Expansion / Movement Joint Question?

[Stealth]

Hi All

I finally completed tiling my bathroom (4 walls and a floor) and now I'm ready to start grouting but before I start I have a a couple of questions regarding the movement joints that I hope someone here can answer.

1) When applying the grout, can you recommend any techniques for stopping the grout getting into the movement joints or is it just a case of being ultra careful when working in that area?

2) When siliconing the joint do I need to actually fill the joint with silicon or just put a bead on the surface leaving the joint itself empty?

Apologies if these questions seem very basic but I've put a lot of graft into this bathroom and I don't want to see things go down the pan at this stage! Thanks in advance.

 

[jimbob]

Don't really know the answer to this question, but I recently read a book on tiling (from USA) which mentioned some kind of rubberised insert for placing into the expansion joint and then siliconing over the top. Don't know if that's the procedure here in UK.....

 

[White Room]

Don't grout any joints you want to Silicon, just keep the joints clean and when you Silicon or you could seal before grouting, I've never done it that way but others have

 

[Perry]

No feel the joint