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Cracking patio tiles from screw holes

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Hi all,

Looking for a bit of advice please.

4 years ago we had a new porcelain tile patio laid and a glass balustrade fitted on top.

On a handful of the slabs, cracks have appeared, always leading under the balustrade towards the screw hole. Some worse than others (the very outside ones went first but more are developing elsewhere.) Pics attached.

I’m not expecting a miracle cure and the builder who fitted it hasn’t been contactable for other things for a while. So I’ve accepted it’s not going to be perfect again.

I just wondered if anyone had general advice how to manage this situation - is there anything simple I can do to slow the cracking down? Something I can put on them? Or anything that would help with the appearance of cracks on porcelain especially if more crack? Or do I just wait it out and hope it stabilises at a point that isn’t too horrendous.

Thanks in advance
 

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Alternatively, if the cracks do seem to settle down and stabilise, what would people recommend to fill in? I’ve read possibly epoxy but doesn’t seem much info online. Thanks
 

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