floor grout

[Leatherface]

Tip - rubber gloves are a good idea when using black - it's a begger to get off your hands

 

[Dan]

Palace should do a flexible floor grout. It's pretty standard stuff like. Just work in small areas with it. It can start to set on the tiles quicker than a standard floor grout due to the polymers that are in it.

 

[trevortine]

Black grout just takes a lot longer to clean off leanne, go over it a few times with your washboy and then leave it to cure a while, then go back over it. If not you just end up spreading it everywhere and pulling it back out the joints.

 

[Leanne]

ok thank you al let yous no how it goes 2morro night! fingers crosed X

 

[jaimie s]

could be movement in floor. tiles going up and down rubbing grout out. ie turning it into sand. if its a wooden floor that is not solid then your problem lies in the substrate not being secure enough. just giving another alternative. hello everyone names jaimie and new to the forum.

 

[Concept PHT]

Hi Jamie, great contribution for a newbie!! Keep em coming mate 🙂

 

[Leanne]

he already has the grout if the floor is a wooden can i buy something to add to make it a flexigrout?

 

[Dan]

Hiya Jamie,

I don't agree, if there's movement, you'd find grut cracking, maybe tiles even, as the adhesive is breaking up. That would mean the adhesive and the grout is wrong. Seems t me like the grout brushes out, if it's cracked and coming away it would come away in lines, but stuck together still, maybe even ith bits of tile stuck to it as it's got to be sticking to something somewhere. If it's brushing out, and the tiles are still sound, he couldhave used an adhesive for grout, as that's not a wearing surface, or grout has been applied like water, which would usually be pinted out by low grout joints that are discoloured even after you've washed up and cleaned off.

Thank's for joining in though 😀 I can see where you're coming from. Maybe just in case, you should 'sound' the tiles Leanne to make sure they're all fixed. maybe get some of the grout that's coming out and check that?

 

[Leanne]

he hasnt had any problem with the tiles just the grout! i will double check the morra oh! but what do you mean by check the grout thats coming out?

 

[Leatherface]

Could be the sand faries - they sometimes come out at night and sprinkle magic dust on the grout that makes it turn into sand !!! 🙂

Only joking - Leanne - If you are going to do the job, tell him that you will get the grout and he will give you the money - you need a good flexible grout. Sure the guys on this forum will recommend one. I only use Mapei , but am aware of others. What can you buy in your area.
Shouldn't be necessary to have to buy additive to make flexi.
Nick