The Tile Council of North America are Tiles that sound hollow a problem.
I don't know if my tile was installed correctly.I bought a home in 2009.The tiles lifted up in a section of the house after I heard a cracking noise.
The builder told me that it is common.This is an expansion problem.They started refilling the tiles.More would lift Up or Sounding.
After they.Role all my tiles.This has been going on for 3 years.Some tiles have been injected five times.
The tile was refused to be replaced.They will inject and say this is a courtesy.It is not a warranty issue.I think it is bad craftsmanship.
They didn't install the tile correctly if the tiles are lifting.They probably did not install movement joints at the tile perimeters and within the field of tile, as per industry standards.
It is not an acceptable repair to inject tiles.The symptom is being treated instead of the problem.I've never seen this type of attempt to fix a bond problem.The problem isn't fixed by it.
The problem is bad workmanship because the tile was not installed correctly.
My sister had ceramic tiles put on the floor.I believe the floor was made of plaster of Paris.Sometimes you can hear hollow spots on the floor.It is 4 years old.There was no loss of grout or cracks.I worked for a handyman for 20 years.Is this job done correctly?
The hollow sounds are not a defect.The only way to tell if it's a symptom of a defect is to remove the tile.
The hollow sound could be caused by the configuration of the underlying materials.An industry standard method for installing tile is using a spot bond method where they only put a small amount of thin-set down.If something heavy is dropped on a portion of the tile that isn't supported, it will cause damage.
If it fails, she has a good tile guy.The original job was not done by him.The floor is in good shape.Thank you for taking the time to answer.
After installing tile, I still hear hollow sounds.
The tile floor is likely hollow because of the underlying conditions.A tile floor over a wood subfloor will sound like a hollow sound compared to a concrete floor.
It will sound more hollow if tile is installed over a non-bonded mortar bed.
It will sound more hollow if the tile is installed over some sort of barrier.
It is possible that there is a void under a portion of the tile that sounds hollow.
If certain areas of a tile floor do not sound hollow, it is possible that the tile is not attached to the floor in a way that makes it sound that way.
The tile attached to a concrete slab can sound hollow due to conduit trenches or other conditions.
The only way to know for sure what is causing a hollow sound is to remove tiles under certain conditions to look for evidence that explains why there is a different sound in those areas.
The ceramic tiled kitchen floor cracked and popped loudly.The tiles have been down for 16 years.There were cracks on the tiles at the back sliding door.Any idea of the cause or potential causes.The tiles now sound hollow, and it's not as if you walk on them.
When tiles pop, it means they are under compression stress because they have expanded and there were no adequate movement joints installed to mitigate the anticipated stresses.The tiles expand from heat.
All tile installations are supposed to have movement joints that are filled with a resilient caulking meeting ASTM C920 at all perimeters, and every 8 to 12 feet for exterior applications or interior applications subject to direct sunlight.
The tiles sounded hollow and made crunching sounds, which indicates that they aren't bond adequately.They need to be removed and reinstalled if that is the case.
We are near the end of a large tile project.They put mortar in top of the thin set.I didn't know until it was done.If something pushed the tile up, the thinset would grind a bit here and there.Is this correct?The tiles have 1/3 to 13 hollow when tapped.My previous tile did not have any hollow points, but we had them replace several and found more.This is concerning.They say it is acceptable.Poor workmanship is what we see as the reason for the money we are paying.What do you think?
If the thin-set mortar remaining from the tile that was installed in that area is well-bonded to the substrate, then it is possible to install over it without removing it all.It could cause the new installation to have too thick of thin-set mortar to compensate for the pre-existing thin set that can lead to other problems.
It is questionable if there are excessive voids under the tile or if it is notbonded at the hollow portion when some tiles sound hollow and others do not.The only way to determine if it is a problem or not is to remove a couple of the partially hollow tiles.Remove one of the tiles that don't have a hollow sound and compare it to the other tiles removed.
For an interior dry application, the thin-set contact should be at least 80% coverage and 20% voids must be equally dispersed.The corners and edges of the tile need to be supported.There should be no voids larger than 2 square inches, which is about the size of a golf ball, according to the standards for stone tile and porcelain tile panels.
Great post!I did some ceramic tile work.The floor is made of concrete.The installer used over an inch and a quarter of thin set in a large portion of the floor.He was trying to level with the thin set.There are large areas of hallow sounds under the tiles.My furniture is not sitting level and there are tiles that stick up higher than others.What is the best way to fix these errors?I am so disappointed.Can you give a link to the standard you mentioned in previous posts?There are 20/ 80% and 2 square inches of voids.You can share this for large ceramic porcelain tiles.
If you use a Large and Heavy Tile Thin-set, there are new industry standards that limit the thickness to not be more than 1/2′′ thick.The thin-set cannot be used to adjust the floors to compensate for the fact that they are not adequately flat.
Up to 3/4′′ thick applications of thin-set can be allowed by some manufacturers.The thin-set should not have been applied by the installer.They should have used self-leveling mortar or patching mortar.
For tiles less than 15′′ in size, the floor has to be within the width of the intended plane and not more than that.
The vertical displacement between two tiles is known as the maximum allowable lippage.It is not possible to have more lippage than 1/32′′ plus the actual allowable warpage of the tile, which is typically about 1/36′′.You should not have more lippage for ceramic tiles than for natural stone.
I am an adjuster.There is a claim that the intire House has a ceramic tile floor.There was a burst water pipe in the attic.The water ran for a while.The ceramic floors are damaged according to the insured.There is no hollo sound when you tap on the tiles.Not all of them.Will water damage ceramic tiles if they are wet for a few days?Thank you in advance.
The water should not harm the tile if the floor was installed correctly and the water was clean.
If the tile was not installed correctly, there were not enough movement joints to mitigate tile expansion and stress from absorbing water.The tile should be bonded as well as it should.The water loss event could cause the tile to loose bond and become hollow if it is a higher absorbing tile.
Insurance companies will cover a loss if there is damage to the tile floor, even if it wasn't installed correctly.If there is evidence of pre-existing damage, they will not cover the loss.
It takes a tile forensic expert like http://www.CTaSC.com to investigate and make determinations about the damages.
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