Broken floor tiles

[tileman]

Morning all,

I went to look at a floor tile repair job yesterday, the entire ground floor was tiled with the same tile and grout, onto concrete with underfloor heating and NO expansion joints.
This is a straight run of about 15m with three door openings equally spaced along the run, the tiles in each doorway have broken .... well to be correct 'shattered'.

I think the problem is the narrow door openings, along with the underfloor heating pipes going through them and no expansion joints.

I have to remove the tiles and fit new, I am thinking of using Granfix UltimateFlex adhesive and silicone for the expansion joints.

Any advice and opinions are welcome.

Does anyone know if it's possible to get silicone to match grout colours, the lady wants it to match if possible.

Regards John

 

[Gazzer]

No problem with silicone matching grout colour. Find your local Mapei stockist.

 

[DHTiling]

The only prob i see you have here , is that the tiles will be whole tiles as they run through the doorways, so they will have to be trimmed to allow for an expansion joint.
Unles you can trim them ultra neatly then you will have a raw edge to contend with.
I would suggest using maybe a pre-made movement joint and these can be got in various colours from Schluter UK but can be bought from local stockists.And will give a better finish to the edge....

If they are travertine etc..then no probs just smooth the edge.......

good luck and let us know how you went about it...........

 

[TilingLogistics]

If you have to lift the tiles out of the doorways because thats where they are all cracked the stress problems are obviously in the doorways.

I would lift the old tiles from all the doorways. Then cut out the architraves/Skirtings around the doors with a fein machine to accept the tile sliding slightly under. Then install my expansion joints under the architrave using silcone and hey presto no scruffy edges and expansion joint installed

Kev