Myths and Misunderstandings: Testing the water resistance of grout

[John Benton]

I'm actually surprised it took that long.

Although showers aren't subject to constant submersion in water, it shows that grout/adhesive is not 'waterproof' as many customers believe it is.

The thing is, once the water has penetrated the grout it's into the substrate, and that starts to spell failure, hence why I tank all showers, even over the bath showers. I only take it up a metre above lip of bath and tank the shower wall and approx. 1m in length on long side of bath.

Interesting to see where the water has actually penetrated. You can see the small dots I suspect where the grout joint is but it concentrates more at one end. Was the box on a slightly uneven surface Deano?

 

[macten]

I think nearly 7 hours is pretty impressive.
I'd be curious to see how long it would take if box was primed and a modified grout was used.
Got an op on Wednesday so not working for next 2 or 3 weeks, if Dean doesn't want to do anymore tests then I can.

 

[Old Mod]

[QUOTE="macten, post: 781811, member: 2899"
Got an op on Wednesday so not working for next 2 or 3 weeks.[/QUOTE]

Good luck with that Nick!

 

[The D]

I think nearly 7 hours is pretty impressive.
I'd be curious to see how long it would take if box was primed and a modified grout was used.
Got an op on Wednesday so not working for next 2 or 3 weeks, if Dean doesn't want to do anymore tests then I can.

Go for it m8 it's all good

 

[macten]

Cheers -

[QUOTE="macten, post: 781811, member: 2899"
Got an op on Wednesday so not working for next 2 or 3 weeks.

Good luck with that Nick![/QUOTE]

Cheers,
I take it from your profile pic that you skydive?
My op is from a skydiving injury 20 years ago.
Where do you jump? GoSkydive? I mainly jumped at Langar but stopped nearly 10 years ago.

Back on topic - Will definitely do another test in the coming weeks

 

[Old Mod]

My op is from a skydiving injury 20 years ago.
Where do you jump? GoSkydive? I mainly jumped at Langar but stopped nearly 10 years ago.

Very quickly😀
Ouch! Swooping? Lower legs?
Silver Stars Cirencester, Empuriabrava mainly, haven't jumped for a while tho 🙁

 

[macten]

No legs are fine. I only ever messed a hook turn up once, I hit the ground horizontal (that's how bad I got that wrong) and bounced - only injury was that I bit right through my lower lip so really, really lucky.

Don't know if you ever tried this but if you grab a mates leg grips when they deploy you can get an amazing flip off it. One day we decided it would be a good idea to do this but with a 3rd person hanging on to my legs.The thought was the 3rd guy at the end would get an even more impressive result. That's not what happens though. My top half got wrenched upwards but my lower half stayed where it was and I felt a pop in my abdomen followed by such a bad pain I couldn't even arch. I had to deploy on my back and soon after landing noticed that my ball sac was the size of a grapefruit 😱
So it's a hernia repair I'm having done next week. Almost 20 years to the day when it happened. It already got fixed at the time but now it's back (I blame all the tiling I've been doing)

 

[Dan]

I think nearly 7 hours is pretty impressive.
I'd be curious to see how long it would take if box was primed and a modified grout was used.
Got an op on Wednesday so not working for next 2 or 3 weeks, if Dean doesn't want to do anymore tests then I can.

Do one with mosaics first without the primer!

 

[Dan]

So what have we learnt from this? That in a normal environment if a shower gets used a couple of times a day, after a couple of days water will actually get through...?

And if it's a more course grout with any amount more than one grout joint, a lot is going to get through?

 

[Old Mod]

No legs are fine. I only ever messed a hook turn up once, I hit the ground horizontal (that's how bad I got that wrong) and bounced - only injury was that I bit right through my lower lip so really, really lucky.

Don't know if you ever tried this but if you grab a mates leg grips when they deploy you can get an amazing flip off it. One day we decided it would be a good idea to do this but with a 3rd person hanging on to my legs.The thought was the 3rd guy at the end would get an even more impressive result. That's not what happens though. My top half got wrenched upwards but my lower half stayed where it was and I felt a pop in my abdomen followed by such a bad pain I couldn't even arch. I had to deploy on my back and soon after landing noticed that my ball sac was the size of a grapefruit 😱
So it's a hernia repair I'm having done next week. Almost 20 years to the day when it happened. It already got fixed at the time but now it's back (I blame all the tiling I've been doing)

Holy shittaki mushrooms batman!
Ur crazy! Hahahaha how the hell du get away with not only with that hook but 3of u! U might as well left ur canopy tied to the wing!
And deploying on your back! U gotta charmed life my friend! Haha
Oh well don't know till u try eh Nick! Haha
Well at least ur avatar isn't the result of a mal eh! Haha (it's not right? Haha)