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ANSWER – As far as your floor preparation, when you are installing tile or stone over different substrates there is a potential problem that the differential movements within each substrate could cause cracking. The…

ANSWER – I don’t think your husband is doing anything wrong, but rather he needs some ideas on how to adjust for the spacing.

1. To make sure your tile is square use the…

ANSWER – There is no specific info on tiling over exterior stucco that I’m aware of, although it can be done if the stucco is, in fact, a concrete product and structurally stable.

If…

ANSWER – Industry standards don’t say that the slab stone for a countertop needs to be made from the same piece because usually one slab isn’t enough. Normally they will use slabs that come…

ANSWER – There is a PEI rating for glazed ceramic tile that goes from 1 to 5. 1 is wall application only, 2 is light traffic floor use i.e. residential bathroom, 3 is all…

ANSWER – You can install ceramic tile or stone outside in a freeze thaw climatic condition if you use the appropriate tile.

First, the ceramic tile or stone can’t have an absorption rate greater…

ANSWER – First you need to determine why the floor is cracking. It could be that the concrete subfloor has a crack in it that is continuing up through the ceramic tile. It could…

ANSWER – Yes, ceramic tile can be painted, but it will eventually peal and will be a big job to remove later. The existing ceramic tile would have to be thoroughly cleaned and then…

ANSWER – Ceramic tile typically varies in color to some degree. Some ceramic tile offerings intentionally give you a wide range of color variation. Others are intended to give more of a monochromatic (solid)…

ANSWER – To keep it simple, there are two basic types of cracks. A structural crack that moves vertically or a shrinkage crack that moves horizontally. You can not treat a structural crack. You either…