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Cracked was an American humor magazine. Founded in 1958, Cracked proved to be the most durable of the many publications to be launched in the wake of Mad magazine.In print, Cracked conspicuously copied Mad's layouts and style, and even featured a simpleminded, wide-cheeked mascot, a janitor named Sylvester P. Smythe on its covers, in a manner similar to Mad's Alfred E. Neuman. Unlike Neuman, who appears primarily on covers, Smythe sometimes spoke and was frequently seen inside the magazine, interacting with parody subjects and other regular characters. A 1998 reader contest led to Smythe finally getting a full middle name: "Phooey." An article on Cracked.com, the website which adopted Cracked's name after the magazine ceased publication, joked that the magazine was "created as a knock-off of Mad magazine just over 50 years ago", and it "spent nearly half a century with a fan base primarily comprised of people who got to the store after Mad sold out."Cracked's publication frequency was reduced in the 1990s, and was erratic in the 2000s. In 2006, the magazine was revived with a new editorial formula that represented a significant departure from its prior Mad style. The new format was more akin to "lad" magazines like Maxim and FHM. The new formula, however, was unsuccessful and Cracked again canceled its print magazine in February 2007 after three issues. Later that year, the brand was carried over to a website, Cracked.com, now owned by Literally Media.
Got a hallway and utility to tile (1920's semi), hallway is normal floorboards and then goes into utility but changes to an old 40mm screed. This is cracked badly and parts are loose, under the utility is a celler and when you go down you can clearly see the bottom of the utility floor which is...
Hi as you can see in the photo i have problems with cracked grout next to the bathtub.How can i fix that?Just clean the grout and apply new one?Will it hold?Thanks a lot and sorry for my poor english.
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I'm hoping for some professional advice on what to do with my new Limstone tiled floor - I'm at my wits end!!
I had a job carried out in my house by local a tiler which completed 1 month ago - Sept '12; details as follows:
- New build house that we've lived in for 4 yrs since new.
- 40 sq mtrs...
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Hi,
I am hoping some one on here can help.About a year ago I fixed(using mirror adhesive)a mirror with a heating pad on the back to a wall that was tiled with marble tiles.
A couple of days ago it cracked horizontally,has anyone got any ideas as to why it would crack after a year?
I know it...
Hi, I am a diy amateur enthusiast. I have recently completed my first tiling job (kitchen splashback) and it turned out really well!! My next project is to tile (ceramic tiles) the back of a multifuel stove (situated in a corner of the kitchen) to protect the walls from marks etc (plastered and...
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Evening people, had a call from customer saying her wall tiles had cracked from job i did just before xmas. I have just viewed it, 4 tiles have cracked, all on bathroom exterior wall, 600x300 ceramic from Topps, 2 of them are left hand side of one window and the crack is diagonal across the...
The job i'm on this week as a screeded floor with water fed ufh, which we are putting durabase down before tiling with 600x400mm pocelain. The point where the screeders finished one night and restarted again opened up to about 5 - 7mm. I said i think they will have to do an epoxy stitch, to...
I have an approximately 30sqm kitchen floor to re-tile after lifting cracked tiles. House new build 2006 with finished concrete floor put in one continuous layer throughout downstairs over underfloor heating pipes and then the walls built up from there (so no expansion gaps between rooms). The...
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Going to be doing a job that's got wet ufh. Noticed a crack, that was there before the ufh was started up, so I'm presuming it was a stop/start point in the screeding
Its less than 3mm wide. Would i get away with putting a strip of Mapeitex membrain over it going 3 - 400mm either side of the...
Hello and maybe someone will be able to help. We have just finished an extensive house refurbishment. The kitchen area circa 100 sq.m is tiled with 60x60 Jerboa ceramic tiles. Someone else posted historically about the colour changes to the tile picking up dirt etc. - we have the same problem...
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tiling was done in kitchen and hallway last july two weeks ago a tile cracked there is movement and clicking noise in centre of floor another tile lifted noi bother and some grout/adhesive on back then another cracked. its a house that is ten years old the plywood they used was 6mm. ceramic...
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Ive got a really nice job ive been recommended for, 77 sq mtrs of travertine.
The customers father has had a shop install about 120 sq mtrs in his house through the ground floor. 60x60 tiles with a high gloss finish(thats another tread coming im afraid). there are some long runs with a...
Hi there,
I really hope someone can help. I had new porcelain tiles fitted over electric underfloor heating a few months ago and, wherever a tile has been cut (like a corner), they now have a hairline crack. These tiles are over Vysal underfloor heating. Is the problem with the heating or the...
Any advice for removing a cracked tile that has been fixed on underfloor heating (electric mat)
Solid floor mat was covered with self leveling compound.
Thank you for any advice
Hi, I`m Ken from South Africa, I have a problem with floor tiles cracking when slight house movement occurs, ( House movement is the norm here ). Is there any method I can use when laying new tiles which will stop this happening again.
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I am a homeowner seeking help and would greatly appreciate any advice or assistance that can be offered.
I have Saloni Nirvana Gris ceramic tiles laid on the floor of my bathroom (59x30) - these were installed about 1 year ago and within the first 3 months I had a crack appear in one...
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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...
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my boss told me to go to a job today,when i got there she had a crack in the grout line in the bathroom floor,the floor has been down for bout 1 year,can some 1 tell me why the crack has appeared
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I want this in an open forum because im seeing this more and more at the moment. CRACKED NATURAL STONE ON HEATED SCREEDS i have eight jobs to look at where the stone has cracked due to movement in the heated screeds, and most of the customers were not advised on heating the screed or had even...
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