Stuff that shouldn't have worked

[Peter]

Share your examples of tiling that has defied all odds.

Was stripping a kitchen yesterday. 6x6 cream up and over the units onto mainly plasterboard, which has been there approx 15 years. The tiles came off easily enough thanks to being tiled over paint. The bit that miffed me was a 3ft square of chipboard along where the units were (this acted as a bulkhead from under the stairs), which was simply screwed at the left and the right hand sides and had no bracing. Took a reasonable amount of effort to remove the tiles, which were stuck with dispersion adhesive. I'd say it was the hardest area to strip. Plenty of deflection in the chipboard, but found it amazing that the tiles had stayed there for 15 years without even cracking a line of grout.

Anyone else been surprised that something's stayed on so long?

 

[Gazzer]

We used to have a tiler work in a company i worked for years ago... a right dirty boggin character he was... i was always amazed how long the same T-Shirt stayed on him.

 

[Peter]

:lol: :lol:

 

[The Legend; Phil Hobson RIP]

About ten years ago we did a 1,100 m2 floor in semi-dry power vibro method. We used to have 25 tons of ready mix screed delivered each day, with a 12hr retarder to give us time to screed and tile approx 160m2 per day. Two weeks after completion I went back to do some finishing off, round gullies etc, I noticed some of the screed in one area had not been cut back. I thought "dam" this is going to be hard to remove Lump hammer and bolster chisel. I leaned on the screed with my gauging trowel, to my horror the trowel went straight through. I think the batcher at the ready mix plant had got his sums wrong:yikes: The floor is still down today:dizzy2:

 

[White Room]

Was doing the prep on a hallway floor and there some old tiles in the entrants to the hallway had to taken up.

They had been down for about 25 years, so I thought this going to be tough.

They came up easy but had been fixed with dispersion adhesive and they were also fixed to tile on tile.

 

[Rob Z]

About ten years ago we did a 1,100 m2 floor in semi-dry power vibro method. We used to have 25 tons of ready mix screed delivered each day, with a 12hr retarder to give us time to screed and tile approx 160m2 per day. Two weeks after completion I went back to do some finishing off, round gullies etc, I noticed some of the screed in one area had not been cut back. I thought "dam" this is going to be hard to remove Lump hammer and bolster chisel. I leaned on the screed with my gauging trowel, to my horror the trowel went straight through. I think the batcher at the ready mix plant had got his sums wrong:yikes: The floor is still down today:dizzy2:

Phil

I've torn out some old mud jobs that were nearly all sand. Like a dry martini, these things got just a whisper of cement :lol: and that was all. I have no idea how they stayed together.

 

[jamie B]

did a kitchen floor in a bedsit type flat in london a few years back..went to have a look at it and the floor had been tiled in 6" white wall tiles(by his brother in law), bedded in grey floor adhesive over lino tiles:yikes:..not a single grout line blown or tile cracked after ten plus years according to the landlord!..still wish i could find out what adhesive he used!:lol:

I'd be sick as a pig if my tiling comes up before the last lot!!

 

[2Balls]

Phil

I've torn out some old mud jobs that were nearly all sand. Like a dry martini, these things got just a whisper of cement :lol: and that was all. I have no idea how they stayed together.

Hi Rob, Grout:lol:,take the tension out you have nothing, great for refurbs!!

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