When I saw the picture my first thought was those tiles are flexing. They're rubbing together and chipping.
We've fixed a lot of those.
I use a thin 5 inch non-chipping diamond blade and cut open all grout joints where chipping is visible. This makes an 1/8" gap or smaller. "VERY STEADY HAND REQUIRED"
Then I mask off both sides of the gap with 2 inch tape, going into the joint about an 1/8" . Then I pour liquid flowing epoxy into the grout joints and run a popsicle stick or something thin to leave room for Grout. Unmask quick before the epoxy hardens.
Now your tiles are bonded solid, no more movement no more chipping or grout cracking.
Now color match and epoxy repair all your chips. Then grout.
This works great for irreplaceable tiles.
Sent from my iPhoneThe issues are probably occurring where the joints are less than 1/16 ".Mostly when I see this the joints are all different sizes.You can change out tilesIf they have extra and widen the joint before grouting.You need to be able to push the grout down to the base of the tile.
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Sent from my iPhoneOnly in certain areas and basically around the grout jointSent via the Samsung Galaxy Note® 3, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone
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From: Fred Hueston <fhueston@gmail.com>
Date: 07/05/2017 6:30 PM (GMT-05:00)
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Subject: Re: tile flakingis the spalling only on the edges? how extensive is it? is it all over or just in certain areasOn Wed, Jul 5, 2017 at 5:53 PM, <daci6537@comcast.net> wrote:No loose or hollow tiles and no moisture find. There was a suppresin membrane than a laticrete product to ahear. Yes it is on grade but it is located on the intercoastal.
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From: Fred Hueston <fhueston@gmail.com>
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Sent: Wed, 05 Jul 2017 21:21:54 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: Re: tile flaking
yes I have seen this lots of times. as I tell all my students to check the
following and get back to me
1. is the tile hollow?
2. is the tile loose?
3. is there moisture present?
4. How is the tile set?
5. Is it slab on grade?
On Wed, Jul 5, 2017 at 5:16 PM, <daci6537@comcast.net> wrote:
> Has anyone ever seen this before? The floor is only a year old.
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