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Hi all , posting this question on behalf of a work mate that had a kitchen fitted including tiling work which he does not seem too impressed with. He has said the floor is making a cracking noise when walked upon also grout cracking around a few tiles. What would be causing the cracking sound ?? Substrate : Floor boards with a thermal board overlay & warm-up heating Adhesive & Grout unknown cheers Ian | ||||||||||
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Sounds to me like the "cracking" sound is the grout "cracking"! Do you know if the floor was properly prepared, i.e. solid and was the UFH turned on and heated up gradually? | ||
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There could be lots of things wrong here. Without more info its impossible to point the finger at any one area. Firstly if the client is unhappy ( which they clearly will be) then tiles will need to be removed and investigate that way. | ||
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Agree, floor was not properly preped. Under-lining problem, was initail floor boards secured? then over-laying boards were secured properly? right flexible adhesive'grout, what was the tile material? All adds to a bad job. | ||||||||||
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