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This is the same tile that existed when we moved in 10 years ago. Over the years, our kids have splashed water out while playing in bathtub and some toilet accidents... it has caused some areas to start showing hairline cracks revealing the big tile is really just a bunch of small ones placed together. Is there any easy fix to cover this somehow, or will my only real option to redo the entire floor? Thanks!

Thanks for the comments, and the answers are lining up with my thoughts. You are all correct, there have been countless lazy attempts in the house where they cut corners, so it would not be surprising if they did that here as well. Guess redoing this at some point is the #1 option.

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[โ€“] Hylactor@sopuli.xyz 51 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

For what it's worth, it looks more like someone tiled on top of tile for some reason? Like under the big square is the hexagonal, and the big tiles are cracking along the low spots of the tiles below.

[โ€“] espentan@lemmy.world 13 points 3 weeks ago

That seems like the most plausible reason.

Tiling over old tiles isn't that uncommon, and here I suspect they used very little glue (or poor quality glue) so as to not increase the thickness of the floor too much (to avoid issues with thresholds etc.). Thin and/or low quality tiles could be another explanation, as to why they crack lack this..

Either way, I can't think of a way to fix this without ripping up the old tiles and laying new ones.