cracking

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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...

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...

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...

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...

had a new bathroom fitted a few weeks ago. the windowcill was made higher so plasterboard was put in before tiling....those tiles that are on the windowcill are cracking. Does anyone have any idea why this is happening

Hi as you can see in the photo i have problems with cracked grout next to the bathtub.How can i fix that?Just clean the grout and apply new one?Will it hold?Thanks a lot and sorry for my poor english. https://www.dropbox.com/s/ipl0wzy3jj3m47s/IMG_20121017_010820.jpg

I'm hoping for some professional advice on what to do with my new Limstone tiled floor - I'm at my wits end!! I had a job carried out in my house by local a tiler which completed 1 month ago - Sept '12; details as follows: - New build house that we've lived in for 4 yrs since new. - 40 sq mtrs...

Quick questions guys and girls. Crackle glaze tiles. Can i score and snap these or does it have to be a wet cutter? Never done them before.

My bathroom was tiled just 4 weeks ago using Wickes Florina Ceramic Wall tiles and Wickes Natural Stone Flex Rapid Adhesive. The tiles are cracking very quickly. Is this because of faulty tiles, faulty adhesive or bad workmanship? Please help. Thanks

Hi, Not sure if this is in the right section, but here goes. I had to visit a customers house yesterday, 50 x 50cm porc floor tiles supplied by us, fitted by tiler (not connected to us). Tiles fitted in May 2011, problem became apparent after a few months. Tiles on floor in what was understairs...

Hi, I am hoping some one on here can help.About a year ago I fixed(using mirror adhesive)a mirror with a heating pad on the back to a wall that was tiled with marble tiles. A couple of days ago it cracked horizontally,has anyone got any ideas as to why it would crack after a year? I know it...

Hello I’ve been setting tile for 35 years, however I’m now retired and moved from Wisconsin to Arizona, a much dryer climate. In my all my years of setting tile, I never experienced crumbling, cracking, and shrinkage of tiled grout joints until moving to Arizona. I’ve always taken...

Hi I have crack in plastered skimmed wall, what should I do? Should I take any action to repair it? Or should I just leave it and tile on it anyway? I send you picture later.

Hello Been searching on the net and here. I think I have the answer but need to confirm Had our kitchen fitted and finished about 2:5 months ago. The black tiles were a bit thin, but only ones I could get is 3mm. The were fitted with square edged stainless steel trim. The tiler had to put...

Hi, I am a diy amateur enthusiast. I have recently completed my first tiling job (kitchen splashback) and it turned out really well!! My next project is to tile (ceramic tiles) the back of a multifuel stove (situated in a corner of the kitchen) to protect the walls from marks etc (plastered and...