I realize this is an old thread but wanted to add my voice here. I am a general contractor and specialize in bathroom and kitchen remodels. I use bostik trucolor on every single project and it works great. It’s not miraculous though. Anyone who wants grout that won’t get dirty is dreaming and needs to use a different floor choice. ALL grout gets dirty the difference is that the urethane won’t soak through the pores. I’ve used a lot of different grout and find this the easiest to apply that’s urethane. Plan on using bostik blaze afterward to get the grout haze you may have missed. It literally melts it away no issues. Way easier than your Home Depot special grout cleaner. As far as change of planes goes you should never put any grout in an area that is a change of plane. That’s what color match caulking is for. They even make a sanded version if you really hate the silicone look. This grout is great if applied correctly. Hope this helps!

If you have any info or links you'd like to share about your ecovillage that would be great! I've been using this same GE dryer (gas version) for about 3 weeks now with great results. Can't imagine wanting more from a dryer and certainly the price is right. The real test is feeling this same way after years of service. I've got about a 6' direct duct run to the outside and see drying times around 30 to 35 minutes. I've done some testing on a Kenmore HE5t-Steam which shares most of it's foundation with the Wirlpool duet & Maytag Epic. On the Kenmore, after about 10 or 12 minutes the machine would go into "thinking" mode and update the time remaining. If the load was small to mid sized it would usually keep the time as originally predicted. If it was a large load it typically added 10 or so minutes to the cycle. It would also update the time latter in the cycle and also stop the clock when it couldn't balance a load right away. It spent 15-20 additional minutes trying to balance one difficult load. 10 households per machine is going to give them a good workout. Is that 50 to 75 loads per week per machine? How long are you hoping these machines will last? Best of luck!

With organic, people think it's just the way the cotton is grown. That is part of it but a small part. The biggest issue for sheets is in the dyeing and finishing. That's where all the chemicals are used. Some sheets actually also have a chemical coating to make them feel smoother. A lot of the finishing chemicals get washed out when sheets are laundered before use. Some wash out over time. Others are used in treating the cotton fibers. So if you're going organic, and it says "100% organic cotton" that's one thing. But the sheeting itself would need to be milled in a global certified mill. Here is the info for that from Coyuchi's website: "This product is certified to meet the Global Organic Textile Standard [GOTS], the toughest organic-textile standard in the world. To obtain the GOTS "organic" label, a product: Must contain at least 95% organic fiber. Must not be treated with bleach, formaldehyde or any other toxic substances. Must be colored with non-toxic dyes. Must be produced in mills that enforce strict social and environmental standards, treating their employees and the earth with deep respect. GOTS certification means that this product meets the very highest standards from the field to the factory to your home. For more information on GOTS, click here. "Unless sheeting is GOTS certified (I just bought some towels which are) I wouldn't pay extra for organic. Coyuchi's towels are GOTS certified, but not the sheets. But they are specialists. Here is a 220 count percale with good reviews: https://www.coyuchi.com/220-percale.html And a 300 thread count percale: https://www.coyuchi.com/300-percale-sheet-sets.html All the organic Boll and Branch sheets are sateen weave -- or at least I didn't see any percale. So if you dislike sateen, and want percale, I wouldn't go there. As we know, thread count can be tricky as there are no standards and no verification. IOW it's basically marketing. I did a lot of research on sheet quality and it is all provided by retailers who are not buying from the mill. Also little information as there are no U.S. owned mills that produced sheeting any longer. It's all done overseas. I know that using a flat sheet as a bottom sheet appears to be returning. Of course, hotels do that and I just cannot stand it as the sheets work loose and bunch up. I would measure my mattress and buy bottom sheets that fit. And when replacing a mattress be sure it doesn't create problems.

No, I wouldn't be shocked if you switch back fairly quickly. These really do not have much cleaning power at all, if any.