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[QUOTE="hk940, post: 979053, member: 56262"] There was nothing wrong with the adhesive bed, those tiles (the 6"x48") were warped. One would think there would be no question about returning faulty material, but when the house in question is in WV, USA and the owners who are having it built Live in FL USA and a designer is involved that is not always an option. This was no budget job. The house was about $6,000,000.00. I worked on it for about a year. It was massive amount of tile. The kitchen alone was 500 sq.ft. of 6"x48" wood grain tile, and set on a herringbone diagonal. The owners were complaining about some cost over runs, yet the designer wanted the kitchen tile to have only a 1//8" joint. When I explained that the length of the tiles dived by the width would determine the joint size (which was closer to 3/16+). The designer asked me could be done, I told her there were two options, set it with the bigger joint, or cut down the length to make the joints 1/8". It was a rectified edge so cutting them would not be a problem. Guess what she chose, cut them down. Over 125 pieces cut down 5/16". As we neared the last 30 sq,ft. on a Friday we put up keep off signs and caution tape. (you know how well that works). On Monday when we arrived it was obvious someone had walked on the tiles, creating lippage in many places. Now the problem was taking them up with out damaging the electrical heat mats they were set on (there were 6 separate heat mats). Well that did not go well as the mats were damaged in the process and it took me two weeks to repair them. It was a tedious process as the heating wires were about the thickness of a human hair and needed to be soldered then covered with heat shrink tubing then metal braid. I was glad to leave that job! [/QUOTE]
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