TRAVERTINE, MARBLE & LIMESTONE CRACK REPAIRS
Stone Care of Arizona, the Arizona cleaning and sealing company receives several calls each week from frustrated homeowners who hate seeing pits, holes, scratches, divots, and cracks on their Travertine, Marble and Limestone floors and grout. While on the phone, the prospective clients will express their concerns regarding the increasing level of surface damage. Before continuing, Stone Care of Arizona is the Arizona cleaning, sealing and floor refinishing expert in Scottsdale, Fountain Hills, Paradise Valley, Cave Creek and Carefree, Arizona. If you need repairs, please give us a call at 480-625-0557.
The image below is an example of one of our client's concerns.
If you have any of the above issues believe or not, you are not alone. Having any flooring issue can catch you off guard and lead to some very stressful pondering on what caused the underlining flooring issues.
Stone Care of Arizona, Arizona cleaning and sealing expert pinned the below article to help educate our clients on a few of our frequently asked questions regarding repairs.
COMMON CONSUMER CONCERNS:
There are two common issues that face homeowners regarding addressing how to understand the nexus of suddenly looking at cracked tiles, scratches, pitting and tile deterioration:
- THERE ARE NO EXTRA TILES: Depending on the age of your home and the rarity of the replacement Travertine, Marble and Limestone tile would create a no win scenario. Some homeowners after making a plethora of calls only to discover to their chagrin that finding a perfect tile match is next to impossible. Stone Care of Arizona, Arizona cleaning and sealing company can help with cosmetic repairs to help mute the surface damage. (See the top image for a almost perfect repair scenario). Please note: Cosmetic repairs work best when the crack is symmetrically flat edge to edge.
- UNCERTAIN ABOUT REPAIRS: Many homeowners can become conflicted by anecdotal feedback from commission seeking sales representatives and tradesmen estimating the repairs. Here is some food for thought, if your flooring is 15 years and older, replacement tiles will become almost nonexistent. Most tradesman are squeamish about visiting 5 to 8 flooring suppliers all over the valley in a futile endeavor trying to locate the perfect tile match. Please take note of this fact, when addressing a subfloor crack, be sure to insist that the sub-floor e.g. concrete is repaired before any new tile installation. We will touch on this more as you read.
WHAT CAUSES CRACKED TILES:
Homeowners feel cheated when they discover that the new home has major foundation cracks on their flooring. Stone Care of Arizona, Arizona's cleaning, sealing and floor refinishing company empathizes with concerned and upset homeowners about tile cracks and pitting, holes on their Travertine, Marble and Limestone floors.
Stone Care of Arizona, Arizona's cleaning, sealing and floor refinishing company would like to explore two common scenarios:
SCENARIO 1:
FOUNDATION SHIFTING:
If you have recently purchased a home and notice cracks, pitting and holes, you are not alone. Try not to beat-up on yourself, it happens to most homeowners who are not tile installers.
- PURCHASED NEW HOME: If you purchased a new home have settling issues, they are very common. We recommend that you reach out to the contractor or builder for their advice and their respective warranties. The contractor or builder will know how to handle a foundation crack and addressing its cause. The bad news is that shifting foundation don’t always go away, if they are not addressed in a timely manner. In extreme cases of shifting or settling, there will be secondary damage such as ceiling and wall cracks that will lead to very expensive repairs. Be sure to inspect these secondary areas to ensure they are addressed.
The image below is another issue that plagues many client who have natural stone installed in your showers. We repaired the walls by applying a resin/epoxy fill and colorant. If you need help with pitting and wall and floor deterioration, please give Stone Care of Arizona a call at 480-625-0557.
CONCRETE FOUNDATION IS CRACKED
When your home was built, the cement subfloor was poured to make a slab. The cement transforms into a concrete slab. Depending on the weather, it takes 30 days or longer
for a slab to fully cure. What happens if an antsy contractor does not wait until a slab is fully cured? All too often it happens in the greater Phoenix areas due to time verses profit constraint where the concrete cracks. There area several reasons concrete slabs crack.
Below are some things to consider:
- Too much water is added to the cement.
- The cement evaporates too quickly and dries too fast can lead to the cement shrinking and cracking.
- Most cracks are seen prior to a home being built on the slab.
- Very few general contractors these days will require subcontractors to re-pour cement and repair cracks prior to building a home.
- Travertine, Marble, Limestone and tile is often installed over the crack. The energy for the cracked slab radiates upward creating a surface crack that resembles the slab crack below.
Here are more reasons why subflooring crack:
- The concrete slab dries too fast after being poured. Concrete rapidly drying can lead to the slab cracking. This is the reason the right water mix ratio and pouring in the ideal time of day will ensure the concrete slab dries properly.
- Most homeowners will inherit a subflooring and floor covering without knowing the underlying issues will exhibit until weeks, months and years later on the surface of the tile.
- Not allowing the concrete slab the appropriate tile to cure before beginning construction of a house.
- The weather conditions can impact overall drying and timing of the construction.
- Building a house too soon on the concrete uncured slab will lead to snapping a slab along the length of the build.
- Concrete issues can be plentiful and can be a major cause of concern, when they are discovered.
SCRATCH AND CRACK REMOVAL SERVICE:
Stone Of Arizona, Arizona scratch and crack removal expert specializes in minor repairs.
Stone Care of Arizona, Arizona cleaning and sealing can do the following:
- Travertine crack repair, Marble crack repair, Limestone crack repair, and Granite creak repair services.
- Travertine scratch repair, Marble scratch repair, Limestone scratch repair, and Granite scratch repair services.
- Travertine chip repair, Marble chip repair, Limestone chip repair, and Granite chip repair services.
- Travertine tile repair, Marble tile repair, Limestone tile repair, and Granite tile repair services
Stone Care of Arizona, Arizona cleaning ans sealing expert can help you with cosmetic repairs, if you desire services, give us a call 480-625-0557.
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LIMESTONE FLOOR REFINISHING & RESTORATION
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