Ceramic Tile Popping Noise

I have a section in my tile floor.

Ceramic tile popping noise. At another location i can hear a popping sound. This tile defect is known as buckled tiles. Remove the adjoining grout with a carbide tipped grout saw before you attempt to remove individual tiles. Pry up the perimeter of the first piece until you hear a slight popping sound indicating the piece is no longer bonded to the substrate.

Buckled tiles defect might appear in all types of tiles i e. It is the original tile with no signs of repair or cracks in the tile or grout. Ceramic tiles vitrified tiles and porcelain tiles etc. Hello 2 months ago in our new extension we had new ceramic floor tiles in our kitchen s wooden ply floor.

Then it stopped and now occasionally we hear a loud popping noise. There is an area about 15x15 inches that makes a crackling noise when you step on it. Kimberly in missouri is dealing with a noisy floor. I had my kitchen remodeled with the floor tiled first on a wooden subfloor and cabinets installed the following day.

Have noticed 1 2 tiles in various places popping sound as well. This was in 2011 the grout has come off in different places and i can hear a crunchy noise when i step on a tile at one location. If proper care is not taken while laying the same. This cause is more common than you would think and can also cause tiles to crack and sound hollow.

To reuse the tile grind thin set off the back with a 4 inch grinder. There is ceramic tile on the floor in the second floor bath. A little known reason behind your loose floor tiles. It s a high traffic area and there s various areas.

Today i have noticed near the washing machine area there is a crack in the grout not in the tile. The sounds also comes and goes in severity. This defect is also known as pop up tiles or tile tenting. Last year in response to questions in parliament on popping and cracking tiles the ministry of national development mnd said that hdb received about 2 000 cases of dislodged floor tiles a year.

Tell us what s going on. It s the longer planks wood looking floor. Facebook 0 tweet 0 pin 0 linkedin 0.