Expert Answers in Tenting

ANSWER – If the marble tiles were installed correctly they should not be buckling/bulging from the walls even if it is installed in an interior pool and bath application.

The humidity and moisture is likely contributing…

ANSWER – Generally speaking when a tile tents (lifting up) the failure is due to debonding that is caused by compounding reasons.  Part of it could be that there was a contaminate on the substrate to…

ANSWER – Ceramic tile is generally fairly resistant to water unless there are some other underlying problems.

Saltillo tiles are very absorbing tiles and some are made better than others in terms of their lasting…

ANSWER – I understand that you have a townhome where you replaced your kitchen floor with ceramic tile in August 2010.  The tile was installed over hardibacker board that was applied over a wood subfloor over…

ANSWER – I understand that you have ceramic tile installed onto a concrete floor, and some of the tiles have tented up and debonded.

There are likely compounding deficiencies in how the ceramic tile was…

ANSWER – First of all, if your marble tile floor was installed correctly then it should not have tented up (lifted up) or debonded.

When there is a failure it generally is not due to one…

ANSWER – Regarding your situation where inside your customer’s home the ceramic tile was subject to flooding and was submerged in hot water for some period of time. Apparently after that incident, the ceramic…