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Hi All
Ive got a really nice job ive been recommended for, 77 sq mtrs of travertine.
The customers father has had a shop install about 120 sq mtrs in his house through the ground floor. 60x60 tiles with a high gloss finish(thats another tread coming im afraid). there are some long runs with a grout line cut through the door ways. The tiles seem solid,not dot and dabbed or anything but there is cracks running through the tiles in runs some 3 mtrs long and then going off in another direction, these are all over the floor in all different rooms. i went to see it today as the customer is worried his floor will do the same, i said i would be devastated if my worked cracked like that.
There is underfloor heating (water system) and im wondering if this was turned on to quickly but he said its been down 3 years and the cracks are getting worse, im now thinking the floor has failed. i did notice a crack all along the edge where the doors are to the garden and some skirting board looked like it was coming away.
Would this be movement in the screed or something more serious, i dont believe the tilers are at fault as tapping the tiles they seem solid and even along the cracks they dont sound blown or hollow.
I said id ask on here for any info as he said they might want me to replace some of the tiles, i wouldnt like to do the work as the shop has sent back tilers to replace a couple of tiles in a door way and they have cracked already,only weeks old.
Any info would be appreciated
Thanks
Mark
MS.Tiles
Ive got a really nice job ive been recommended for, 77 sq mtrs of travertine.
The customers father has had a shop install about 120 sq mtrs in his house through the ground floor. 60x60 tiles with a high gloss finish(thats another tread coming im afraid). there are some long runs with a grout line cut through the door ways. The tiles seem solid,not dot and dabbed or anything but there is cracks running through the tiles in runs some 3 mtrs long and then going off in another direction, these are all over the floor in all different rooms. i went to see it today as the customer is worried his floor will do the same, i said i would be devastated if my worked cracked like that.
There is underfloor heating (water system) and im wondering if this was turned on to quickly but he said its been down 3 years and the cracks are getting worse, im now thinking the floor has failed. i did notice a crack all along the edge where the doors are to the garden and some skirting board looked like it was coming away.
Would this be movement in the screed or something more serious, i dont believe the tilers are at fault as tapping the tiles they seem solid and even along the cracks they dont sound blown or hollow.
I said id ask on here for any info as he said they might want me to replace some of the tiles, i wouldnt like to do the work as the shop has sent back tilers to replace a couple of tiles in a door way and they have cracked already,only weeks old.
Any info would be appreciated
Thanks
Mark
MS.Tiles