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Hello all,

I had my bathroom refitted this time last year with metro tiles placed across three of the four walls.

Unfortunately hairline cracks started to appear on around 20+ tiles across the three walls within a few months.

The guy who fitted my bathroom suggested that the issue could have happened for a number of reasons, such as weight from the loft on the bathroom or the stud wall not being strong enough. He subsequently offered to rebuild the whole bathroom for a further £7k!

Eventually he re-tiled the bathroom for free last month, however hairline cracks have started to reappear again already.

Where do you think I stand on this issue please? And his anyone experienced anything similar?

I appreciate that this problem could be down to one or more of a range of issues, but isn't that the supplier's responsibility to consider prior to starting a job?

The job has been obviously done twice, but if it hasn't been completed successfully then I can't surely happily accept this situation?

Apologies for all the questions but any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Paul

Are these just solitary large cracks across the tiles or is it more like the glaze crazing?

Movement in the walls...

Your stud walls however they have been built ...are not strong enough to take the weight off the tiles and adhesive.