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jasonB
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Without seeing the tiles its hard to say, I have fitted ranges where the finish of the wall and floor tiles look almost identical but the floor ones are usually onto a porcelain bisc and the walls ceramic.
Who chose and selected the tiles, I assume the tiler was just asked to fit them?
The problem of cracking/loose tiles probably has little to do with the tile but more with the preparation of the floor and the type of adhesive used, can you give any more detail?
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A so called professional tiler has put the same large shiny tiles on my mother in laws bathroom floor as he has put on her wall. The grout has completely cracked/chipped away from the floor ones and the tiles are wobbling/loose. I presume they are only wall tiles as they are shiny and understand that floor tiles should not be for safety reasons (it doesnt look safe at all). i also know that floor tiles are thicker than wall tiles so am 99% sure they are definitely wall tiles. Should she just get all tiles on floor removed and proper floor tiles put down or could she get away with it if the whole lot was refixed/regrouted with proper floor tile mixture.
thank you.
You can get extremely shiny floor tiles so that alone is not evidence that they are wall tiles. As Jason says, who selected the tiles?
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Polished tiles are lethal when wet. We had some tiles in a bathroom that were matt and even they were very slippery when wet. I would consider having them removed or take out BUPA!
You mentioned they are on a bedroom floor - Is this a wooden first floor? Perhaps the floor simply wasn't rigid enough for tiles and the tiler didn't stiffen the floor correctly? Incorrect adhesive? As Jason says could be several reasons.
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See also this thread if it's a wooden floor..
http://www.askthetrades.co.uk/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?num=1164638092
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