grout

  1. mindy3

    Shower Leaking...from grout?

    Hi All, I really would appreciate advice on the following; Bathroom was completely stripped back to bare brick. Shower area was created with a small partitioned wall for water pipes to hide behind. Dry lined with water resistant plaster board. Plaster board sealed prior to professional tiler...
  2. Moyoltd

    Waterproofing Ball Grout

    Hi guys, I really like working with Ball grout but as it is cement based absorbs the water. I do use grout sealer but as most clients use hars chemicals to clean limescale for obvious resons it disolves quite quickly. So my idea would be to mix Sica Waterproofer into the grout to make it...
  3. R

    Removing grout when tiles had no spacers used

    I need to regrout our bathroom, and have never done this before. It does not look like the tiling and grouting was done very well to stat with. There are many places where the grout it missing, and no tile spacers were used. So .. what is the best way to remove the grout when tile spacers were...
  4. W

    Grouting clay tiles, 8mm joints

    I've just finished putting down some clay tiles on my front step ... now I need to grout them. The joint between the tiles is around 8mm (I know that's quite wide, but they are 150mm tiles, so it doesn't look out of place, and an 8mm gap ensured the tiles fitted the existing step nicely, without...
  5. A

    How to re grout tiles

    I tried to re grout some tiles so I scraped of some of the old grout using a screw driver. Unknown to me the new grout I used was past it's shelf life so its ended up drying like chalk. I've tried to remove this grout but it's a real pain. I can't seem to get rid of the residue from this...
  6. A

    Removing old grout from breeze block?

    Total newbie here, sorry if question seems inane. 6 tiles from above the bath had come loose, I thought it would be straightforward to fix them. They have come out easily enough but it looks like the grout has been put straight onto breeze block. I just have the serrated edge basic tool to...
  7. lowerbrook

    Grout for slabs (moved from Projects)

    Hi, We are looking to tart up our dated swimming pool but not sure what to do. Grateful of any help. We have a pool which is semi submerged and patio slabs surround it. We've pressure washed the slaps this weekend and it's blown away all the old cement/grout. It's left about an inch gap...
  8. S

    Tile paint over grout

    Bought a house with a vile pink kitchen. Until we can afford to do it properly, I've painted over the tiles with Ronseal's black tile paint which has covered well. However the tiles would look better with white grout but I've painted over the old grout with the tile paint. Do I have any options...
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