Limestone tile cracking disaster on UFH

[Time's Ran Out]

Ok - fill the cracks and make it into a veined limestone, but there's only one way it's going - worse!

 

[radim]

if you cant re-do it you have to live with it. simple as...

 

[splas]

Thanks for all the replies -I completely understand I have to live with it if I can't afford to rip it all up & start again - I think I said that inmy original post. What I was asking was...

Is just filling the cracks a worse option (in terms of more cracking) that creating retrospective expansion joints over the cracks or will the fact that cracks have formed help now?

 

[AliGage]

I'm jumping In to post in this thread after getting halfway down page 2.
I'm not going to understand the reason you're being so gentle on the builder.
Does your incompetent builder not have PLI?

 

[splas]

Hi AliGage,
He does but does that cover bad building practice? I thought it was more for accidents etc. It was something I looked at but everything I read made me think it wasn't covered - bad bldg practice would be hard for an insurer to cover as how would they check if the bldr was in fact competent before they insured them - the risk would be very high? Hope I am wrong & then maybe there is a chance- if he's kept his policy up - I checked it before I took him on but haven't checked since!

 

[White Room]

I think your'll find PLI won't cover for bad workmanship...as you state accidental damage.

 

[splas]

Whitebeam is correct - I just checked again, it does not cover faulty workmanship sadly.

 

[splas]

Also tiling over the top could never work - we have level access created to all external doors

 

[Ajax123]

I always thought pli would cover negligence. If he is not covered you may have cover under you household insurance. I know I am covered on mine for damage caused by workmen or negligence on their behalf. The insurance company would just chase him for any costs.

 

[White Room]

I always thought pli would cover negligence. If he is not covered you may have cover under you household insurance. I know I am covered on mine for damage caused by workmen or negligence on their behalf. The insurance company would just chase him for any costs.

Personally Alan can't see that happening...