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    Cracking and crumbling grout in a newly tiled floor

    Thank you all for your advice :D I think I'll first have a go at replacing the couple of tiles that are making a popping sound and add the BAL admix to the grout and redo the grouting. If this doesn't work I'll resort to redoing the whole floor. Thanks again - I wish I had looked on here...
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    Cracking and crumbling grout in a newly tiled floor

    Yes, I did do it myself despite others saying to go with the easy option of vinyl!!! :evil: Should have listened to them...I have previously tiled a bathroom including the floor and also the walls of the kitchen and they all look good and the grout has stayed in perfectly but I suppose that...
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    Cracking and crumbling grout in a newly tiled floor

    Whoops - also meant to say that the adhesive was spread all over the floor so tiles were laid on a continuous adhesive bed.
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    Cracking and crumbling grout in a newly tiled floor

    The kitchen is approximately 18ft x 10ft, sorry I don't know anything about floor constuction other than there's a gap underneath of about a metre. I used 6mm hardiebacker board and fixed them with hardiebacker screws at about 30cm intervals. The adhesive used was BAL single part (I think - I...
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    Cracking and crumbling grout in a newly tiled floor

    Help!! :( I have recently laid tiles on my suspended kitchen floor, the chipboard was replaced by the builder. I then laid Hardiebacker board and used a flexible adhesive. There is slight movement in one of the tiles-it makes a 'popping' sound when you walk on it... No tiles have cracked but...
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