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Discuss Expansion joint help please. in the Tiling Forum at TilersForums; Hi chaps,any help much appreciated on this,as it could end up costly.I have a Job consisting of Approx 66M2 330x600 ceramic floor tile.It is being layed on a 65mm screed ...
          
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    Hi chaps,any help much appreciated on this,as it could end up costly.I have a Job consisting of Approx 66M2 330x600 ceramic floor tile.It is being layed on a 65mm screed with a wet underfloor system.Im laying detrimat but I'm concerned re.expansion joints.
    The job is a kitchen 4.5mx8m the customer would like the tile to run through the doorways into a hallway on the 4.5m dimension and then into a utility and plant room giving me a run of approx 10.5m.Normally I'd just put an expansion joint in the doorway but it's being tiled brick bond.Any ideas gratefully received.
    It's a million pound property and they are particular(which they have every right to be)so I want/need it to be spot on.

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    You could use a colour match silicon for the expansion joint. It would still work with the brick bond

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    Default Re: Expansion joint help please.

    I'm the same as Mike, if there's no way of putting in an expansion I use a matching silicone instead

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    Thanks for the replys,due to my lack of options really,the silicon was my thoughts aswell,its just the colour matching the grout that concerns me.

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    All the big manufacturers do silicones to match their grout colours, the only real difference is that the silicone has a gloss finish and the grout has a matt finish, the colour match is generally very good.
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