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A chipped tile can be a safety hazard. You can cut your foot on the sharp edges or trip over. Chipped and broken tiles must be repaired. A cracked tile floor is invariably a cracked concrete floor ...

A chipped tile can be a trip hazard and you can cut your foot on the sharp edges. Chipped and broken tiles must be repaired. Dirty and crumbled grout can make your home appear unkempt. Here’s how to ...

Q: I've got numerous cracked ceramic floor tiles, and my wife wants them replaced. I'm very lucky in that the builder and previous owner left extra tile. Can you guide me through the entire process, ...

DEAR TIM: I’ve got numerous cracked ceramic floor tiles, and my wife wants them replaced. I’m very lucky in that the builder and previous owner left extra tile for just this reason, I suppose. Can you ...

A chipped glass tile, whether in your bathroom or kitchen, can be a frustrating inconvenience. But instead of entirely ...

Q. We closed escrow on a newly constructed home nearly two years ago. Since then, we've had problems with the ceramic floor tiles. Some have cracks and some have gaps at the grout lines. This was ...

Q. My tile bathroom floor is cracked. I think the floor needs to be reinforced. How do I do this? A. First, determine the cause of the crack. If the crack is limited to one or two tiles and was caused ...

Q. The 12-by-12-inch ceramic tiles in my bath and kitchen were installed 14 months ago by a contractor. Now 10 to 12 tiles have cracked, right through the tile, not in the grout lines. It’s in a ...

The rap against tile, especially in kitchens, is that whatever you drop on it breaks. Tile itself can also break due to gaps in grout that let in water, a failing adhesive bond, a plywood base that’s ...

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