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Posted by jmagerl on October 6, 2007, 2:47 pm
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?
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Posted by Edwin Pawlowski on October 6, 2007, 2:56 pm
>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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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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Posted by Dave Bugg on October 6, 2007, 3:12 pm
jmagerl wrote:
> 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?
<G> Hey now, don't fix it just yet. Shouldn't we get a pool going to bet on
when the annual tile popping will occur this year?
--
Dave
www.davebbq.com
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Posted by jmagerl on October 6, 2007, 4:05 pm
hmmm....House takes most
I hear predictioms of a warm winter maybe it wont get cold enough
> jmagerl wrote:
>> 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?
> <G> Hey now, don't fix it just yet. Shouldn't we get a pool going to bet
> on when the annual tile popping will occur this year?
> --
> Dave
> www.davebbq.com
>
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>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?