[gwrightson]

Some advise please ,
can these tiles be repaired? if so what is the best method and filler to use ? and how difficult a task is it?

I am assuming that reparing should take place after the tiles have been cleaned !!

Geoff

[gwrightson]

sorry about the large pics , and why they are side by side ,

just hopelesss when uploading 

Geoff

[sherco]

Looks like there has been movement in the screed under the tiles. Has the customer got any of the tiles? This could happen again after you have repaired or replaced them!

[gwrightson]

Sherco.

I agree ,my initials thoughts were the problem arises with the initial instalation.i will make this point clear to them
.So what would you use to repair,

Can any body answer my original questions ?

Geoff

[terrazzoman]

easy use a 2 pack resin you can buy this from tiling logistics........he does training courses
its a easy job when you know how!!!!

[Kev Martin]

Some advise please ,
can these tiles be repaired? if so what is the best method and filler to use ? and how difficult a task is it?

I am assuming that reparing should take place after the tiles have been cleaned !!

Geoff

You can repair those tiles either with a two part Klindex Stukko Tixo Resin or with a professional Wax Iron and Stukko Wax.  However no matter how well you do it just as you can see the crack now you will be replacing it with a repair.  Sherco (Andrew) hit it on the nail when he said there is something wrong there with the substrate.  They have either had movement in the substrate through other works or best guess is that the floor is laid on two different floors.

Check the following

1.  Is the floor part wood & part concrete?
2.  Is there an extension evident?
3.  Have they had any major construction in the house since the floor was laid?
4.  How were the tiles fixed and by whom?
5.  Do they know who did the tiling?
6.  If so do they know if there was a decoupling membrane used, any expansion joints, what adhesive & what grout?
7.  How wide are the grout joints?

A lot of questions I know but there are dozens of reasons why tiles crack like that and you can almost guarantee it will be one of the above.

Finally yes you can fix them but if the underlying problem is not sorted they could crack again!

Kev Martin
Marblelife Ltd
Tiling Logistics Ltd

[gwrightson]

Tks for replys.

I will answer some of the questions posed.

The floor is concrete.  there are no expansion joints and the tiles are the entrance to a football stadium.
I asked the question today who laid the tiles ? and they were laid by contractors working for the council ,
as the stadium was funded by the local tele communications company ,m whicj in turn is owned by the council 

The stadium is now run by a stadium managment company and all contracters are sourced localy and not the
council. i did suggest trying to see if there would be any recourse for getting original contractors in to put right.
To much is invloved apparently, and to much hassle, after explaining the same thing could happen in future
so they are going down the route of just having them cleaned
and polished and perhaps replacing once the premier season has finished .

Geoff

[martin shelley]

This should be easy enough to hide and do hind the repair on as the tile has a lot of veins. A few different colour matched fillers will break it up really well.  Just offer no or little guarantee as movement could make the fills pop out, but this doesn't often happen.  If the repair fails replacement is a option, but the new tiles will stand out.  This then gives you reason to restore the whole floor, and then push for more work.  Great opportunity to get your foot in the door.

You could sub out the repair and I know a company that will do it for £330 plus vat(1man day that repair on pic)and this could lead to a lot of work for you. Food for thought

Martin

[gwrightson]

Thanks martin for the offer , I would have taken you up on that , how ever  they have decided to just go with a clean and polish,
and will likely replace all next year , they dont want the upheavel with the forth coming premier season starting ,

i do already have my foot in the door, I clean all the carpets and upholstery at the stadium on a regular basis
and have for a number of years now , i did get the job originaly because they were not at all happy with a franchise, "no names "

wasnt so much the quality work , more the service or lack of it from what i was told .

Geoff