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    Hairline cracks in tiles

    I would just like to see if anyone could give me any advice on why this may be happening with tiles I installed a year ago I installed a bathroom with ceramic tiles which the customer decided on. I have had a nightmare with them as people ever since on the most annoying little things which I've...
  2. D

    Tiles coming up, cracks, and hollow points

    I recently had my whole ground floor tiled as part of a larger renovation project. On moving back in I noticed a tile with a crack in it which the contractor said would be replaced. Over the course of the next two months, a few more tiles developed cracks in them and a few lifted off the floor...
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    New UFH screed with a few cracks.

    Hi, thread over the UFH section, it's sort of moved onto prep. Cementainous screed with some cracks. Plan to deal with as below: 1. Sand/hoover/seal? Is the seal bit needed? 2. Fill any cracks I can with Resincoat Epoxy Crack Repair Filler. 3. Kerakoll Idrobuild Tex as uncoupling membrane 4...
    • MarkUFH
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    • canada crack cracking cracks debonding new build screed ufh
    • Replies: 15
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
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    Cracks in screed, how to repair?

    Hi I’ve just removed a stone floor for a client. I didn’t tile it originally. The stone tiles had 3 sizeable cracks in it and the floor has a wet ufh system. We couldn’t work out why the tiles had cracked apart from guessing that it was due to cracks in the screed below and not using a...
    • clipboard2008
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    • canada crack cracking cracks debonding how repair screed
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
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    Wrong type of Self leveling compound and cracks / underfloor heating

    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...
    • johnw100
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    • compound crack cracking cracks debonding floor floor tiling heating leveling self self leveling compound underfloor underfloor heating
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Tiling on Underfloor Heating
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    Travertine floor covered in cracks.

    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...
    • alig9
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    • canada crack cracking cracks debonding floor floor tiling travertine
    • Replies: 29
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
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    Marble Floor Tiles - Hairline Cracks

    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...
    • Alzak
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    • canada crack cracking cracks debonding floor floor tiles floor tiling hairline marble tile tiles
    • Replies: 20
    • Forum: Best Floor Tiles
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    Line of cracks along tiles :(

    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...
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    Hairline cracks on a new floor

    So I've returned to a job today to put some tiled skirts on and I see hairline cracks on the floor! Only in grout lines. 30m2 floor 600x600 porcelain tiles double buttered with tile master rapid setaflex onto dura Matt and using grout 3000. Floor was Alfa hemi hydrate that's been moisture tested...
    • hps1
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    • crack cracking cracks debonding floor floor tiling grout hairline heating new build
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Tiling on Underfloor Heating
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    Hairline Fracture in Wall Tiles - What could be the cause?

    Hi lads, Just been back to a wet room job i done over a year ago and two of the wall tiles (opposite wall to the shower) going into the corner have slight crack lines on them, you can see them but can't feel any lipage, (i used webber low dust rsf) I will replace them no problem...
    • nalla
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    • canada could cracks fracture hairline there tile tiles wall wall tiles what
    • Replies: 15
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
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    Cracks!

    Hello, Some days ago our conservatory floor has been tiled and skirting board has been affixed by a handyman (paid after completion), and now there are already cracks between the tiles (see 4 photos below, normally all the other joints "only" have little hair-line cracks). Here a list of all...
    • tilly
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    • canada crack cracking cracks debonding tile adhesive
    • Replies: 15
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
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    Advice Please : What Has Caused Fine Cracks In Bathroom Tiles?

    I'm a customer not a tiler but seeking advice please: I had two bathrooms fitted in Jan/Feb and in late March noticed some tiles had cracks in - fine cracks in the glaze in webbed patterns (NOT directional cracks that you might see where movement has occurred in wall behind tiles). See attached...
    • A274
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    • advice bathroom bathroom tiles canada crack cracking cracks debonding please tile tile adhesive tiles what
    • Replies: 38
    • Forum: Best Bathroom Tiles
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    Tiles Cracked On All Hardiebacker Joins

    I tiled an L shape bathroom floor 5 months ago and long cracks have appeared at 800mm centres striaght over the Hardiebacker joins. I've never had any cracks through tiles since 6 years ago when i used to tile on 12mm ply. The tiles are 300mm British ceramic. House was built 1984, standard...
    • Bathfix Bob
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    • canada crack cracked cracking cracks debonding hardi backer hardiebacker tile tiles
    • Replies: 27
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
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    Cracks In New Build Floor

    I went down to price up a floor tiling job on a new build....I was shocked as to how many cracks there were on the whole of the ground floor. Due to settlement I know..I'm guessing the chances of the cracks coming through the tiles are quite high...600x600 porcelainosa....what would you guys say...
    • Martino
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    • build canada crack cracking cracks debonding floor floor tiling new build
    • Replies: 21
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
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    Wetroom Grout Micro Cracks

    Hi looking for some advice I had my wetroom tiled with travertine about 4 months ago I noticed lots of very small cracks in the grout so I decided to removed the damaged areas and regrout them I used weber pro as that is what the tiler had used but I have noticed the new grout has some cracks...
    • Craig Hamilton
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    • crack cracking cracks debonding grout tanking tile grout waterproofing wetroom wetroom tiling
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Tanking and Wetrooms
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    Hair Line Cracks In Tiles

    Hi lads, tiled a complete bathroom about 10 months ago (floor + walls to ceiling) and customer has been back in contact to say that some of the tiles have cracked, i went to see them and right enough there is a very fine crack line on some of the tiles, i must have done about 150 floors and this...
    • cityone
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    • canada crack cracking cracks debonding floor line tile tiles
    • Replies: 16
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
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    Hairline Cracks In Marble At Studs

    Hi Guys, Anyone come accross this before? 4 inch stud wall 5m long x 2.8m high clad in 12mm hardibacker. Fixed 600 x 400 arrabascato italian marble tiles with Bal single part flexible slow set. lmm grout joints but left adequate expansion on the hardi and the tiles. 3 months no problem. Now a...
    • Gonzo1969
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    • aus crack cracking cracks debonding hairline marble
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Australia Tiling Forum
  18. judge

    Hairline Cracks In B N Q Ceramics

    Tiled the walls of a bathroom last week with 60 x 30 white ceramics from b n q.I removed all skim to reveal rendered walls which needed a bit of scratch coat the day before I started tiling.(weber rapid set used) I used weber slow set to fix the tiles and walls have had three days to dry.only...
    • judge
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    • aus ceramic ceramic tile ceramics crack cracking cracks debonding hairline
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Australia Tiling Forum
  19. M

    Cracks In New Concrete Floors

    Hello all I'm a tiler in Ireland and I get a lot of new one off houses to tile, most of these have ready mix concrete floors, the kind that's pored before any walls are built and most of these floors have cracks in them, hairline cracks and slightly bigger, I have been using the Bal decoupling...
    • Markltile
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    • aus concrete crack cracking cracks debonding floor floor tiling floors new build usa
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Australia Tiling Forum
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    Laying On A Floor With Cracks

    I had a job booked to retile 19m of kitchen floor where the house had apperently had a little bit of subsidence causing a a couple of crack lines to appear across the original tiling. Another tiler had already pulled up original tiling before customer called me, then bottled it on doing the job...
    • wayfoward
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    • aus crack cracking cracks debonding floor floor tiling laying usa
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Australia Tiling Forum
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