but immediately adjacent to it). The tiler insists that we must have dropped something on the...
    • maggiemay
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    • crack cracked cracking debonding floor floor tile porcelain porcelain floor porcelain tile porcelain tiles room tile usa wet wet room
    • Replies: 18
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
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    Cracked grout, uneven floor tiles on new isntallation - help!

    Hello, I have got a problem with my recently laid ceramic tile floor (laid by a tradesman not by me) as the grouting is now cracking and in some places bits have come out. Can any one advise what the problem and remedy may be? The (black) grout looked virtually liquid when the tiler put it...
    • Helen72
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    • crack cracked cracking debonding floor floor tiles grout help new build tile tile grout tiles uneven usa
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Best Floor Tiles
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    Cracked grout lines!!

    Hi Guys, I bottled out of tiling our new extension, 55 sq m of 600x 600 polished procelain. Our "professional" tiler was in a hurry to finish on a very warm day, off to play golf. He grouted very quickly (using "Andrews grey gorut with flxi additive). (3 hours to finish the whole job, polished...
    • strax
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    • crack cracked cracking debonding grout grout lines tile grout usa
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
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    cracked tiles over interior ashphalt floor

    I have been called to a job - ensuite ground floor shower wet room. The existing floor tiles have developed hairline cracks. Having removed the tiles (300x300) it appears they were laid on a levelling compound which failed to bond to the ashphalt below. The ashphalt surface exposed is clean...
    • mscg
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    • crack cracked cracking debonding floor tile tiles usa
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
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    grout cracked in wetroom

    Hey, I did a wet room (up stairs) a few months ago and now have been told now that the grout has cracked and water is now under the tile and grout is stained and coming out! I put 18mm green chipboard down screwed then 9mm ply screwed every 4 inches then tile safe membrane, topps 2 part flexi...
    • chud71
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    • crack cracked cracking debonding grout tanking tile grout usa waterproofing wetroom wetroom tiling
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
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    Cracked porcelain tile

    I met a lady today, i did a kitchen floor for last year. She told me one of the tiles cracked when she stood on it. Her washing machine had leaked, when she was on holiday. It was after this the tile cracked. Could the leak cause this to happen. Cheers, Edd
    • Eddie
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    • crack cracked cracking debonding porcelain porcelain tile porcelain tiles tile usa
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
  18. Sean Kelly

    cracked tiles due to cooker heat.

    I’ve got a customer that had his kitchen tiled only 2 years ago. The tiles at the back of the cooker are cracked and discoloured due to the heat generated by their massive 6 ring gas cooker, and the grease from cooking. At the time he asked the tiler for epoxy grout, but the tiler just grouted...
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    cracked grout

    hi guys i've recently just tiled a bathroom floor.I have screwed all floorboards down so there is no movement then i 18 mm ply'd the floor screwing at 200 centres so the floor was totally solid no movement whatsoever.I layed 330mm x 330mm ceramic tiles onto the ply with a norcross rapid set...
    • davey-j
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    • crack cracked cracking debonding grout tile grout usa
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
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    Cracked tles and UFH

    Has anyone had a problem with porcelain tiles fracturing along the join lines of the underlying plywood. A warmfloor solution heating mat was also installed. The floorboards were sound and I used 18mm ply, screwed at 6 inch intervals. A good job I thought but still the tiles cracked. Is it...
    • kampc8856
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    • crack cracked cracking debonding ufh usa
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum

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