Ceramic Tile Tenting

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Ceramic tile tenting. It s still tenting though just a different shaped tent. Porcelain tiles as well as natural stone tiles have been known to tent as well. Ceramic tiles experience what is termed as irreversible moisture expansion. Rather it is important to consider that the cleavage plane will usually occur at the thinset transition either the bond to the concrete or the bond to the tile.

The insurance adjuster came out to look at it and he said that tile usually doesn t tent after 16 years which is i believe the age of the house. Kimber joined nov 28 2019 messages 4 reactions 1 location so. He determined that it had. This week the 12 inch tile in her kitchen started tenting early in the morning.

Close inspection often shows that more than one area of the floor has delaminated. How tight are the tiles to the outer walls. Usually if the tile is tenting years after the installation this was not the case. The engineer removed a 3 inch square section of tile and dropped some water on the concrete below to determine if the concrete had been sealed.

Not only is this an unattractive addition to your tiled floor it is also quite dangerous as tiles may shatter underfoot causing considerable harm. Homeowner dec 1 2019 thread starter thread starter 6. Tile tenting is when your floor tiles lift from their originally installed position and begin to push against one another creating a tent like bump in the middle of your floor. Tenting usually occurs due to lack of expansion either way it looks like a re tile is required.

This generally occurs during two.