Floor tiles cracking - weatherboard cottage
Recently I bought a ~40/50 year old single level weatherboard cottage in Western Sydney. The subfloor area is timber floor construction.
The previous owner renovated the house in late 2019 - this was a budget job - they tiled the whole floor with porcelain tiles, but now the tiles in most rooms have developed cracks (towards the centre of the rooms, the edges and hallways are OK).
Tiler recommends ripping the whole tiling out and do it again because the timber floor is flexible hence the cracks.
Estimate > $8000 to do it properly (first chicken mesh wire + cement and then tiles), which will raise the level so all the doors also need to be shaved at the bottom!
Any suggestions please for something more economical?
Instead of tiling how about the hybrid/engineered floating floorboards as they shouldn't that be flexible and cheaper? Of course carpet is an easy option but I don't really like it
Thank you!!
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