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Tile grout TheWanderer 02-05-2007
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Posted by TheWanderer on February 6, 2007, 6:32 am


TheWanderer wrote:
> We've just bought a new house about five months ago and I'm having
> problems with the master bath shower grout.
>
> All along the edges inside the shower the grout is starting to turn
> darker and it has cracks in it. It's fairly obvious to me that water is
> getting into the cracks and causing the grout to erode.
>
> The problem is that the builder says this is fairly normal and not to
> worry about it!!!!!!!!! Should I or should I not demand that he
> re-grout around the base of the shower enclosure??
>
> Thanks for the help.

Thanks for the help everyone. I'm going to give him a call and ask him
to re-grout the shower base with silicon grout. I can understand the
settling problem, I've already had a couple of stress cracks. I knew
I'd get straight answers here.

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Posted by Norminn on February 6, 2007, 7:19 am


TheWanderer wrote:

> TheWanderer wrote:
>
>> We've just bought a new house about five months ago and I'm having
>> problems with the master bath shower grout.
>>
>> All along the edges inside the shower the grout is starting to turn
>> darker and it has cracks in it. It's fairly obvious to me that water
>> is getting into the cracks and causing the grout to erode.
>>
>> The problem is that the builder says this is fairly normal and not to
>> worry about it!!!!!!!!! Should I or should I not demand that he
>> re-grout around the base of the shower enclosure??
>>
>> Thanks for the help.
>
>
> Thanks for the help everyone. I'm going to give him a call and ask him
> to re-grout the shower base with silicon grout. I can understand the
> settling problem, I've already had a couple of stress cracks. I knew
> I'd get straight answers here.
Silicone CAULK!

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