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Posted by jmagerl on October 6, 2007, 4:04 pm
I was afraid someone might say that.......
ITs a standard joisted floor with plywood base. thin set adhesive. The
previous homeowner owned a flooring store. I would have thought he would do
the best for his own house.
The only thing nonstard is that he ran a radient heat pipe in the basement
down the center of the floor. its attached to the bottom of the joists and
hence about a foot away from the floor. I guess it was an attempt at getting
some heat to the floor.
>
>>I posted once about this but did not realize at the time that it would be
>>an annual event. Every year on the the coldest day of the year the ceramic
>>tiles on my kitchen floor pop off with a rather loud band, Judging from
>>the left over tiles, it was an annual affair for the previous homeowner
>>also. How do I fix it? Last year I stuck the tiles back down but did not
>>fill with grout. I figured if it was contraction, no grout would give it
>>lots of room to shrink. But...my wife wants grout.
>>
>> How do you build an expansion joint into a tile floor?
>
> I have to wonder what the tile was placed over. It may not be the fault
> of the tile, but the sub base that is moving. Fixing that means tearing
> up and starting over.
>
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