Look what I found today

[Bubblecraft]

In the middle of a renovation & thought I'd start on removing the tiles on the bathroom floor to check substrate. There was one cracked tile behind the toilet so customer wants to replace the floor.
After lifting a few & noticed how they were put down, I was in knots!

Brown silicone. Can't beat it lol. Don't get me wrong though, took a good hour with an SDS to get them up. They were solid!


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[White Room]

That must cost a fortune in silicone...

 

[mattle40]

Haha Iv done a lot of showroom work recently and everything I'm knocking off is hot glue and silicone and it's seriously hard to knock off!! All the impact is just absorbed lol

 

[Bubblecraft]

Bet it did. Funny thing is, cuts were well done like they weren't done by a DIY'er. Makes you think!


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[mattle40]

Lol someone knows something we don't

 

[Dan]

No way! Are those ridges in the silicone from the tongue and groove? So they were literally hanging on to the wood?!?!

Mental. Were they grouted what's the score with that?!?

 

[The D]

Fantastic :drool5: :lol:

 

[tubs]

Great photos !

 

[Ajax123]

I've actually done this before myself. My logic at the time was that If the tile can absorb the flexural pressures then it will work on a flexible substrate like timber because all the stresses are absorbed by the silicone. Kind an ultra flexible adhesive. Ive only ever done it once and only on about fourteen tiles onto tongue and groove and yes I grouted with silicone as well.

I also spread the silicone to give a more solid bed. The tiles hve been down about 15 years now.

I did this before I knew better........ But hey......... It worked

 

[Bubblecraft]

It was grouted around the perimeter but butt jointed everywhere else. The long bits are where it drooped between the floor boards. What a cracker!


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[Nathanael]

hi friend.
You found Great photos i like this photos these are very nice and fine result photos and also informatic photos.

 

[Andy Allen]

looks like blobs of poo on the tile....:lol:

 

[Bubblecraft]

Found a good few layers on the kitchen floor too

1) Vinyl floor tiles onto the floor boards then
2) Carpet underlay then
3) Course carpet then
4) Cheap foam underlay then
5) Tile effect laminate then
6) Vinyl

I think if these people had brains, they'd be dangerous!




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[AliGage]

Call Ace Ventura, we've found a trail of Guano!

 

[Bubblecraft]

Just got down to what I thought was the vinyl floor tiles in the kitchen to find out its the same. Tiles down with clear silicone...9m2 of it!

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[Bubblecraft]

An hour later -

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[Bubblecraft]

This house keeps giving its secrets. It was a repossession so all services were off. I put on & tested services at the start of the week. Today while trying to lift the kitchen floor I heard water running. Stepped into the hall to see water pouring down from the ceiling. Went into the loft to see what was up. There is a suspended floor on top of the original joists. Whoever built it had fired a nail through the new joist in to the hot water pipe. With it being fired by a gun, it had sealed the pipe with the minimum amount of water loss though staining could be seen on some ceilings. Customer had thought it was coming from the roof. With re-filling the system after being off from last year, expansion had got the better of the nail. Here's what I found.

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[swanman]

Well silicone is flexible

 

[swanman]

Great pics

 

[cam_low]

a nice giggle for the weekend !!!!

 

[Qwerty]

Its not just me finding jobs like these then!.........last month I found a loft conversion with the ring main running on bell wire :yikes:

 

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

yes amazing what is beneath our feet thanks for the pictures

 

[White Room]

I'm doing some work for a window/conservatory company, tiling and some making good around new bay windows....my god standards are slipping fast.

 

[Bubblecraft]

Its not just me finding jobs like these then!.........last month I found a loft conversion with the ring main running on bell wire :yikes:

I've seen dodgy rings ran in 1.0mm2 before but never 0.38mm2, that's crazy. That's like a 0.7mm fuse wire lol

Fire waiting to happen!


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