Saying Hi from Sweden - customer, not tiler, needing advice

[Lel]

Hello all
I am a Brit in Sweden having a house built. Am really fed up getting some Swedish standard finishes which are different from British norms. Grout is my issue. They just choose grey so that it doesnt show any discolouring. from what i can gather reading on the net, discolouring can be prevented by using sealers correctly.
Will post a question in another part of the forums.

Bye
Lesley

 

[Deleted member 9966]

:welcome: Lesley.

I'm sure our members on here will have some suggestions for you about good products, so raise the question and I'll let them do the talking

 

[diamondtiling]

Welcome to the forum Lesley.

 

[sgd tiling]

could be tiles r damp,cold room temperture,not mixed grout in 1 batch,only certain tiles need sealed

 

[mikethetile]

welcome Lesley

mapei do range of coloured grouts that should work as well as grey in swedens climate

where is swe when you need him LOL

 

[suave]

welcome!

 

[Max@ableskills]

welcome Lesley

mapei do range of coloured grouts that should work as well as grey in swedens climate

where is swe when you need him LOL

Hi and welcome

You can get a colour chart from mapei which show you a range of colours all with a code number. You can also get the silicone sealant (if necessary) that matches the grout colour.

 

[DHTiling]

Hello Lesley and welcome...

 

[Ian]

Welcome along

 

[Stewart]

Hi and welcome......

 

[SandyFloor]

Hi Lesley, welcome to the forum.

 

[Dan]

Hey Lel and welcome to the forum.

sWe is in the UK now would you believe, or he was last time I spoke to him online.

Generally most of our grouts over here are guaranteed to not discolour, they still do but if you follow the right guidelines you should prevent it for a good few years and then general cleaning should keep on top of it for years after that.

A cap full of bleach in an old spray bottle, then fill it up with water, and after you've had a shower spray the walls and don't wipe them all down (nice and quick) and then just your general regular cleaning where you would wipe them all down. I got this tip from a customer who I was ripping out 12 year old tiles and they looked like they were tiled last week. There was litterally not a single problem. Took hours to get the tiles off and it felt like I was wrecking a nice job. She simply wanted different style tiles and I bet you £50 they still look like I've just fitted them to this day. That was about 8 years ago now.

 

[The Legend; Phil Hobson RIP]

Hi and:welcome:

 

[White Room]

Hi and welcome

 

[faithhealer]

welcome to the forum Lesley, which bit of Sweden are you at