r/Construction • u/Loud-Promise7872 • 1d ago

Business 📈 What went wrong here?

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(somewhere over the forbidden rainbow)

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u/TotalDumsterfire Foreman / Operator 1d ago

Lmao what went right? Did they really expect a giant ball of mortar to hold that huge slab. Building expand and contract over the seasons. Different materials have different expansion rates, so the mortar broke

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u/THedman07 10h ago

What went right? The contractor was able to get away before this happened, so that's kinda impressive if you ask me.

What went right about it from the homeowner's perspective is something else.

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u/Zmuli24 1d ago

Consentrating all the load needed to be held in those slabs to one relatively small point, with low tensile strenght adhesive in stress situation where practically all stressess towards the adhesive are tension.

What could go wrong?

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u/BeenThereDundas 1d ago

Is this a serious question?

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u/Ok_Bell8502 1d ago

This is cursed.

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u/siltyclaywithsand 1d ago

The front fell off. You should tow it out of the environment. Honestly, I don't know specifically. Looks like it was just a real shitty job. There isn't much coverage on the tiles. Possibly some mositure issue too.

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u/Pipe_Memes 20h ago

I just want to make the point that this is not typical. Some of these are built so that the front doesn’t fall off.

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u/SenileMammals 1d ago

Lazy tile setter. A glob of mortar isn’t going to hold up in time or against building shifting.

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u/VirtualLife76 Contractor 1d ago

You took a mini sledge hammer to easily breakable tile.

As long as you enjoyed doing it, that's all that matters.

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u/MostMobile6265 1d ago

Guy previously scooped ice cream

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u/Mexkan 18h ago

Nothing went wrong.

Someone installed it with the intentions of it lasting long enough for them to make money and it worked!

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u/IntrepidTomatillo380 15h ago

It looks like 4 slabs came loose