Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Apr 20, 2018 11:39 am Hi there we are finalising our upgrade selections for our new home and have just received a variation showing that upgrading to coloured grout costs $20psqm with dilorenzo. Effectively meaning we are spending an extra $10k on our bathrooms just for coloured grout! anyone else have this experience? any other options that might be worth exploring (E.g painting the grout after?). thanks Re: $20psqm to upgrade to coloured grout - does that seem ri 2Apr 20, 2018 11:42 am Holy shiet seriously? I balked at the $50 extra for mine... Re: $20psqm to upgrade to coloured grout - does that seem ri 3Apr 20, 2018 11:49 am I used sellers grout whitener and it was easy to do (to cover my brother's mould grout). Just use gloves n go over old grout til your happy with it. I googled product called aqua mix sounds good. I went w standard grout. I might change mine after w silver! Re: $20psqm to upgrade to coloured grout - does that seem ri 4Apr 20, 2018 11:58 am Thanks. I just spoke with them to better understand and they advised it’s labour intensive to rake between the tiles to make sure the white glue doesn’t show through. Not convinced as thta about 6 weeks of labour! Is going over it with a colour after easy to do or does it look obviously patched? Re: $20psqm to upgrade to coloured grout - does that seem ri 5Apr 20, 2018 12:08 pm Chipstick Thanks. I just spoke with them to better understand and they advised it’s labour intensive to rake between the tiles to make sure the white glue doesn’t show through. Not convinced as thta about 6 weeks of labour! Is going over it with a colour after easy to do or does it look obviously patched? Re: $20psqm to upgrade to coloured grout - does that seem ri 6Apr 20, 2018 8:09 pm Getting ripped off. I upgraded my tiles to 600x600 with Davco Elite Colourgrout for 2300$ for wet areas of a 3 bath house. They using concrete or timber sleepers? Timber or steel uprights? Any drainage behind sleeper? 3 5885 Thanks splashers, that makes sense. The waterproofing guy used this Davco product, I will raise the issue with builder and hopefully get resolved with him - if not… 2 12893 Hi everyone, Have just put a shower in the laundry and after only using it 2-3 times have noticed staining on the grout. The tiles were glued onto a concrete wall after… 0 5450 |