Tile expansion joint - small bathroom and boarded

[martyj27]

Hello

I have a 3 x 2.4m bathroom. Floor is 25mm ply overboarded with 6mm cement board. Walls are a mixture of brick & stud that have been boarded with either foam tile backer board or moisture resistant plasterboard depending on area.

For a room this size and with those features is an expansion joint necessary?
If so, could it simply consist of filing where walls meet floor (won't have skirting) with Silicon instead of grout?

Thanks

 

[Hobnob]

It should be okay, but it will have to be a judgement call on your part.
Do you know what metal it actually is?

 

[martyj27]

It should be okay, but it will have to be a judgement call on your part.
Do you know what metal it actually is?

Aluminium

 

[Hobnob]

It should be fine then 👍🏼

 

[martyj27]

It should be fine then 👍🏼

Thank you

 

[martyj27]

Still got the rest to do but first crack at Silicon (with the Cramer tools) and happy with it so far. Only done the beige, rest will be in anthracite. Top left needs tidying up but ran out of Silicon

 

[Dav3yboi]

So my fears are valid. Jesus. Exact reason I was going to do myself in first place, more cowboy tradesmen than good ones these days.

I'm guessing there is nothing I can do. I don't have a contract that specifies how the adhesive was to be applied. Are these likely to fall off in 5-10yrs?

You 100% have a right to have the adhesive applied correctly… you’re paying for a service and the “tiler” isn’t doing it properly..
This is why I get annoyed with these cowboys thinking it’s ok to dot n Dab and then move on…
Tell him you want the tiles removing and doing properly at a cost to him.. tiles should have full coverage and be back buttered..
Expansion joints are required either on a 10 linear meter run or 100m2 area, every door threshold needs one and anywhere there is an area plane change (corners, floor to wall, timber to concrete etc)
Get the job done right by demanding he does it right