Hi,
My neighbours' surveyor has suggested that new damage to the stone floor in my first floor kitchen (which originally occurred when my neighbours' took down a wall that had become load-bearing in our Victorian flat conversion) is my fault. He's said that I didn't use flexible grout when re-laying the tiles (I did), that stone must have been laid straight onto the beams (it wasn't - there's plywood under them), because any plywood must be floating (it's screwed down) and finally, because my builders didn't use a 'levelling screed' to check the floor was flat.
I thought a levelling screed was used for a concrete slab floor, not a wooden one?! How would one ensure a wooden floor is flat before tiling over it other than with a spirit level? I had crack-free stone tiles for over a decade before the wall was moved downstairs. It certainly used to be flat!
Thanks!
Jo
My neighbours' surveyor has suggested that new damage to the stone floor in my first floor kitchen (which originally occurred when my neighbours' took down a wall that had become load-bearing in our Victorian flat conversion) is my fault. He's said that I didn't use flexible grout when re-laying the tiles (I did), that stone must have been laid straight onto the beams (it wasn't - there's plywood under them), because any plywood must be floating (it's screwed down) and finally, because my builders didn't use a 'levelling screed' to check the floor was flat.
I thought a levelling screed was used for a concrete slab floor, not a wooden one?! How would one ensure a wooden floor is flat before tiling over it other than with a spirit level? I had crack-free stone tiles for over a decade before the wall was moved downstairs. It certainly used to be flat!
Thanks!
Jo