Tile installation in Kissimmee looks easy until the tile starts talking back. Here are the three problems we fix after a DIY job, and you can check for them today.
1. Run your hand across the floor. If you feel ridges where tiles meet, the floor was not flat before the tile went down. Large tile makes this worse, because it cannot bend to follow a dip.
2. Tap a few tiles with a coin. A hollow sound means the mortar did not fully cover the back of the tile. Those tiles are the ones that crack or pop loose later.
3. Look where tile meets the wall. Tile needs a small gap for movement, covered with flexible caulk. Rigid grout there is how tile lifts in Florida heat.
We see this every week on jobs across Kissimmee, Orlando and Winter Park. After more than 20 years in construction, we can tell you the tile itself is rarely the problem. The prep underneath it is the job.
