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Help! Water leaks through grout.
Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 10:09 am
by suddenlysummer
Dear All,
We had our bathroom tiled recently. Yesterday I found that water is leaking through the grout between a few tiles close to the bath. Can anyone here tell me if I can remove the grout and use sealant between these few tiles? Also what is the best way to remove grouts? Thank you.
Regards,
Summer
Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 10:25 am
by chris_h
Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 11:03 am
by suddenlysummer
Thank you Chris.
After removing grout, can we use sealant instead of grout to fill the gap between tiles?
Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 11:20 am
by skiking
Shoudn't you be fixing the leak rather than sealing the tiles or am I missing something
Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 11:25 am
by suddenlysummer
Hi Skiking,
When using shower in the bath, water is leaking through the grout. The grout somehow is not water proof
Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 8:08 pm
by Beachcomber
You say you 'had' the bathroom tiled - does this mean you paid someone to do it?
If so drag the toe-rag back round and get them to put it right.
If you do it yourself then use the grout rake (link in chris_h's post) and use a good waterproof grout - sealant will look odd and more than likely discolour / go mouldy in time. Make sure you leave the grout a good 24 hours to dry before getting wet.
Bit odd that a little missing grout is letting is water - whats behind the tiles? Should have a solid bed of adhesive behind the tiles?
Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 8:29 pm
by tictic
suddenlysummer wrote:Hi Skiking,
When using shower in the bath, water is leaking through the grout. The grout somehow is not water proof
with beachcomber here get the tiler back..
regarding grout it not waterproof it water resistant...
not unless you use an EPOXY GROUT which is WATERPROOF.
Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 1:47 pm
by suddenlysummer
Thank you for all you advices.
Saddly two guys did our bathroom have gone with all the money they asked and left us with endless troubles. When I phoned them they promised me to come back but never did. I don't want to upset myself too much by recalling what they did. It's the worst experience.