Tile peeling off is a common problem during decoration. If the exterior wall tiles of a building fall off, it will most likely cause injuries or even death. On the other hand, if the interior wall tiles of a home fall off, it will make the home wall look unsightly at best, or even cause injuries at worst. Last year, Zhongtaojun wrote on this topic "How many people died due to falling and slipping ceramic tiles?" It’s urgent to solve the problem! 》《 Ceramic tiles hurt people, 221 residents each paid more than 3,600 yuan! Is it the owner or the tiles? ” and many other articles.
In the past two or three months, the number of ceramic tiles falling off across the country has increased sharply again, which is shocking.
▎Case 1:The exterior walls of the community frequently fall off, and the interior walls seep and mold, making the owners live in fear
On February 28, 1818 Golden Eye reported a news that the exterior wall tiles of Hangzhou Fenghua Xinyu Apartment complex have been falling off frequently recently, making the owners worried. According to reports, on the third and fourth day of the Lunar New Year, tiles from the exterior walls continued to fall inside the community. The property management of the community set up a cordon at the scene of the incident and inspected the interior of the community. It was found that there were hollow tiles. A warning was given. Homeowners are worried all day long because they are worried about tiles falling and hitting people. In addition, some owners said that water seepage occurred due to the peeling of the exterior wall, and the interior decoration was moldy. "The tiles on the wall were not installed properly, and a lot of tiles fell off. I have repaired the outside countless times, and it still comes in."
According to the property owner committee of the community, the community was delivered in June 2014. A few months after the delivery, water leaks began to appear in the houses. It became more and more serious and the number of residents with leaking houses now reaches as many as 260. For many households, the property owners committees contact the developers for repairs and maintenance almost every week. Later, the house leaked and caused the exterior bricks to fall off. The anti-leakage warranty period of the exterior wall is eight years, and the community is still within the warranty period. After the tiles fell off recently, the developer also sent staff to inspect the site, but there are no specific measures yet.
Source: Zhejiang Channel 6 1818 Golden Eye
▎Case 2: Sudden! A tile fell off and injured a 9-year-old boy in a community in Haikou
On the evening of February 27, a tile from the wall of the lobby on the first floor of Yitao Pavilion in Yanhong Wanguo Central District in Haikou suddenly fell off, hitting a 9-year-old boy.After the child Xiaoming (pseudonym) was rushed to the hospital, he received 4 stitches on his head and is still receiving treatment in the hospital. "After the incident happened, our property management also actively faced this matter. We immediately went to the hospital to pay the related expenses for the child's hospitalization." Mr. Lu, the property manager of the community, said: "This matter should be the responsibility of the property management and we will never No shirk."
Source: Nanhai.com
▎Case 3: The tiles on the exterior walls of the buildings facing the street fell off one after another, which coincided with the spring break and did not harm pedestrians
Recently, the tiles on the exterior wall of the first-floor building on Tiyu Road, Xixiu District, Anshun City have fallen off one after another. Since it was the Spring Festival holiday at that time, the storefronts were closed and there were relatively few people on the street. No injuries occurred. According to reports, the building is an old building facing the street. Relevant departments have set up a cordon at the scene and posted a warning: "The outer wall of the building ahead has fallen off. Vehicles and pedestrians are asked to avoid it." Although the relevant departments have dealt with the tiles that are easy to fall on the top, surrounding citizens said that some tiles still fall occasionally in recent days, and the area where the tiles fell is an area with dense traffic, which poses a great safety hazard It is a hidden danger that we hope relevant departments will deal with as soon as possible.
Source: Qianxun.com
▎Case 4: A tile fell from the roof of a community in Chaohu and injured someone. The owners of 36 households in the building were ordered to pay more than 340,000 yuan
Recently, the People's Court of Chaohu City heard and ruled on a case: In October 2019, Gao, a man from Chaohu City, was injured by an exterior wall tile that fell from the roof of a residential complex when he was picking up his parked electric vehicle downstairs. He was later sent to Hefei No. 8 People's Hospital for hospitalization. After the injury, it was determined that Gao had one level 8 disability, two level 9 disabilities, and one level 10 disability. On May 9, 2020, Gao sued more than 30 residents of the building and the community residents committee to Chaohu Court for a dispute over liability for damage caused by objects falling and falling, demanding compensation of more than 350,000 yuan.
In the end, the court ruled that the 36 owners of the whole building (47 defendants in total) should bear corresponding compensation liability according to the size of the house. The amount of compensation for each household ranged from more than 3,600 yuan to more than 14,000 yuan, totaling more than 340,000 yuan.. The defendant's appeal was dismissed and the judgment has now taken effect.
Source: Chaohu People's Court
▎Case 5: Thrilling! A tile in a shopping mall bathroom suddenly fell off and hit a customer
On the evening of January 23, 2021, Ms. Ma and her mother were shopping in the Manle City Shopping Center near the intersection of Huizhou Avenue and Taihu Road in Baohe District, Hefei City. Unexpectedly, a disaster struck from the sky, and the wall of the women's bathroom on the second floor of the shopping mall The tile fell off and hit Ms. Ma's mother who was using the toilet at the time. Ms. Ma said that the tiles fell without warning when the incident occurred. Ms. Ma’s mother was hit so hard that she could not straighten her waist and her clothes were smashed. Fortunately, Ms. Ma's mother stood forward at that time, otherwise she might have been hit on the head.
