Neighbour using plate vibrator - damage to my floor!!

[docburgess]

Hi,

They have built new houses next door to my property and doing the hard surfacing. A guy was using a plate vibrator next to my house. The problem is that we have travertine in our kitchen. My wife noticed hairline cracks, about 2 metres long. This was after the use of the plate vibrator and feeling BIG vibrations through the bottom of the house. The ground floor is suspended on brick pillars.

Does anyone know of this type of damage?

 

[r896neo]

Its certainly possible but pretty surprising. Laying large format tiles on timber floors is always more of a risk and clearly your subfloor is not up to the job.

If the groundworks are responsible for the damage, to be honest it sounds more like your floor is badly constructed and mainly to blame.