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Cullis01
Just had a new bathroom fitted. Shower area is tanked with a Novellini wetroom kit and tilesafe. 3/4 of the rest of the bathroom walls are tiled with 450mm x 225mm Love Cermaic Tiles Travertino Bianco colour and fixed with Topps Tiles standard flexible self mix adhesive. Walls are of mixed construction, either plasterboard, plaster board with 6mm hardybackerboard, or plastered brick construction.
The problem now is that probably one third of the 160 tiles have cracked. Not just a single crack but many have several cracks all over the tiles. The majority of cracked tiles are in the shower area, but there are also cracked tiles on other walls away from the wet areas.
Have been in touch with the tile merchants who called in the suppliers. They sent a report saying there has been no other problems reported with the 10,000 tiles they have sold from this range. They say it is probably movement in the walls. There is no physical evidence of movement anywhere in the bathroom, and it would have to be occuring in all the walls affected, which are 5 different areas. The tilers say they have never seen anything like it. If it were movement they would expect to see a different type of cracking along the line of stress, and cracking in the grout - which is not evident.
Anybody have any ideas ? I'm at a loss as where to turn next. Obviously we have spent a lot of money on this bathroom and everybody is saying it's not their problem.
What should I do ?
thanks
Steve
The problem now is that probably one third of the 160 tiles have cracked. Not just a single crack but many have several cracks all over the tiles. The majority of cracked tiles are in the shower area, but there are also cracked tiles on other walls away from the wet areas.
Have been in touch with the tile merchants who called in the suppliers. They sent a report saying there has been no other problems reported with the 10,000 tiles they have sold from this range. They say it is probably movement in the walls. There is no physical evidence of movement anywhere in the bathroom, and it would have to be occuring in all the walls affected, which are 5 different areas. The tilers say they have never seen anything like it. If it were movement they would expect to see a different type of cracking along the line of stress, and cracking in the grout - which is not evident.
Anybody have any ideas ? I'm at a loss as where to turn next. Obviously we have spent a lot of money on this bathroom and everybody is saying it's not their problem.
What should I do ?
thanks
Steve