loose edges crackin grout - Contractor Talk - Professional Construction and Remodeling Forum

Blackhawk · 05-05-2006, 02:19 PM

Hello all,i got this tile job i just finished last week well the homeowner called and theres crack in the grout on some the tiles but only on the corners mabe couple inches.i taped on the tile in them spots and sure enough it hollow sounding where its not bonded to the thin set there 12x12 ceramic floor tiles . is there an easy fix or do i gotta take tile out and reset ..also i havnt had this before what do u think i did wrong ..

lxdollarsxl · 05-05-2006, 09:16 PM

Maybe you didnt have the thinset spread evenly over the area

You may have to remove tiles that are affected and redo them.

ron schenker · 05-05-2006, 09:48 PM

What type of subfloor was it?
What kind of trowel did you use?

Tileman Rich · 05-05-2006, 11:04 PM

A number of things could of caused the tile to not stick: when you set the tile it did not get full contact with the thin set ( not enough mud under the tile, or you did not press it down hard enough to get it to stick), someone may have stepped on the tile after it was set but before it was dry I could go on and on but this seams to be the leading cause of lose tile.

Yes you are going to have to remove the tile and reset it. Clean the tile if you save it and also clean the thin set out and start over on the tile that are bad and then regrout.

Sorry but I would say all of us have been there done that.

Good luck

Rich

415moto · 06-09-2006, 01:34 AM

^^ like they said. if its hollow, you dont have a solid bond. the tile is large 12x12 its moving under weight when its stepped on or near. the movement is cracking the grout. you use a trowel or spotted it?

remove and reset it.

Blackhawk · 06-10-2006, 12:36 AM

well you guys where right someone steped on the tile after i left that nite.i noticed they where the ones that lead to the kitchen sink so i started asking questions and yep them and kds did it..anywy i took a couple up that where bad and reset a few others was just on the corners i dug out the grout and injected epoxy in there and let it flow then regrouted that was last month so far so good i wanted to wait for update to make sure . i wanna thanks you all for the quick help i was so stressed out when i posted over it ..again thank you all for the help...