Hi All,
I have tiled an en-suite floor and subsequently a line of tiles have cracked. I have lifted these tiles and noticed that the crack line follows a join in the ply sheets underneath (which has a 2mm gap between the pieces). I noticed (and said to the owners) that there was a bow in the floor when I tiled it across the area where the crack has appeared.
The door to the en-suite was removed prior to tiling and cut to clear the tiled floor - this door was scraping across the tiles before I lifted the cracked ones.
I use BAL rapidset flexible and BAL superflex wide joint grout on top of Ply.
I have previously tiled the kitchen and utility room floors using the same materials and the door between them was cut to clear the tiles again and has no problems.
This all leads me to believe that the floor is expanding with the heat and humidity.
This is the first time this has happened to me and I am looking for help in identifying/confirming the problem and a solution to fixing the replacement tiles back down without it happening again.
Any help would be great
Cheers
Broughty Tiler
I have tiled an en-suite floor and subsequently a line of tiles have cracked. I have lifted these tiles and noticed that the crack line follows a join in the ply sheets underneath (which has a 2mm gap between the pieces). I noticed (and said to the owners) that there was a bow in the floor when I tiled it across the area where the crack has appeared.
The door to the en-suite was removed prior to tiling and cut to clear the tiled floor - this door was scraping across the tiles before I lifted the cracked ones.
I use BAL rapidset flexible and BAL superflex wide joint grout on top of Ply.
I have previously tiled the kitchen and utility room floors using the same materials and the door between them was cut to clear the tiles again and has no problems.
This all leads me to believe that the floor is expanding with the heat and humidity.
This is the first time this has happened to me and I am looking for help in identifying/confirming the problem and a solution to fixing the replacement tiles back down without it happening again.
Any help would be great
Cheers
Broughty Tiler