cracking

Hi guys, A customer has just asked if I Could regrout areas of a shower enclosure as it's suspected the water is running behind the grout and through the living room ceiling. There's quite a lot of cracking although tiles are OK. It appears that it's been laid on just plaster board and it's all...

Hi We had self leveling compound laid about a week ago by our builders in our shower room and through to our kitchen/diner, i`ve been cleaning today and i`ve noticed cracking and breaking at the edges near the patio doors. It was laid onto plywood boards (in the kitchen area) , concrete in the...

I think I posted this in the wrong forum so here goes again... We have had a single story extension done to our house which has left a 40M2 kitchen area which we have tiled. The problem is that the tiles (10mm thick from B&Q) and grout have cracked in line with the wooden joists which are under...

We have had a single story extension done to our house which has left a 40M2 kitchen area which we have tiled. The problem is that the tiles and grout have cracked in line with the wooden joists which are under the floor. In terms of the build my understanding is the following: - Wooden...

A recent flooring customer of mine had a big new build done, My company done all flooring at the house except any tiling on this job. A tiler done all walls and floors in this bathroom. Customers asked me to go there today and uplift a tile for her as the tiler isn’t playing ball atm and...

Crack that we think is along a seam by chris4275 posted Mar 25, 2018 at 9:02 AMHi everyone: I'm new here and was hoping you'd be able to help. We recently redid our bathroom and (unfortunately) chose BCT. The tile in question is 10x16 Herson Cararrara, as seen here: Herston Ceramic Collection...

Tiling nightmare continues... These were fixed at the start of the month and in the last few days this crack has appeared. I think a crack (or two) might be appearing in the tile above too. We're not in a good place with this. I've no confidence in our tiler's ability (see previous thread)...

Hello, We have recently had a new Statuario marble floor laid in a newly created shower room. Unfortunately, after only a couple of times of using the shower we are experiencing tiles cracking. See attached pictures. Firstly three tiles cracked straight across, they appear to be cracking on...

The tiles we all love to hate.... crackle glazed tiles! But what is your preferred choice of sealer and method of application??

hi all, did a bathroom and a kitchen floor this week. Used standard set addy which gave me a bit more time to work. Left it for a good 24 hours before grouting Plywood subfloor installed by joiner and sealed with latex sealant by me before being left to dry and then tiled. Grout in bathroom fine...

Dear All, I have recently has procelain tiles laid in my downstairs area which is around 80sq.m. We have UFH (water based) installed as well. The builder has was Lafarge (anhydrite) screed. He has allowed enough curing time (3 weeks) and heating was commissioned in the right way (starting...

I've had serious problems with a tiler I found on mybuilder and what I've been left with is a bathroom floor which has a heck of a lot of movement and the grout has all cracked. It's a high water area so obviously I'm extremely worried and it all has to be ripped up. It's a tiny space - only 18...

Hello all, I'm Sienna based in North London! I've had serious problems with a tiler I found on mybuilder and what I've been left with is a bathroom floor which has a heck of a lot of movement and the grout has all cracked. It's a high water area so obviously I'm extremely worried and it all...

Hi all Just had a call from a customer who's floor was finished two weeks ago Tiles are 900 by 900 porcelain Fully bedded ,back buttered installed correctly The l shaped cuts around certain walls have cracked First thoughts were expansion of floor, but tiles go under dot and dabbed walls around...

I had a couple small spots of mildew between grout and caulk at the edge between the bottom tile and the top edge of the porcelain shower floor, so hired a repair person to clean this up. I had tried to do this myself but when I tried to remove the caulk, the grout came off in bits the size of...

Hi, any advice on tiling over a crack 750 wide? Basically there's a 300 resess to the back door and it seems as the builder has patched in the concrete in the small area to the existing original concrete floor after the new back door has been fitted. It also sounds pretty hollow. I know I could...

I moved into a new build home 7 years ago with tiled flooring and underfloor heating on the ground floor. The kitchen and patio was tiled in travertine; the remainder in porcelain tiles. After a year hairline cracks appeared in several of the travertine and I had the tile company inspect the...

Hi All, Is probably not the problem I would like to talk about but looks like me and my dad mess something up with my bathroom flooring … Floor was put down about 3 weeks ago and yesterday I noticed some tiles do have cracks. Tiles are cappuccino marble and subfloor is wood boards 15mm on...

Hi all just got my upstairs bathroom all tiled couple of months back. Where the floor tile meets the wall tile all the grout has started to crack all around the bathroom. What's causing this to happen and how do I fix it

Hi, About a year ago I got my kitchen tiled by a professional tiler. The tiles have started to crack along the joins of the 18mm WBP. The WBP was put down by myself. Looking back I have realised I laid it wrong - the long long crack is where the Plywood is 90 to the floorboards and not the...