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DIY & Home Improvement

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1. if the cracks are "hairline" i wouldn't worry

Sun Mar 16, 2014, 07:08 PM

Mar 2014

use a good quality flexible thinset mortar and a square notched trowel - i always use Flexbond.

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Cracks in the cement before tiling. [View all] Baitball Blogger Mar 2014 OP

if the cracks are "hairline" i wouldn't worry tk2kewl Mar 2014 #1

Once you tile over the cracks you won't see them anymore. OffWithTheirHeads Mar 2014 #2

No worries about vapors? Baitball Blogger Mar 2014 #3

Nope. People stopped having vapors with the demise of the Victorian age. OffWithTheirHeads Mar 2014 #4

Lordie me! Baitball Blogger Mar 2014 #5

You can apply a crack isolation membrane either liquid or mat. Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2014 #6

Standard floor. Baitball Blogger Mar 2014 #7

You are in florida so I assume a slab foundation above grade? Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2014 #8

They're just hairline cracks. Baitball Blogger Mar 2014 #9