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Posted by Italian on July 28, 2006, 2:51 am
Are these voids in the corners of where tiles meet? 1/8 - 3/16 is huge
how big are the joints?
These are refered to as bee holes and are probably the result of a few
things. If they are as I mentiond above he forgot to take the spacers
out. Or the joints were not completely full to begin with. Or he over
mixed the grout with to much water and weakened it ( the
> grout also has an overall spally feel, like a little bit or sand comes
> up when you rub it with your finger, ) In any case it must come out in those
areas and since you have the matching material simply reuse it. If its not good
finding the match is easy.
Sealing tile in my opinion serves one purpose to keep stains from
occuring. it has no impact on strenght properties nor is it necessary
or related to keeping things together at all. If tile is done right the
proper grout is used the 2 become one unit. Tile has been laid for
thousands of years without sealants in the grout and held up. If you
want to seal for stains yes by all means but it will not FIX poor
workmanship which is clearly what you recieved. A slope should be
undectable and if the slop has to be that great using smaller tiles is
the answer to hide it. good luck
yourname wrote:
> All,
>
> I have a large shower with 12+" ceramic tile on the floor and walls. The
> tile was set over schluter[sp?] waterproofing and bright orange dimply
> stuff. Quite state of th art 2 years ago, available at HD now.
>
> The tile is designed to slope to the drain and it does, but the tile guy
> didn't set it quite the way I wanted, and it as such the first tile
> around the edge is steeper thant the 6 or 9 in the middle. This causes a
> little water to remain in the grout lines till it evaporates. Hasn't
> been a problem, but I have noticed that in these areas [and not
> elsewhere] there are some 1/8-3/16 inch diameter voids in the grout. the
> grout also has an overall spally feel, like a little bit or sand comes
> up when you rub it with your finger, where it doesn't elsewhere. I have
> some of the grout in the garage[packrat] and can effect somekind of
> repair, but am wondering if there is a more permanent solution.
>
> The tile guy said the grout 'didn't need' to be sealed. The grout bag
> said you could so I did. Is it possible I didn't seal this area well?
>
> My plan is to dig out the small holes and fill with new grout. I jsut
> would like to do this once.
>
> Comments?
>
> G
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