Omg,i know this is from 2010 but for anyone looking for solutions on a same problem, its not the morter ,its not the floors its not deflection either that only happens years after tile has been installed, one simple trick the durock or concrete (never ever bare subfloor or over old tile thats is absolutely lazy dirty work) where you are installing must me wet,the tile must be wet everything must be wet,when concrete and durock soak up the water its creates suction. Same if tile is wet that does the trick,thats how it works in tuck pointing as well laying cinder block for commercial walls ,fyi never morter durock ever ever never had this problem but i fixed many do it yourself projects and so called jack of all trades or handymans poor quality work,even when licensed that doesnt mean they know what they are doing,look for experience and verifiable references , cant beleive no one knows this,this separates professionals from handyman being informed before messing with someones property thats all keep everything wet with a spray bottle

A side note: Those stair kits will never pass code unless you have a perfectly level, flat ground under the deck. Precut stair stringers are a joke! A person can't even lay out stairs correctly until they mark a minimum of 3 elevations: 2 at the first riser and another for the deck surface. Only then can you lay out the stringers so all the steps meet code. To: Mr Aidan M. I don't sell stair kits. The deck packages are a pile of lumber that still needs to be cut. Primary focus of thedeckbarn is aluminum balusters. Which if you quit railing off on the mouth you could save a lot of money buying by knowing me. I am in this to save you money on quality products period. I flat out am sick and tired of the retail prices larger manufacturers want to impose on deck builders, most of whom are hard working guys trying to make a buck. While various greedy muck racking profiteers sit in their boadrooms and are only concerned with market share. John Hyatt: You could have a very valid point in your statement about the different areas of the country affecting products differently. To which one might surmise that this whole deal is a regional issue and there is no perfect decking for any one area. With the SA and Chinese you still have the arguements about imports, buying american etc. What I do know for as fact is that Trex works up here and so does NewTech Composite. I have built enough decks up here to know. NewTech is coming out with capstock decking and it will be available Mid March. NewTech has 4 regional warehouses, California, Pennsylvania, Georgia and Texas. It is sold in Europe, Australia, China and THE United States. They have 43 dedicated lines making decking 24/7 365. Their lines ares dedicated to a single color to avoided the variances in batches caused by having to purge the extrusion lines for color changes. Steve Scholl MR SPAM

This would likely occur if the taping wasn't done well: the tape itself didn't get embedded enough to bond properly with the mud.

I like the matchy grout. Here is why: Autumn dot 4's kitchen is by far, my favorite GW kitchen and I do not handle change very well. Seriously though, instead of envisioning just a backsplash, look at your kitchen as a whole. The tiles themselves are unique and gorgeous. There is no need to individually define each tile. With 2x6 tiles, that will be a lot of grout lines. I think you need to go subtle. Do I love the inspiration picture? Yes. Do I think that would work in your kitchen? Yes and beautifully so. I just think the other is better. Disclaimer: I have gone terribly wrong with grout choices in the past so you may need to heed the advice of the experts and ignore mine.