Floor tiling in Ardleigh Green, Hornchurch. Kitchen, hall and extension floors laid on a prepared base and set out to run through the space.
The junction between extension slab and original floor dealt with properly, not tiled over and hoped for.
At the changes in structure, so a settling slab does not crack the floor above it.
Usually hall to garden doors, so the run reads as one floor.
Back-buttered under large format so there are no voids waiting to crack.
Planned in, with the tile finishing cleanly at the door track.
Tiled over correctly and commissioned gradually rather than turned straight up.
Most floor tiling in Ardleigh Green now happens as part of something bigger - a kitchen extension, a knock-through, a rear return opened up - and that changes how the floor has to be set out. The tiles are not finishing one room, they are tying two or three spaces together.
The junction between old and new is where it shows. An extension slab and an original floor are almost never at the same level, and the joint between them moves as the new concrete settles. That needs either a movement joint in the right place or a decoupling membrane across the whole area, decided before tiling rather than explained afterwards.
Setting out then runs from the longest sight line, usually from the hall through to the back doors, so the eye follows full tiles rather than a cut. Where the floor passes a kitchen island or a bifold threshold, those get planned in.
Large format porcelain is what most people want here, and it demands a flat base and full adhesive coverage. Hollow spots under a big tile are where cracks start, usually under the spot that gets walked on most. Tiles that sound hollow when tapped, grout cracking in the same line twice, or a floor that gives underfoot are worth looking at before anything new goes over them.
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Yes, and it usually looks far better than changing material at the door. It needs setting out as one floor from the start.
Flatter than most people expect for large format tiles. We check it and level where needed rather than trying to correct it with adhesive.
About 24 hours, with heavy items back after two days.
Up to and under the kick boards, which is standard. Tiling under the whole run adds cost for something nobody sees.
New slabs need time to dry before tiling. We will tell you how long rather than rushing it and getting a cracked floor.
Ardleigh Green, Emerson Park, Hornchurch, Gidea Park and nearby.