Expert Answers in Ceramic and Porcelain Tile

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You are right in that if the tile or stone was installed correctly with properly placed movement joints that the flood should not affect the tile.

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If the tile wasn’t installed correctly…

ANSWER – I will assume that you have a high gloss black glazed ceramic tile on your floor.

High gloss black glazes on tiles are normally softer glazes that will scratch easy and etch easy.…

ANSWER – Although by definition a porcelain tile is impervious, it can still get dirty.  Depending on what kind of texture the tile has on its surface and whether it has micro pores, as many…

ANSWER – First of all, it is recommend per the industry standards the grout joint width should be at least 1/8″ wide for larger tiles, and never less than 1/16″ wide.

Spot boding tile is…

ANSWER –  There are many variables to consider.  First you have to know what type of tile was installed.  Whether it is a glazed tile (impervious glass-like surface) or unglazed tile (same clay material form…

ANSWER – First of all you need to determine what kind of tile to install?  It needs to be slip resistant, and it needs to provide a relatively flat surface so no one trips.  If…

ANSWER – If water from your shower is leaking into a crawl space the problem is not the cementitious grout joints.  There has to be an underlying problem with the shower pan’s waterproof membrane.  It…

ANSWER – Since you don’t see the purple stain in the pink tile, but you see it in the white tile, and you can’t clean it, it sounds like you have a microbial staining or…

ANSWER – I have heard others say that they think their porcelain tiles warped after they were manufactured and shipped from the manufacturer, but I have never seen any proof of it.

Some types of…

ANSWER – Tile lippage is the difference in height between two adjacent edges of tile, or of a crack or of a control joint in concrete.

ANSI A108.02-2013, section 4.3.7 Lippage states that a ceramic…