ceramic tile

Posted by mm on October 22, 2009, 3:02 pm

I was visiting my brother and they have 12" ceramic tile in most
rooms.

A lot of the tiles are about a half millimeter higher or lower than
the one next to it. Maybe less, but I can easily feel the difference
with my fingers, and when pushing a dresser, the dresser has to be
lifted up to get onto the next tile.

Is this work within professional standards?

Posted by Master Betty on October 22, 2009, 3:08 pm

>I was visiting my brother and they have 12" ceramic tile in most
> rooms.
> A lot of the tiles are about a half millimeter higher or lower than
> the one next to it. Maybe less, but I can easily feel the difference
> with my fingers, and when pushing a dresser, the dresser has to be
> lifted up to get onto the next tile.
> Is this work within professional standards?

I worked administration in a large nursing home and we contracted our main
hall way to be done in 12" tile. After it dried we noticed the tiles were
not even and the administrator had them take them all out and do it again.
Mainly because the residents rarely worn shoes and it was uncomfortable to
bare feet.

Posted by ransley on October 22, 2009, 3:22 pm

> I was visiting my brother and they have 12" ceramic tile in most
> rooms.
> A lot of the tiles are about a half millimeter higher or lower than
> the one next to it. =A0 Maybe less, but I can easily feel the difference
> with my fingers, and when pushing a dresser, the dresser has to be
> lifted up to get onto the next tile.
> Is this work within professional standards?

Not to me. It should be one year jail time minimum.

Posted by norminn@earthlink.net on October 22, 2009, 3:38 pm

mm wrote:

> I was visiting my brother and they have 12" ceramic tile in most
> rooms.
>
> A lot of the tiles are about a half millimeter higher or lower than
> the one next to it. Maybe less, but I can easily feel the difference
> with my fingers, and when pushing a dresser, the dresser has to be
> lifted up to get onto the next tile.
>
> Is this work within professional standards?

A half millimeter? How did you measure that? Basic of tile
installation is to use a length of 2x4 or whatever to tamp newest-set
tiles so that they are level with and at the same level as adjoining
tiles. Saw a neighbor going through great pains to set pavers in cement
on a concrete sidewalk - used a level to make sure each paver was level
as he went. Every paver was precisely level, just not the same
level....a little higher, a little lower. Can see it clearly. He
claimed to be brain damaged from falling off roofs when he was an
alcoholic. There was no "was" to that part of the story :o)

Posted by Tony on October 23, 2009, 10:17 am

norminn@earthlink.net wrote:

> mm wrote:

>> I was visiting my brother and they have 12" ceramic tile in most
>> rooms.
>> A lot of the tiles are about a half millimeter higher or lower than
>> the one next to it. Maybe less, but I can easily feel the difference
>> with my fingers, and when pushing a dresser, the dresser has to be
>> lifted up to get onto the next tile.
>> Is this work within professional standards?

>
> A half millimeter? How did you measure that? Basic of tile
> installation is to use a length of 2x4 or whatever to tamp newest-set
> tiles so that they are level with and at the same level as adjoining
> tiles. Saw a neighbor going through great pains to set pavers in cement
> on a concrete sidewalk - used a level to make sure each paver was level
> as he went. Every paver was precisely level, just not the same
> level....a little higher, a little lower. Can see it clearly. He
> claimed to be brain damaged from falling off roofs when he was an
> alcoholic. There was no "was" to that part of the story :o)

Sounds like my old neighbor setting up a used above ground pool. (home
made but very good quality) There were 8' panels for the walls and he
made sure every one of them was level, and he even compared them to the
panels next to it. Most stuff he did was nice but I saw a disaster
coming. I went back over with string and a line level but he didn't use
it. He installed a fancy new liner with fake tile up at the top and boy
did that look pretty, until he filled it with water and it showed how
far he was off. It went up and down at least 1 1/2".

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