Expert Answers in Ceramic and Porcelain Tile
Is it normal for ceramic porcelain tiles or stone tiles to sound hollow?
ANSWER – First of all, hollow sounding tiles is not considered a defect. There are no standards addressing hollow sounds, other to say that hollow sounds don’t necessary mean it is a problem.
Hollow sounds…
Read MoreDoes my porcelain wood tile plank floor have excessive lippage?
ANSWER – Your floor tile appears to be a porcelain wood plank floor tile, which gives a very authentic wood floor look. With the ink jet technology being used today in the production of ceramic tiles…
Read MoreWhy is my tile floor and making crunchy and popping sounds and why is the grout coming out?
ANSWER – I am assuming that the ceramic tile was bonded directly to the wood subfloor. There are acceptable methods for installing ceramic tile over wood substrates in interior dry applications. It is always considered better…
Read MoreWhat are the allowable size of voids under porcelain tiles?
ANSWER – First of all not all hollow sounds are voids. Having hollow sounds is not a deficiency and there are no standards addressing hollow sounds, other to say that hollow sounds don’t necessary mean…
Read MoreDoes Saltillo Mexican Pavers Crack from Moisture Intrusion?
ANSWER – All clay based materials can expand and contract to some degree from being subjected to moisture and drying cycles or being subjected to heating and cooling cycles.
Authentic Mexican Saltillo tiles contain clay from…
Read MoreCan Tile be installed on Counter Tops so it does not make noise when plates come into contact with it?
ANSWER – Ceramic tile or porcelain, which is a type of ceramic tile, are dense materials so they do make noise if you bang something against it.
It is possible to install a foam backer…
Read MoreDoes lack of expansion joints cause tiles to debond or tent?
ANSWER – Expansion joints are a type of movement joint. Movement joints are meant to mitigate expected expansion and contraction movements within the tile assembly cased by temperature variations, moisture variations or from dynamic structural movements.…
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