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Will residual water from a leak cause damage to my tile installation?
ANSWER – If the tile was installed correctly the residual water/moisture should not harm the tile. Tile is often installed in showers, fountains, and pools and the moisture should not harm them as long as…
Read MoreCan a water pipe leak cause my tile to delaminate and will the insurance cover the loss?
ANSWER – If the tile was installed correctly and had adequate movement joints installed, the water flooding should not have caused the tile to debond. Unless the water leak in the slab created a hydrostatic…
Read MoreHow many bad tiles are acceptable in a tile installation?
ANSWER – In terms of manufacturing of ceramic tiles, which includes porcelain tiles that are a type of ceramic tile, there are quality control standards in ANSI A137.1 that allow a small percentage of tiles…
Read MoreCan Movement Joint Widths be less than 1/4 inch as TCNA Handbook states?
ANSWER –
TCNA Handbook does say that movement joints within the tile assembly should be at least ¼” wide, but the current version of the handbook does indicate that if your movement joints are installed…
Read MoreWhen do you need Movement/Expansion Joints?
ANSWER – Expansion joint is a type of movement joint. All tile installations require movement joints of some type. The tile industry installation standards require movement joints and all the manufacturers of tile and tile…
Read MoreWhat is causing water to collect on the clubhouse deck that makes it slippery?
ANSWER – A vapor retarder goes under the concrete slab and doesn’t have anything to do with water pooling/collecting on the tile surface.
Industry standards require that the exterior tile surface that is subjected to…
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