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    Finishing stages of self build.... Question on anti crack options and Adhesive

    Hi Guys, first of all thanks for the wealth of info on here. I have tried searching to find answers of which I found some but not conclusive As the Tile suggests , just in final stages of completing my self build forever home and have a few questions on the tiling of the downstairs...
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    Advice required: tiles lifting after 18 months - being told it's 'house movement'

    I would really appreciate some advice from those who know more about tiling than myself. We had an ensuite fitted in Feb 2017 - including tiling for recessed shower, backsplash around sink/toilet fitted units, and floor. At the time of install, much of the work of the first tilers to complete...
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    Tiles lifting, concrete floor

    My neighbour had an outhouse converted to a utility room with a new back entrance. The place was built in the 1940s and I suspect the concrete floor has no DPM. The people who converted it did a generally poor job (I’ve already done remedial work on the roof and guttering for them). The issue...
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    Encaustic tile sealing and hairline cracking

    Hi, Looking for advice please. 2 problems! We have just had encaustic tiles laid in our bathroom including wetroom style walk in shower. They were laid over a new floor (extended bathroom) which then had a layer of hardiebacker cement board on top screwed down all over it. The tiles have been...
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    Cracks in screed, how to repair?

    Hi I’ve just removed a stone floor for a client. I didn’t tile it originally. The stone tiles had 3 sizeable cracks in it and the floor has a wet ufh system. We couldn’t work out why the tiles had cracked apart from guessing that it was due to cracks in the screed below and not using a...
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    Screed crack UFH - is there a problem?

    Hello all. I was hoping for some help with UFH issue. There seems to be many posts with similar issues but no answer fits all. I have had builders round to do a lot of work at my house. Part of it was digging out the floor and laying a wet UFH system. The room is approx 34sqM Damp proof...
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    Crack Stitching with S/S bar

    I have an outside space that I am tiling onto a concrete base and t has a ck in it I dont think it has moved in years but I thought I would do something about it with some M8 stainless steel threaded bar and some R-Kem resin I put in 5 stitches over 2.3M.--- See what happens.
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    Regrouting grout that is cracking vertical and horizontal

    Hi guys, A customer has just asked if I Could regrout areas of a shower enclosure as it's suspected the water is running behind the grout and through the living room ceiling. There's quite a lot of cracking although tiles are OK. It appears that it's been laid on just plaster board and it's all...
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    Electric UFH Wrong type of Self leveling compound and cracks / underfloor heating

    Hi We had self leveling compound laid about a week ago by our builders in our shower room and through to our kitchen/diner, i`ve been cleaning today and i`ve noticed cracking and breaking at the edges near the patio doors. It was laid onto plywood boards (in the kitchen area) , concrete in the...
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    lifting tiles - Why?

    Morning, Can someone tell by looking at these images why the tiles have loosened. Laid on floorboards with 12mm Hardie screwed down on a bed of cement based adhesive. I'm confident floor itself is sound. Tiles are 300 x 500mm ceramic wall/floor and laid using slow set adhesive. It seemed to...
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    Tiles Cracked in New Extension - Help Please !

    I think I posted this in the wrong forum so here goes again... We have had a single story extension done to our house which has left a 40M2 kitchen area which we have tiled. The problem is that the tiles (10mm thick from B&Q) and grout have cracked in line with the wooden joists which are under...
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    Build Work - Cracked tiles Help Please !

    We have had a single story extension done to our house which has left a 40M2 kitchen area which we have tiled. The problem is that the tiles and grout have cracked in line with the wooden joists which are under the floor. In terms of the build my understanding is the following: - Wooden...
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    Who’s at fault for this hairline cracking?

    A recent flooring customer of mine had a big new build done, My company done all flooring at the house except any tiling on this job. A tiler done all walls and floors in this bathroom. Customers asked me to go there today and uplift a tile for her as the tiler isn’t playing ball atm and...
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    BCT Ceramic Wall Tiles in Shower Cracking After 12 Weeks

    Crack that we think is along a seam by chris4275 posted Mar 25, 2018 at 9:02 AMHi everyone: I'm new here and was hoping you'd be able to help. We recently redid our bathroom and (unfortunately) chose BCT. The tile in question is 10x16 Herson Cararrara, as seen here: Herston Ceramic Collection...
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    Crack in newly fitted travertine tile. What would cause this?

    Tiling nightmare continues... These were fixed at the start of the month and in the last few days this crack has appeared. I think a crack (or two) might be appearing in the tile above too. We're not in a good place with this. I've no confidence in our tiler's ability (see previous thread)...
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    Cracking Statuario Marble Tiles in Wet Room

    Hello, We have recently had a new Statuario marble floor laid in a newly created shower room. Unfortunately, after only a couple of times of using the shower we are experiencing tiles cracking. See attached pictures. Firstly three tiles cracked straight across, they appear to be cracking on...
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    What is your preferred choice of crackle glaze sealer and method of application?

    The tiles we all love to hate.... crackle glazed tiles! But what is your preferred choice of sealer and method of application??
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    Single Tile lifting suckers

    can anyone tell me which are the best single suction cups, I’ve been using an old one when needed but it’s time for a couple of nice ones. I’ve seen some that work on un even surfaces..
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    Grout Cracking despite rakeing it out and doing it again

    hi all, did a bathroom and a kitchen floor this week. Used standard set addy which gave me a bit more time to work. Left it for a good 24 hours before grouting Plywood subfloor installed by joiner and sealed with latex sealant by me before being left to dry and then tiled. Grout in bathroom fine...
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    Bathroom tiles lifting in new build extension

    Hi I hope someone can offer advice please. We had a large 2 storey extension on the side of our house 18 months ago. One of the new rooms created is an upstairs bathroom. We had a tiler tile the walls and floors. It looked fantastic but over time grout started to come out of some of the tiles...
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