ᐅ Having the stairs retiled and now the step height is too high

Hello everyone,

Yesterday, I had my staircase retiled. I originally planned to do it myself, but at the moment I have too much going on. So the tiler did the stairs yesterday, and when I tried to close the front door afterward, it wouldn’t shut. He made a mistake. He quickly ground down the edge of the tiles with an angle grinder. Now the door closes somewhat, but it still won’t latch because it apparently still rubs. He wants to take another look today, but it certainly won’t look any better. The edge already looks pretty rough.

The rest looks good. In the morning, he told me that tiling is not only his profession but also his hobby, so his work always turns out nicer than others’. Silly talk… I always get skeptical with comments like that.

He sealed underneath the tiles with Elastogum. But then there was a storm yesterday, and it rained heavily right onto the freshly laid tiles around midday. I hope that doesn’t cause any damage. I mean, it’s not his fault, but I still hope the fresh tile adhesive hasn’t been dissolved.

Other than that, I’m curious what khr thinks. Is there any way to fix this? Tearing everything out and redoing it would also be unfortunate. I think I will ask him for a price…

Hi,

but it is obvious that the tiles have a certain thickness and the stairs may need to be sanded down beforehand.

HilfeHilfe schrieb:

But it’s obvious that the tiles have a certain thickness and you might have to grind the stairs beforehand.

Exactly. I’m not sure how well it would have worked since there was a very crumbly drainage concrete underneath. But I wasn’t present the entire time. I just pointed out that the height would be tight, but he said he had measured everything.

This is completely wrong. The tiles on the outside are higher than on the inside?? That means water will constantly run in when it rains. I have a kind of threshold there to prevent that.

hanghaus2023 schrieb:

Water keeps coming in when it rains, doesn’t it?

Yes. I had read that too. However, the threshold in front of it was flush with the tiles, and nothing happened there over the last 25 years. Therefore, I assume nothing should happen here either. There is also a kind of apron at the bottom of the door, which will probably help (see photo). Since the area is covered, situations like that should be rare. Yesterday, however, water reached up to the door, but fortunately, none got inside.
At least now the door closes properly again.

That’s not a huge area either, remove the tiles, sand down the surface, and then reinstall them.