Ceramic Tile Keeps Splitting

If you push the tile too fast towards the cutter you ll increase your chances of.

Ceramic tile keeps splitting.

Dirty substrates thinset not mixed correctly thinset skinned over not enough thinset too much thinset wrong kind of thinset and on and on. If the tile cracks are long continuous and extending across multiple tiles the concrete below has likely cracked. Fourth a foundation problem can cause tiles to either pop at the grout lines or to form cracks in the tile surface. Because of the compressed fragile nature of tile it can crack break and fragment when you try to cut it.

These joints are there to absorb pressure from shifting tiles. You have to be very patient in cutting tiles whether it is a wet saw or a manual tile cutter. It s a great book. In there i looked up loose tile and i counted no less than 30 different causes listed in this book.

The only wholesale cure is to strip the tile and then install a crack isolation membrane before installing tile again. If the wet saw s tray moves toward the cutter slowly cut the tile towards the blade and ensuring that the saw is constantly getting sprayed with water from the pump.