Advice Please - Is This Tiling Acceptable? - Tile Advice

[Andy Allen]

I imagine a flexible grout was not used .........are the tiles loose.?

 

[dynamictiling]

I would say the tiles are loss, causing excessive movement and ultimately the grout is failing.

Try 'chapping' the tile with your knuckles or a rubber hammer. If the tiles move or make a ping noise they haven't been fitted right. A few things can cause this- tiles not installed properly, plywood not fixed to the floor properly or wrong adhesive used.

Grout cracking like that after two days is bad news. Sorry

 

[javeiro]

I would say the tiles are loss, causing excessive movement and ultimately the grout is failing.

Try 'chapping' the tile with your knuckles or a rubber hammer. If the tiles move or make a ping noise they haven't been fitted right. A few things can cause this- tiles not installed properly, plywood not fixed to the floor properly or wrong adhesive used.

Grout cracking like that after two days is bad news. Sorry

I would say the tiles are loss, causing excessive movement and ultimately the grout is failing.

Try 'chapping' the tile with your knuckles or a rubber hammer. If the tiles move or make a ping noise they haven't been fitted right. A few things can cause this- tiles not installed properly, plywood not fixed to the floor properly or wrong adhesive used.

Grout cracking like that after two days is bad news. Sorry

yes they do move slightly. He told me a flexible adhesive was used on the tiles

 

[dynamictiling]

Judging by the pictures the tiles haven't been installed correctly. The only way to stop the grout cracking is remove and replace the tiles that are loose. You could mix gt1 admix through the grout and reapply the grout but you will have problems with it in the future.

 

[javeiro]

Thanks for the replies. The floor is sloped slightly but he put the tiles on anyway. One has cracked. I have just hoovered the floor and the grout has been cured out of the gaps with little effort. See photo. He is coming tommorow. What do I tell this incompetent buffoon. ?

 

[One Day]

Pull a loose tile up and let's see a photo of the back of the tile and the floor where it was lifted from? Pretty sure I can guess what you'll find. If you simply let him regroup it tomorrow, then it'll be a total waste of time.

 

[javeiro]

Pull a loose tile up and let's see a photo of the back of the tile and the floor where it was lifted from? Pretty sure I can guess what you'll find. If you simply let him regroup it tomorrow, then it'll be a total waste of time.

Your wish is my command. Here are some photos of under the tile. The water is because I wet the floor to clean it.

 

[Meddler]

I didn’t realise that this new self levelling material (for those difficult tiling jobs !!) had reached the market yet. Your guy is using the latest technology.

 

[On one]

Just like the lyrics in the Orange Juice song Rip it up and start again

 

[javeiro]

Why were they so easy to rip up? Shouldn't that adhesive (concrete) have set? Or it it usually normal to be able to rip up a tile?

 

[On one]

The adhesive has set,it just hasn't bonded to your floor substrate......whatever that may be

 

[javeiro]

The adhesive has set,it just hasn't bonded to your floor substrate......whatever that may be

Thanks for the reply. I believe it is wood. Appreciate all the replies I'm learning more and more about this profession.

 

[Dhtiling]

That tile is from Turkey....that's your problem...well at least for poor joints, that stuff is never square, but as said already, sorry for your troubles but this job needs to be redone by a professional tiler. It doesn't meet coverage standards, even here in America, and we are new to this relatively speaking, so probably doesn't meet yours either.

 

[Dhtiling]

Also appears to be some paper between the mortar and floor? The brownish material?

 

[Andy Allen]

Looks like hard board.....nothing surprises me anymore. .