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pilsburypie
Hi all. First post as I found this forum whilst searching for my problem. Had a builder round last March to "do" my 1st floor bathroom (move wall, plaster, paint, tile install new suite). The floor which floor boards was covered in 6mm marine ply, screwed every ft and flexible adhesive and flexible bal grout was used.
Within 2 weeks the grout had cracked and some bit had risen. I asked him to sort which he did by just scraping out the offending areas of grout and redoing. That seemed OK for the couple of weeks he was finishing off. Over the last 10 months the tiles have slumped and risen, grout has come out and cracked and the whole floor looks really tatty. I have contacted him and after a few words he has come round and agreed to take the floor up and re-lay saying it maybe the movement between the floorboards and joists that is causing movement. He also says if it happens again it will not be his fault as it must be a "whip" in the joists causing it.
I really don't want another tatty floor in a few months so am wondering if the same will happen again or if he is saying all this to absolve a sloppy job done in the first instance. I know loads of people with tiled floors over floorboards without this problem.... Have any of you heared about tiles moving due to flexing joists? A bloke at tiles-r-us recons that it should no way happen with BAL adhesives and grout.......
Could do with some impartial advice so I can bite the bullet and lay laminate or lino if it is a no-brainer.
Cheers
Mark
Within 2 weeks the grout had cracked and some bit had risen. I asked him to sort which he did by just scraping out the offending areas of grout and redoing. That seemed OK for the couple of weeks he was finishing off. Over the last 10 months the tiles have slumped and risen, grout has come out and cracked and the whole floor looks really tatty. I have contacted him and after a few words he has come round and agreed to take the floor up and re-lay saying it maybe the movement between the floorboards and joists that is causing movement. He also says if it happens again it will not be his fault as it must be a "whip" in the joists causing it.
I really don't want another tatty floor in a few months so am wondering if the same will happen again or if he is saying all this to absolve a sloppy job done in the first instance. I know loads of people with tiled floors over floorboards without this problem.... Have any of you heared about tiles moving due to flexing joists? A bloke at tiles-r-us recons that it should no way happen with BAL adhesives and grout.......
Could do with some impartial advice so I can bite the bullet and lay laminate or lino if it is a no-brainer.
Cheers
Mark