Want to rip out ugly tiles, but they are in good shape. Help!
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Help! GC got a terrible tile setter need to rip out tiles
Comments (4)Thank you...They put cement baord up around the bath area up to the shower head. Should cement board be used through out the bathroom? I also have an arch over the bathtub separating the bath area from the the rest of the room. They said they would tile the sides of the arch and paint the bottom (ceiling) of it. There was wall paper on the arch (as well as the rest of the room). They removed the wall paper but there is still a paper layer left on the wall of the arch. Do they need to put greenboard on the arch? I'm thinking yes. So far they did not do that, which I don't understand as they have already begun to tile the room. I want to make sure I know what the proper way is so I can surpervise the work...I don't really trust them now...not good....See MoreUgh, rip ALL this tile out? Lots of photos!
Comments (17)"Is there a better pattern for the floor given the slope and given that the floor seems like it isn't going to be level no matter what's done?" First, I'll write that from the close-up nature of your photos, it's tough to tell if your lippage is a result of the tiles being bowed or if it's just a sloppy installation. Or a combo of the two. However: Many manufacturers have installation instructions (which may include pattern recommendations) for large format tiles such as your 12x24s. "Long" tiles, like your 12x24s can have a slight bow or arch in them. The arch (if any) can be identified by stacking two tiles glaze-to-glaze. The tiles will touch at mid-point and the ends will be gaped. The top tile will rock back and forth on the bottom tile. With bowed tiles? When installed in a 50% or half-offset pattern, the ends of the tiles (low points) in one row are going next to the highest point (the high mid-point arch) in the adjacent row. There's your lippage. No matter how flat the subfloor is, with bowed tiles in a 50% offset patter? The pattern exacerbates the situation and accentuates the bow, causing lippage. To minimize this, manufacturers may recommend the tile being installed in a pattern other than a 50% offset. A 25% or 33%, for example. It's an installation factor/limitation/restriction that most competent and conscientious tile installers are aware of. And if not aware? When the installer sees that the lippage as the tile is being set? Work should be stopped and a bit of research should be initiated....See MoreHELP! does this tile need to be ripped out and redone?
Comments (14)Just for fun, go ahead and pull a left over sheet of stones and lay them down on a KNOWN flat surface (like a table top or a counter top). If you have two sheets that's even better. Now lay them on the table top and fiddle with them to see if YOU can line them up in a way that would get the gaps even. Excellent. Now look to see how even the thicknesses of the stones are when they are sitting on a flat/plumb/smooth surface. If they are wonky heights then we know the tiles are to blame. If they are all even-stevens, then we know the 'guy' (I'm not calling him/her a tile setter) didn't do the tile justice. And for laugh's and giggles, you might want to find out if this 'guy' is a professional tile setter. And just for fun, marble needs a very specific form of install. Because marble is porous, it requires a white thinset/mortar (any other colour will stain the marble from underneath) AND the tiles must be SEALED TWICE before they are installed and then once afterwards. There is a very easy way to find out if marble has been sealed. Simply put a drop of water on a tile. Leave it alone for 1-2 minutes. If it REMAINS as a bead of water (like a drop of rain sitting on a newly polished car) then the tile has been sealed. If it SOAKS IN (and leaves a dark spot where the water used to be) then you have unsealed marble. Your tiles look pretty dry...but without the water test I'm just guessing by some pictures sitting on my screen. Good luck and tell us what you found out. Be prepared for a full remove/replace....See MoreRip out tile and replace, or have it restored?
Comments (103)It may be because I’m so used to them, having grown up seeing them everywhere, that they almost seem neutral to me. A style that can go with so many others. They’re just there, like a wood floor, other types of tiles, whatever. I’ve never understood on these boards why they’re treated as some awful element that should be ripped out, labeled as dated (they’ve been around hundreds of years), or else you can only do Spanish decor around them. They’re not for everyone, I truly do get why, but it really illustrates how regional differences can drive and influence threads on Houzz. I’m just thinking out loud. This isn’t in response to any specific post, just Saltillo tile threads and other threads in general, that almost always go the same way. :)...See Moresalonva
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