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Comments (0)Sorry for one of my first posts here being an urgent one, but it's the first warm day we've had in awhile and our tile contractor is back to repair some work on an outside patio. The patio has ceramic 12" square tiles and when they were installed the bullnose pieces along the edge were installed with a tilt up. The rest of the patio sloped away from the house, but those last 4 inches had enough of a slope upward that it caused water to pool out on the patio, which we first noticed when we saw water coming out through the siding below. Now they are here to remove the tiles and thinset along the edge, redo the mud, and replace it at the correct angle. But when they started pulling up the tile, we found what you see in the attached image, that the thinset under the tile had turned blue. My concern is that the water which had permeated the grout kept the thinset wet for several months (we had to cover it with plastic to keep it from leaking through into the structure, but the plastic also trapped some moisture inside. The installer has never seen thinset turn blue before and has no idea what it is. Can anyone here tell me if they've seen that before, if it's mildew of some sort, and if we need to keep removing more tiles? The tiles all feel very sturdy, they're not loose, and the tile pattern has been discontinued so we're kind of in a bind if we remove more tiles than they have available replacements. Would appreciate any advice, thanks! --Jason Image link:...See MoreBlueStar cooktop - anything negative?
Comments (2)I agree - and have been on the fence for a variety of issues for about a month - but I think I am clicking that purchase button today!!...See Moreblue anything
Comments (16)Another blue lover - hence my name. Monet's Blue is a variety of the Solanum Jasminoides (??). I think that's its name - the same as the Potato creeper or vine, that is generally white. Very pretty light to medium mottled blue flowers - hence Monet's blue. Other suggestions are (but I don't know how they will go in tropical climate): Solanum Rantonetii (s. Azureum)- Paraguay Nightshade. A fast growing shrub with long pointed leaves and showy violet blue flowers with yellow centres in profusion over a long period. Likes sun or part shade, grows to 2m. Mine don't like the frost, but are growing new leaves in the spring. Dampiera Diversifolia - a low growing Australian native groundcover which thrives in most well drained soils. Plants withstand some dryness, but prefer to be kept moist. Partly shaded position is preferred, but will tolerate full sun. Coryopteris "Heavenly Blue" - small to medium perennial shrub. Masses of true blue flowers in mid summer to autumn. Grow in full sun. Other suggestions - duranta, felicia amelloides (blue daisy), pansies, violas, petunias, lobellia, Brunfelsia (Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow), blue hydrangea, agapanthus, salvia, veronica. I will try anything that is even vaguely blue, and the mauves and blues mixed together give an overall blue tone. I just look for anything with blue flowers on the label when I visit the nursery!! Ann...See Morejc_7a_MiddleTN
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