Originally Posted By: mcameron
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Originally Posted By: lewens
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Mike
Looks to me more like a woof in the wall. The tiles appear to be straight while the wall seems to be curved. I am inclined to think if the slab was moving the tile would crack as they wouldn’t move together.
Larry
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Originally Posted By: bgentry
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A what in the wall?
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Originally Posted By: lewens
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Woof
a slang term used by woodpeckers here in Ontario Canada to describe an anomoly that occurs in a wall when the studs warp,twist or deform in any way. Can usually be corrected with a well intentioned application of a skill saw set to about 1 1/2" and a ton of mud.
Mud
A slang term used by rockers and mudders here in Ontario Canada to describe the drywall compound used to cover tape on drywall.
Rockers
A slang term used in Ontario Canada for drywall installers.
Mudders
A slang term used in Ontario Canada for the crew that comes in to apply drywall compound to drywall.
Woodpeckers
A slang term used here in Ontario Canada to describe carpenters who correct woofs in walls
Woof
a slang term used here in Ontario canada etc.etc.etc.
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Originally Posted By: mcameron
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Thanks for the help but it is a block wall.
Originally Posted By: wpedley
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Is this ceramic tile or vinyl? Actually looks to me that it was cut too short,
allowing a gap and the base moulding isn't covering it.
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Originally Posted By: jonofrey
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I agree with Bill. Sloppy tile job at the wall, ceramic tiles cut too short. This is a cosmetic issue.
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Originally Posted By: jmertins
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| mcameron wrote: |
| Thanks for the help but it is a block wall.  |
It would still be drywalled on the inside and framed/ferred out..moisture metered to test for water? Is a window near it?
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Originally Posted By: dvalley
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Appears to be shoddy workmanship.
I wouldn't worry about slab issues here.
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Originally Posted By: tallen
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Lazy a$% tile setters should have grouted it. I guess they did not want to get the slop on the mouldings.
Prime example of why you should pull your mouldings before they set the tile.
Originally Posted By: jonofrey
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Prime example of why you should pull your mouldings before they set the tile. |
Or put some quarter round on afterwards.
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Originally Posted By: mcameron
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Thios is what I am up against down here.
Originally Posted By: Blaine Wiley
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That looks like Floridian “Harry Homeowner” workmanship. Get used to it. That looks like a cheap Home Depot grade tile, and the homeowner didn’t know how to cut the tile to install it up to the baseboard and was too lazy to pull the baseboard so the tile fit neatly up under it.
Generally when the slabs crack or move down here, so do the tiles. If that is a block wall you would also see some cracking in it.
Originally Posted By: mcameron
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Do you know of a website or an article explaning how it looks when a slab has lifted or has shifted from excessive rain or bad ground underneath?
Originally Posted By: mcyr
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Hi. MikeIt appears that you have found a woof in your wall, or would it be a woof in your tile job. ha. ha…
I have experienced in laying tile floors, that every time you grout tile floors to wood base or any other porous material of the such, this is exactly what happens. It appears, the the porous material sucks up the water needed for curing and hydration of the grout product to fast and later crumbles to the affect of your photo.
At this point, I would suggest talking to a reputable flooring contractor on advice for correcting the problem.
Marcel