I had a client who we did a couple of bathrooms for as well as a laundry room. On the first floor of the house they had tile from the front entrance, throught to the kitchen and dining room, and down a hallway to the garage. I noticed a few cracks when I first met them, but, it wasn't part of the job we ended up doing, however, while we were there, they asked what to do about this reoccuring problem. Seems the brilliant installers laid 1/4" mahogany ply over the old vinyl and 1/4" ply. They used some drywall nails and screws to improperly screw down the crappy ply they installed.
I was at a stage in the one bathroom where we were grouting so I took out of the worst spots and put in some epoxy (just to see what would happen)
It lasted about 4 months (longer than the traditional grout which would crack in a matter of days), however, (as noted above), the grout didn't crack - the tile did!
Their is no easy fix for problems like this, unfortunately. I have found 9 out of 10 times its a demo job followed by a proper substrate prep and proper install.
TILE SHOULD NEVER FAIL!!!
I was at a stage in the one bathroom where we were grouting so I took out of the worst spots and put in some epoxy (just to see what would happen)
It lasted about 4 months (longer than the traditional grout which would crack in a matter of days), however, (as noted above), the grout didn't crack - the tile did!
Their is no easy fix for problems like this, unfortunately. I have found 9 out of 10 times its a demo job followed by a proper substrate prep and proper install.
TILE SHOULD NEVER FAIL!!!
