Porcelain tiled kitchen floor - cracking after 2 days

[Huddersfield Tiling]

Did he check the existing floor for movement before over boarding? Loose floorboards won't be strengthened with plywood. Which is now not widely accepted as a suitable substrate to receive tiles. He should have fixed a cement board to overlay the existing solidly-fixed flooring (presuming it's wooden). Then used an S1 or S2 flexible tile adhesive.

 

[Lisa123]

Did he check the existing floor for movement before over boarding? Loose floorboards won't be strengthened with plywood. Which is now not widely accepted as a suitable substrate to receive tiles. He should have fixed a cement board to overlay the existing solidly-fixed flooring (presuming it's wooden). Then used an S1 or S2 flexible tile adhesive.

I hope so but its not sounding likely is it :-( Definitely no cement board was used. He came the other day to re-lay a couple and did use the correct adhesive after
i pointed out he had used a C1F previously (but i’m still having issues with others so will be calling him back). I’m a little worried he may have used the dot and dab technique - I took a pic when he went out for lunch - attached. I’m no expert by any means but there looks to be a big gap to me?

Its not all of it i’m having issues with at the moment (its one section - which I feel was rushed as it was the last bit and he was here until around 7pm as he had another job the next day. ).

Just all a bit of a disaster really. Wondering if I cut my loses and see if I can get someone to fix it (although I don’t have a clue where to start with that).

 

[Dave]

What’s the PVA there for ?

 

[Lisa123]

What’s the PVA there for ?

I was hoping somebody might be able to tell me? :-( They seemed to remove the tile(s), put some PVA on and then go get some tile adhesive and re-laid a couple.

 

[Dave]

Pva is a no no , this so called trader isn’t a tiler and needs to be stopped. The whole job is a bodge.

 

[Lisa123]

Pva is a no no , this so called trader isn’t a tiler and needs to be stopped. The whole job is a bodge.

:-( so frustrating as they have allegedly good reviews (god knows from where though!).

I think i’ve enough input from you all to just cut my losses and accept the whole thing needs re-doing by someone that actually knows what they are doing.

Hands down this has been my worst experience with using a tradesperson.

 

[Dave]

:-( so frustrating as they have allegedly good reviews (god knows from where though!).

I think i’ve enough input from you all to just cut my losses and accept the whole thing needs re-doing by someone that actually knows what they are doing.

Hands down this has been my worst experience with using a tradesperson.

I’m afraid it happens, make sure you fully check the next tiler or even ask for a tiler in our find a tiler directory.

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[Lisa123]

I’m afraid it happens, make sure you fully check the next tiler or even ask for a tiler in our find a tiler directory.

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Thank you, will do. Thank you for all your help too - very much appreciated.

 

[eddcottee]

One saving grace is that tiles may well come up without too much difficulty and be able to be cleaned up and re-used. Sorry to see you have had this happen. It's shocking really that people can operate like this. Best of luck with getting it sorted out.

 

[Trigger]

Don't believe all of these trade review sites. It is easy for people to falsify reviews. Try and get a recommendation from friends or family. That way you may be able to see the traders previous work.