Browse Forums Flooring & Floor Covering Re: $5,000 WASTED! Rectified tiles laid with 3mm & grey grou 14Dec 03, 2010 1:38 pm Keep in mind that you're the harshest critic of your new house and it's often never as bad as you think it is. You got me thinking "hmm I think I have 3mm-ish gap on my porcelain tiles, bugga!" but then I remembered that I thought it looked fine when I checked it last time . Re: $5,000 WASTED! Rectified tiles laid with 3mm & grey grou 15Dec 08, 2010 7:30 am Our porcelain tiles have just been laid. The tiler said he would do a 1-1.5 grout line. Well..............the majority of the house is about 3mm the rest is about 1.5mm. I also asked him at the time to seal the grout, but he said there was no need as the grout line is so small and he uses some antibacterial stuff in the grout so I shouldn't have any problems. Well last Friday, we had our final inspection and our SS said that we need to seal the grout as we will always have problems trying to keep it clean. So what do you think I was doing all last weekend.............sealing that bloody grout. On the up-side, the 3mm grout line doesn't look too bad as it is a very light colored grout. Barb Re: $5,000 WASTED! Rectified tiles laid with 3mm & grey grou 16Dec 08, 2010 8:16 am Hi Barb It is a clear penertrating sealer that you applied it water proofs your grout but in time say 2 years you will wonder why you even bothered, as clear sealers only give you enough time to treat a stain. It does nothing for soil build up but it does make it easier for a prof tile cleaner to clean. Most tilers and tile shops do not know this. This is why grout colour sealing was invented in the USA about 10 years ago and is now offered here in Australia it lasts 10 times longer than clear seals and repels any soil or liquid well over 15 years it is a lot more expensive but soon there will be DIY kits available from Grout Perfect. Craig Re: $5,000 WASTED! Rectified tiles laid with 3mm & grey grou 17Dec 08, 2010 6:37 pm Grout Perfect Hi Barb It is a clear penertrating sealer that you applied it water proofs your grout but in time say 2 years you will wonder why you even bothered, as clear sealers only give you enough time to treat a stain. It does nothing for soil build up but it does make it easier for a prof tile cleaner to clean. Most tilers and tile shops do not know this. This is why grout colour sealing was invented in the USA about 10 years ago and is now offered here in Australia it lasts 10 times longer than clear seals and repels any soil or liquid well over 15 years it is a lot more expensive but soon there will be DIY kits available from Grout Perfect. Craig Really? Not even the Aquamix's Sealers's Choice Gold Professional (clear sealer) can protect against stains? Seems like I should not bother My signature is distracting people from my wise posts ... Re: $5,000 WASTED! Rectified tiles laid with 3mm & grey grou 18Dec 09, 2010 7:35 am Clear sealers Aqua Mix or any other will protect against stains but only if you treat asap as it only water proofs grout as penertrating sealers loose there tension with in 12 months. You can seal it but do not beleive what it says on the bottle we have seen hundreds of floors that had been clear sealed and the customers always say why did I even bother. Craig Re: $5,000 WASTED! Rectified tiles laid with 3mm & grey grou 19Dec 09, 2010 8:12 am Jan Sorry for your problems. It just goes to prove you have to put every thing you want in writing. Assume nothing as if it can go wrong it will. I maded drawings of how I wanted the tiles to go, gave a copy to the colour selection girl and the builder. You need to show that you gave instructions to them, so put it down to expirience and remember " you cant buy expirience but you end up paying for it". Maybe the builder may compensate you with a few freebies, I hope so. Cheers KW........ “It's just as unpleasant to get more than you bargain for as to get less” George Bernard Shaw. Re: $5,000 WASTED! Rectified tiles laid with 3mm & grey grou 20Dec 09, 2010 8:37 am How disappointing Sounds like you had a bad consultant but of course, as always, the onus is on us I'm sure your flooring still looks beautiful even if it's not quite the look you were after. Building an Eden Brae Saville 27 http://karry327.blogspot.com/ Building thread https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=44247 This is one of the reasons I decided to go overseas for my double glazed windows. As the builder indicated, he's worked on many upmarket builds, these were the most well… 13 19841 As is per usual for many of the past failed RWH regulations, it is probably traceable to a bureaucrat who's ego overrode the need to seek the appropriate expert… 1 1519 I had new concrete laid, extended the alfresco and had the sidewalks concreted too. I noticed the concreter didn't put the expansion foam anywhere, there are expansion… 0 8278 |