Oh no.... my tiles are discontinued....

[bunnycd]

Kitchen floor tiles are cracked. I have contacted 89 tile shops, ordered 15 samples which I paid for and finally found a match.... and I order a pack of tiles a week ago and rang up the tile shop today to see where they are .... and the guy says the distributor has discontinued them.

I have a black board with the samples on them and they are called vetulonia cotto tiles, problem is I need 3 tiles and the sample board only has two.... if anyone knows anyone that can help me out. that would be great....

[doug boardley]

bunny, do you live on the San Andreas Fault, your house is dropping to bits around you

[jay]

good luck maybe post a pic might help by the way why have tiles cracked in first place whats the substrate you may end up chasing your tail on this one

[gm140]

tryed googling this one don't know if I found them or not it was in Italian, sorry

Graeme
ETL Pro Tiling

[Dave]

distributor has discontinued them

[gm140]

good luck maybe post a pic might help by the way why have tiles cracked in first place whats the substrate you may end up chasing your tail on this one

I'm with Jay on this one why are they cracked, has something dropped on them or is it something more sinister. Could be a rip out and redo

[bunnycd]

Thanks for the replies.

I think that they have cracked because the tiles are not level (on a slight slope) in the kitchen. Plus there is no adhesive under the tiles.

I don't know why they are cracked I think I need someone professional to come and fit the tiles for me, and also to provide advice so it will not happen again (LOL) epseically if I can only source 2-3 of the tiles.

I have 3 tiles cracked are all lined together. The downstairs is complete with tiles apart from my lounge, so re-tiling will cost a small fortune. Hence why I thought yippee when I found a tile match and then the distributor has stopped selling them

[Dave]

OOOHH no swearing please..

[bunnycd]

bunny, do you live on the San Andreas Fault, your house is dropping to bits around you

LOL I rented it out to my friend, and now I am trying to repair stuff but I am too nice to make her pay for it.

[doug boardley]

lol bunny, only leg pulling, saturday is normally toonz night on TF, we're actually pushing for a database to try and locate discontinued tiles, but these things take time

[bunnycd]

It would be great if all tiles HAD to have a code on the back and be submitted somewhere, so you know who the manufacturer was at least.

[Sir Ramic]

It would be great if all tiles HAD to have a code on the back and be submitted somewhere, so you know who the manufacturer was at least.

Something along those lines has been tallked about we just need someone with the know how to set it up.....Anyone know of someone like that ? DAN!

[Sir Ramic]

Where about in Worcester are you, i am in Stourbridge but its a bit far for 3 tiles.

[kilty55]

Thanks for the replies.

I think that they have cracked because the tiles are not level (on a slight slope) in the kitchen. Plus there is no adhesive under the tiles.

I don't know why they are cracked I think I need someone professional to come and fit the tiles for me, and also to provide advice so it will not happen again (LOL) epseically if I can only source 2-3 of the tiles.

I have 3 tiles cracked are all lined together. The downstairs is complete with tiles apart from my lounge, so re-tiling will cost a small fortune. Hence why I thought yippee when I found a tile match and then the distributor has stopped selling them

sounds like you need to re do it from scratch,buying more of these tiles doesnt sound liek your problem is gonna go away mate,good luck

[mikethetile]

you answered your own question as to why the tiles cracked

theres no addy under them

no point patchin them bunny as other tiles will crack in time

[Dan]

Something along those lines has been tallked about we just need someone with the know how to set it up.....Anyone know of someone like that ? DAN!

I know I know, we're nearly there lol. Got the domain name and hosting setup. Like all good things that come to those who wait, it's just a bit of time now it needs.

[Dan]

Thanks for the replies.

I think that they have cracked because the tiles are not level (on a slight slope) in the kitchen. Plus there is no adhesive under the tiles.

Sounds like they have been spot-fixed (blobs of adhesive in the corners etc instead of actual being fully covered). If you tap the tiles with a coin you should be able to tell where adhesive is and isn't under them as you get a dull sound where adhesive is suggesting a solid bit and a higher pitched sound, almost a ping, where the tile had a void under them.

Any tile that's spot-fixed will be prone to cracking as the weight of everything above it isn't being evenly distributed. In essence the tile is taking the weight and not the sub-floor.

I'd seriously get that checked by a professional before just doing a repair as I think you may find it'll just keep happening.

And that without taking into account any other problems. You said the floor slopes, that's okay providing the tiles have been fixed properly but if they're now just starting to slope that again suggests a sub-floor issue and the tiles will crack whether they have been fixed properly (with a solid bed) or not.

If you have a sub-floor problem AND spot-fixed tiles the lot will need to come up for sure.

[Sir Ramic]

I know I know, we're nearly there lol. Got the domain name and hosting setup. Like all good things that come to those who wait, it's just a bit of time now it needs.

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