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mojoammo
last week I got a call from a customer complaining of cracking tiles. The job in question was a complete bathroom refit, the existing plasterboard walls were removed and the room was re-sheeted with 3/4 inch exterior grade ply, fixed securely to the stud work, fully primed and tiled with a flexible adhesive and grout.
This was 4 months ago and now a crack has developed on the bath wall, extending from the rim of the bath to the ceiling, straight up and creating a valley in the tiles. As the tiles are still securely fixed to the wall, the customer has stated that they do not consider it to be a fault with the tiling, but as always it is the Tiler who has to fix it. I think that some movement has occured with the stud work, as the tiles are concaving where the crack is, hence the valley effect.
I am due to strip, investigate, and repair this on thursday, however if there is movement behind the ply sheeting, short of taking down the wall, how can I be sure this will not reoccur in another couple of months?
This was 4 months ago and now a crack has developed on the bath wall, extending from the rim of the bath to the ceiling, straight up and creating a valley in the tiles. As the tiles are still securely fixed to the wall, the customer has stated that they do not consider it to be a fault with the tiling, but as always it is the Tiler who has to fix it. I think that some movement has occured with the stud work, as the tiles are concaving where the crack is, hence the valley effect.
I am due to strip, investigate, and repair this on thursday, however if there is movement behind the ply sheeting, short of taking down the wall, how can I be sure this will not reoccur in another couple of months?