After the incident, Ms. Ma immediately took her mother to see a doctor. Fortunately, Ms. Ma’s mother’s injury was not serious, and the mall also stated that it would not shirk responsibility and was willing to actively cooperate with customers in treatment. Regarding the problem of tiles falling off, mall staff said that the bathrooms are inspected daily by cleaning staff, and the mall engineering department also conducts regular inspections. However, there is indeed no sign of the tiles falling off this time, and the mall will further strengthen inspections in the future.
Source: Xin'an Evening News
▎Case 6: The tiles in many residential areas in Haikou suddenly became hollow or fell off and cracked. The owners questioned whether it was a problem with the construction quality or the quality of the tiles< /strong>
In January 2021, wall tiles fell off or floor tiles lifted up in many communities such as Haikou Hefeng Jiangan Community, Chenhui Dijing Community, and West Coast Wuyuanhe Apartment Community.
A residential property management company stated that the problem of tiles hollowing out, falling off and breaking has indeed occurred in several locations recently. The property management company has arranged for personnel to clean up, and said that there has never been a problem of multiple tiles falling off in succession before. Many owners question whether the ceramic tiles are warping, cracking or falling off. They question whether the quality problems were caused by improper construction or the quality of the ceramic tiles themselves. They are also worried that the ceramic tiles may fall off and injure people.
The relevant person in charge of the Haikou City Housing Quality Supervision Station said that Hainan has suddenly cooled down recently. Affected by thermal expansion and contraction, the shrinkage stress of ceramic tiles has increased. In addition, in some residential areas, there may be gaps left during the construction of ceramic tiles. The gap is too narrow (less than 3 mm) and the construction process is defective, which makes the ceramic tiles in this protrusionHowever, during the cooling weather, hollowing, warping, or cracking may occur.
Source: Nanhai.com
▎Case 7: A man's head was injured after a wall tile fell off his home. How does the decoration company compensate for lost time?
On December 31, 2020, Li, who lives in Xiangtan County, was sitting on the sofa in the living room to rest after lunch. Suddenly there was a loud "bang" sound, and the tiles in the living room fell without warning, hitting the sofa in the living room. Mr. Li on the bed had 14 stitches on his head. After the incident, Li contacted a decoration company that had renovated the house. After inspection, the decoration company found that the cause of the tiles falling was that the master plasterer skipped a glue injection process when laying the tiles.
After negotiation between the two parties, the decoration company stated that it would remove all the tiles from the walls of the room and reinstall them, but it did not agree with Li's claim for personal injury compensation. Li provided the injury appraisal report and salary payment certificate for the past year, and requested the decoration company to compensate for medical treatment and lost work expenses totaling 40,000 yuan. However, the person in charge of the decoration company, Liu, believed that the lost wages should be calculated based on the average salary of local employees, and that Li's compensation request was too high. Finally, after mediation by the local joint mediation committee, Li voluntarily lowered his compensation request to 25,000 yuan. The decoration company agreed to compensate, and the two parties signed a mediation agreement.
Source: Xiangtan Daily
▎Case 8: A tile fell from the exterior wall of the community and almost hit someone, and three cars were damaged
On December 20, 2020, several tiles suddenly fell from the upper floor of Building 8 of Jushang V8 City Community in Liuzhou City, Guangxi, hitting three cars downstairs. Witnesses at the scene said that the falling tiles almost injured the owner of the white car and a passerby. Huang, a staff member of the property service center, said that he would wait for the police's investigation results and would not shirk responsibility. He also promised that the property management would be strengthened in the future to check the tiles on the exterior walls of the community to prevent falling objects from high altitudes.
Who should bear the responsibility if the exterior wall of a residential building falls off and hits a car? The lawyer believes that if the house is still within the warranty period, it is the responsibility of the developer and the construction party. If the warranty period has expired, generally speaking, the owner of the exterior wall of the house is all the owners, so it depends on how the property service contract signed between the owner and the property owner is stipulated.
Source: Urban Live Comprehensive Guangxi News Center
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With the frequent occurrence of ceramic tiles falling off, the dangers of ceramic tiles falling off have gradually become more popular, but many people are still unclear about the reasons why ceramic tiles falling off.
For this purpose, Zhongtaojun consulted relevant professionals. They believe that the main factors causing tiles to fall off are environment, construction and materials. From an environmental perspective:Wall tiles are prone to falling off due to long-term wind, sun, rain, extreme weather and other environmental influences; From a construction perspective: Ceramic tiles are Manual paving, the proportion of cement mortar, mixing strength and dosage, as well as the strength of tiling are all affected by manual labor. It is easy to cause subsequent tiles to fall off due to improper construction; In terms of materials: Ceramic tiles Differences in quality and category of materials such as cement, tile adhesive, etc. can also cause tiles to fall off easily.
Due to the limitations of the materials used for laying ceramic tiles, it is currently impossible to fundamentally solve the problem of hollowing, lifting and falling off of ceramic tiles. Professionals suggest that when laying ceramic tiles in the public areas of the community building, including the owner's home, leave enough gaps between the ceramic tiles (3-5 mm), and do not install ceramic tiles in areas higher than 1.2 meters to avoid potential safety hazards. In addition, you can also consider using caulking glue to increase the flexibility of the tiles in response to physical strains caused by weather conditions.
Author: Si Tao
