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chris4275
Crack that we think is along a seam
- chris4275
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 by British Ceramic » Otto Tile - http://www.ottotile.com/porcelain-collection/herston-ceramic-collection-british-ceramic/. (Note: we did not buy from this place, this is the only place I could find that shows the tile.)
We hired a licensed, insured, experienced GC (has 40+ yrs 0f exp). He has done many other apartments in our building, and is known and liked by everyone.
We completed the renovation in December 2017. Six weeks later, in Feb 2018, I started noticing small cracks in the wall tiles (both inside the shower and out). There was one that first showed up that went across two tiles, but another one that just appeared in the middle of a tile and looked like a crescent moon.
We spoke to the GC and agreed to keep an eye on things to see how bad the situation was. Now it's been 2 months and it's definitely getting worse. More cracks are appearing everywhere and the existing cracks are getting larger.
Some of the cracks appear 30" - 36" from the floor, some 40", some 60". The worst cracks seem to travel in almost a horizontal straight line, but not quite. But to be honest, there really are cracks all over: some go horizontal, some vertical, and no real pattern. The bathroom is small, 5x7'.
The GC is blaming faulty tile. The entire bathroom was ripped down to the studs, and green backer board on the wet wall and (I believe) tiles fixed straight to the non wet walls (no backer board). All four walls are tiled floor to ceiling. Because I am stupid, I do not have pictures of the work in progress (lesson learned).
Other relevant info:
- tiles are large format ceramic 10" x 16"
- tiling was done in the winter, and it's still cold here (March)
- GC has lots of experience, claims he's never seen this
- tile supplier says possibly faulty tile or install problem
- don't know the type of adhesive used to fix the tiles or the method
- some of the cracks seem to be where there is a underneath seam, some not
- building is a large brick building, built in 1960. We do have other settlement cracks in our living room wall.
- high floor (18)
- this is in NYC
Pictures attached below.
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