Help! Penny tile lines
mdfl
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Comments (5)Update: The store swapped out the penny to polished hex in the same brand eating the additional cost. The installer removed the penny mosaic and prepared the flooring for the new mosaic. From what I see, there is no damage and was the project was completed in 1 day (they used quick set thinset). I cannot complain as the final result is beautiful. Thank you Skippack for the advice. I will show a photo after cleaning the dust off the tile....See MoreBad Penny tile job - help
Comments (15)I can't IMAGINE the amount of time it would take to grind out ALL the grout (thousands of grout lines to grind out = dozens and dozens of hours). The cost of the 'fix' is the tile setter's responsibility to 'eat'. Right now, s/he is trying NOT to purchase more tile and more grout, etc. That is money DIRECTLY OUT of his/her pocket. If s/he can get away with getting all that grout out (...wow...just...wow...?) it will only 'cost him/her' a few days worth of TIME (and a couple of packs of grout). BUT...if the tile is removed (which is STILL a possibility...ahem...if the new grout job does not 'fix' the look of the tiles, it will become the REAL fix) then the setter is going to have to purchase all the product s/he mangled installing this. The reason why you want to push for the right fix is this: the tiler must LEARN this lesson. The lesson is, "Don't bid 'low' on penny tile. Don't RUSH penny tile. Don't mess around with penny tile." Those are the lessons the setter MUST LEARN. It sounds harsh, but it is the way of learning the business of renovations. I would push heavily for the full removal and reinstallation of the tile. Sit down with him/her and talk this out. You need to ask what really NEEDS to be done to get this to work 'better'. Things like, how much MORE PREPARATION will you need to do to get the SUBFLOOR ready for this type of tile? If the tiler looks back at you with a blank stare, then you know you are in for more of a wild ride. The 'bid' should have included a PRICE RANGE for the subfloor prep. It should look like: - Subfloor prep: Conditional on tiles chosen and subfloor quality = $2-$5/sf. To Be Determined at time of install. And you would have had to add a signature to that range...beside the numbers...to show that you understood this to be a floating number that will solidify AFTER the job is completed....See MoreHelp! Penny tile lines
Comments (0)My contractor laid my penny tiles yesterday (not grouted yet) and I can see so many lines/grid marks. Do I have him rip it up and start over with another material? I’ve read that this is much harder once it is grouted. Not sure grout will fix this:(((...See MoreHelp with grout lines and tile cracks in ceramic tiled shower
Comments (21)No, you can’t see if waterproofing is there without tearing things out and likely damaging the waterproofing. I will echo HB’s caution to not beat yourself up. It is easy to get into a heap of trouble when buying a house. We bought this one knowing it had foundation work done that was warranted and the warranty transferred to us. Six years later, we learned that the front living room and foyer of the house, which was on a slab foundation, had a big crack down the middle of the slab and had fallen a good four to six inches. Yes, the foundation piers that had been put in were working fine and were guaranteed. But the foundation repair company had advised the homeowner that he needed 12 piers, and he only did six. The right side and front were supported, but left side was still sinking. The home owner had hidden this from us by putting in a false floor and putting thick carpet over it. It turns out that the front room was sunken 6 inches lower than the adjacent foyer when it was built in the 1970s. The owner used that six inches to put in a kind of floating floor with 2 x 4s, shimmed to level with wood shims, with a plywood subfloor on top. This was not a first house for us. It was my 4th house, and we hired an inspector who my friend had used and who was supposed to be picky. He did not notice that room seemed odd, with a 1 inch drop. It cost us six months of construction living and $40,000....See Moremillworkman
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