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Crack in newly fitted travertine tile. What would cause this?
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[QUOTE="WordBear, post: 901685, member: 50212"] So perhaps not his fault? It is very close to a joint in the board (tile backer board fixed to masonry). I've looked again at it today and I'm pretty sure the tile above it is cracking too. You can see better in this photo taken in daylight:[ATTACH=full]97683[/ATTACH] That one, the cracked one and one next to it to the right also sound hollow. [LEFT][FONT=Titillium Web][COLOR=rgb(20, 20, 20)] I know the adhesive he used here wasn't marked suitable for natural stone. I know that there are gaps in the adhesive (it isn't dot and dab he just applies it sparingly) and that he didn't butter the tiles with adhesive. It's also a 2mm grout gap which I read was too small for natural stone. [/COLOR][/FONT][/LEFT] I don't know whether to get him back to fix this and pay him the rest of what we owe him or tell him not to bother coming back on the basis that it looks like he has messed things up so badly they're all going to crack and fall off. [/QUOTE]
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