Had a first this week to remedy. En-suite (ground floor) builders had used 18mm wbp straight onto screwed battens (into concrete sub floor) most of the sub floor cavity between the concrete and wbp had been insulated with an expanded polystyrene insulation board, ok so far, however there was a...
A friend of mine has got a tiled kitchen floor, about 25m2 including wc and utility. Part of the floor is laid on ply and the rest is on concrete. It has been down about 4 yrs. A crack has appeared through the tiles and grout line where the two substates meet and you can feel a definate bounce...
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Hi, my first post.
First just to say hello and that I think this site is really good. I have been looking at it and it seems to be full of really helpful knowledge and advice. I am a customer not a tiler. This is my story so far.........!
We have been renovating an old house and have run...
I tiled a hall floor 5 months ago onto 15m plywood.
i have received a call stating that the grout has now started to crack.
i used the correct pci grout as advised by my local tile shop.
i am unsure where i stand.
can anyone help.
thank you
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I put down some Natural Stone Tiles 40,00cm*60,00cm from Topps Tiles with Bal Natural Stone addy just before XMas.
About Five or six of them now have a hair line crack running down them.
I think the problem is that, the wooden floor sagged alot in the middle i compensated for this with 12mm ply...
hi,
just been out to price a job for a bathroom that about 10+ years old and has recently developed cracked tiles from the bottom of the shower tray, almost in a straight line going up towards the floor.
What do you reccomend best to do? I thought removing all tiles and putting up new ply for...
polished porceain 600x600 layed on wooden floor , the floor was screwed every 6 inch squared , it was primed with uni bond , flexiable adhesive was used (larsen). the back of the tiles were pasted and a 10mm trowel was used on the floor . the area would be around 15 square meters ..
3 or 4 of...
I wonder if anybody could offer an opinion. Prior to my floor being tiled I noticed cracks in the screed in the corners of the room approx 3/4 metre long and 2-3 mm wide. This narrowed when the piped underfloor heating was on. My builder said it wasn't a problem and often occurred in areas...
Hi all, I have a kitchen floor to tile, it is a concrete floor of which 95% is already tiled, the room is about 6m long and is a double L, like a Z.
It has to be tiled over the existing tiles, the problem is there are two fine cracks through the tiles that run from one side of the room to the...
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Hi All,
I've recently had a new bathroom installed and had the shower cubicle lined with 20x20cm glass tiles. This work was done by an outfit doing a whole host of renovation work on the property. The work was completed and I was happy with the job done.
Around 2 months on, and before the...
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while working in germany 15 years ago the german tilers i worked with had a good method of repairng cracked screeds they would follow the crack with a 4inch angle grinder and cut out the fault line , then across this they would cut stitch cuts every 6-8 inchs ,they then took steel screws and...
Hi,
I've not long been tiling long and have recently tiled a bathroom floor but the ceramic tiles have cracked. I used Bal flexible floor ahdesive (10mm notched trowel) and Bal Superflex floor grout.
I took up the floorboards before tiling and put down WBP 18mm ply and also screwed many...
Hi there,
I've recently had a bathroom fitted less than 2 weeks ago, costing over 6000 by a bathroom fitting company who done the whole job.
Upon completion I was happy with how it looked. However, after a couple of days I noticed hairline cracks appearing in the floor grout and it is coming...
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Hi
I've just tiled a small toilet floor, after grouting, i've discovered small holes & slight cracks in my grout. Can anyone explain how this has happened, and how do i rectify it. :confused:
Mucho appreciated
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Hi
When tiling to a movement joint, what would grouting to the edge then covering with a bead of clear Silicon look like?
the reason I ask is I am already putting in a high materials bill and didnt really want to throw in the cost of a couple of tubes of grey Silicon £20 to the mix (i know...
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just tiled a mates kitchen floor used grey wide joint flexible grout with a 4mm spacer told him to leave it for 24 hrs before cleaning but he told me today that the floor s grout has fine cracks apearing already he also told me that he washed it aftrer 12 hrs could this be causing the cracks i...
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I usually attempt most DIY jobs to save costs even though it can be a pain in the arm. This time I plumped for a professional to tile the upstairs bathroom as there would be less hassle and no moans from the trouble and strife if it doesn't line up properly.
In our large bathroom we have a...