Grout issues with shower floor tile and wall tile installs
sandbandb
5 years ago
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Tile grout color: subway tile with hex floor grout matching
Comments (6)Should the grout be the same color? Not necessarily. Will it look weird to use a darker gray on the floor and a lighter gray in the shower? Not at all. Any recommended colors for the shower and floor tiles along these lines? I've been getting stuff at Lowe's and they carry MAPEI Warm gray for the subway tile, and silver for the hex, if you lke a darker grey for the hex. Silver is actually a medium grey, but it'll appear alot darker with the white tile. Our bathroom isn't perfectly square. I think a colored grout seam that is uneven will be really obvious(that's my understanding where you would do any flubbing). Can you grout just the seam white? Can you skip grout and caulk it? Any suggestions here? Grout everything on the floor the same color. it'll actually show up more if you try doing what you suggested. It'll literally draw attention to it. What you want to dpo is make sure that you're square to the most obvious walls from the door. Especially with the hex, it won't be quite as obvious as you think, unless it's WAY out, and then nothing you can do will hide it, even using a blending color grout. One other thing-- that joint where the floor hits the walls should be caulked, but still caulk it with a caulking that matches the grout, both color AND texture. Does anyone know what the measure is for hex tile and subway? For subway, use unsanded, and for the hex, use sanded....See MoreNeed Help with Kitchen Plank Tile Flooring Installation Issue
Comments (6)Hire a pro. There are other issues with your job as well. Not just the spacing issue. But the spacing issue says that the planning and knowledge level isn't there. Too much mortar creeping up between the tiles. Did he use medium bedding mortar? Or thinset? What leveling system? What substrate? Preparation for substrate? How much SLC was used to get the floor flat? Lippage is a factor here. Tile like this is challenging even to Pro. Get a good one and start over....See MoreFrameless shower enclosure installed prior to tile wall being grouted
Comments (8)Thank you all for your comments. This is my 4th new build but my first custom. I've never seen it done this way, but the GC assures me it's not a problem. Not how I would have done things. When we met with the glass guy last week, we were told that the install wasn't going to take place until after. We are in a crunch to get this house finished and closed on by the end of February, so that may have been why GC gave the go ahead to install. The builder is funding the project so if something happens to the glass, it's between him, the glass guy and the tile guy. I guess in the end what matters is the finished product as Joseph Corlett said and if it doesn't look right, it'll be a punch list item. Even though it'll be more work for the tile guy, it makes me feel better hearing from others that at least it's something that can be worked around. Again, thank you all for your comments....See MoreWhite grout with white shower tile looks yellow after installed
Comments (41)the only other way to get a diff color would be if he used an AdMixture to the grout instead of water. But it's highly unlikely. If it's normal cementious grout, he would use water from the hose. What they mean about diff colors is if you partially grout one day, and don't finish. Then the next day you come back and mix up a new bucket of grout. (using the same bag of grout). The problem is, if you don't use exactly the same amount of water, the same temp of the water, and the temp outside isn't the same as yesterdays batch of grout, that grout will slightly differ in color. But it's not going to suddenly go from white to tan! it's just that those two white shades will be slightly diff right next to each other....See Moretiggerlgh
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