Comments on: Why is my Floor Grout Cracking? http://floorelf.com/why-is-my-floorgrout-cracking Help with all your tile needs (and extreme jackassery!) Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:37:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Susan http://floorelf.com/why-is-my-floorgrout-cracking/comment-page-3#comment-8121 Susan Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:16:44 +0000 http://floorelf.com/?p=646#comment-8121 Thanks Roger, My tiler called the sanded grout floor grout. I read your article and it is very clear and helpful. Thanks. Now to find caulking in the suitable colour. I wasn't there when the threshold was put in. It should not have a space between the tile. I dislike caulking when used to hide mistakes. Thanks for your help. Thanks Roger,

My tiler called the sanded grout floor grout. I read your article and it is very clear and helpful. Thanks.
Now to find caulking in the suitable colour. I wasn’t there when the threshold was put in. It should not have a space between the tile. I dislike caulking when used to hide mistakes. Thanks for your help.

]]> By: Roger http://floorelf.com/why-is-my-floorgrout-cracking/comment-page-3#comment-8101 Roger Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:49:52 +0000 http://floorelf.com/?p=646#comment-8101 Hi Susan, No such things as floor grout and wall grout - there is only sanded and unsanded. Read through my <a href="http://floorelf.com/using-the-correct-type-of-grout" title="Using the Correct Type of Grout" rel="nofollow"></a> article. Any change of plane, or where tile meets a different material (like the wooden threshold) needs to be filled with either caulk or silicone. Different planes will move in different directions, flexible caulk or silicone can handle that movement - grout can't. Hi Susan,

No such things as floor grout and wall grout – there is only sanded and unsanded. Read through my article. Any change of plane, or where tile meets a different material (like the wooden threshold) needs to be filled with either caulk or silicone. Different planes will move in different directions, flexible caulk or silicone can handle that movement – grout can’t.

]]> By: Susan http://floorelf.com/why-is-my-floorgrout-cracking/comment-page-3#comment-8085 Susan Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:24:27 +0000 http://floorelf.com/?p=646#comment-8085 Hello, I just had my bathroom gutted and totally tiled floor to ceiling. All is fine on the walls except where the wall tiles meet the floor tiles. There is a fine line of cracking in the grout...in places also some areas where it just popped out. Also it is all cracked out where the floor tile meets the wood threshold. It was done less than a month ago. A few questions if you don't mind: Is it possible that the tiler used wall grout between the floor and wall instead of the heavier floor grout? ...should floor grout have been used? Can I dig it out and redo it with the floor grout? Should I then caulk it? Also the bathroom floor is not heated and the house is very cool. Thanks, Susan Hello,
I just had my bathroom gutted and totally tiled floor to ceiling. All is fine on the walls except where the wall tiles meet the floor tiles. There is a fine line of cracking in the grout…in places also some areas where it just popped out. Also it is all cracked out where the floor tile meets the wood threshold. It was done less than a month ago.
A few questions if you don’t mind:
Is it possible that the tiler used wall grout between the floor and wall instead of the heavier floor grout? …should floor grout have been used?
Can I dig it out and redo it with the floor grout? Should I then caulk it?
Also the bathroom floor is not heated and the house is very cool.
Thanks,
Susan

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