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Regrouting the bathroom

  • 29-11-2017 11:09am
    #1
    Talia Black Squeegee
    Posts: 0 ✭ Talia Black Squeegee


    Hi all.

    I'm doing a temporary job on the bathroom tiling before I get the whole bathroom re-done. I know fec all about tiling apart from a you tube video

    Trying to remove the grout, black stained stuff.

    Does all the grout need to come out before it re-grouted? Will the black stain remerge through the new grout? Does the good grout need to comne out as well? Or can that be given a thin coat of new grout?

    (The tiling also appears to be badly done as very often little or no spacing at all between the tiles (?).

    This is a quick job just to take the bad look off the place before I get it professionally done in a year or two.

    Thanks for any tips. If I hadnt just shelled out for a new s/h car I'd be getting the tiler in.


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  • #2
    dok_golf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,090 ✭✭✭dok_golf


    Scrub the black stuff with a bleach solution. Leave over night. rinse off, the get a grouting pen and colour in the stained grout. ( Pens available most hardware shops, about 7 euro ). I'm assuming the grout is stained not actually falling out.


  • #3
    Talia Black Squeegee
    Posts: 0 ✭ Talia Black Squeegee


    Thanks dok_golf.

    Yes grout not coming out. Although one or two tiles have lifted, I think because of too much condensation in bathroom? I plan to take them out and re-fit, and hope the place doesn't fall in round me.

    Horrible aul job. Nearly as bad as replacing the loft insulation. Never again doing that job.


  • #4
    BrokenArrows
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    Talia Black Squeegee wrote: »
    Thanks dok_golf.

    Yes grout not coming out. Although one or two tiles have lifted, I think because of too much condensation in bathroom? I plan to take them out and re-fit, and hope the place doesn't fall in round me.

    Horrible aul job. Nearly as bad as replacing the loft insulation. Never again doing that job.

    The tiles shouldnt have lifted unless the adhesive didnt bond correctly to the surface or you got water behind the tiles somewhere.

    If everything is grouted correctly then no water should make it behind the tiles.

    If tiling make sure you're tiling onto something solid like bare plaster or plasterboard. Dont tile onto old paint because you are just sticking tiles to a layer of paint which wont last.


  • #5
    Talia Black Squeegee
    Posts: 0 ✭ Talia Black Squeegee


    @Broken Arrows.

    Thanks that makes sense. I think it wasn't the best job to begin with. The places where the tiles lifted, there was no grout at all really, and no space between them. So any grout was only a token glance for the look of it.

    Good tips folks. Thanks.


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