I'm having a problem with the flooring in a new home.
I decided to go with ceramic tile in the kitchen and bathrooms and while most of it looks great, there seems to be a real problem where the tile floor meets the walls, cabinets and tubs. The grout where the floor tile meets the tubs and the cabinet toe kicks keeps cracking, even though it's been 'repaired' several times in the four months since we took possession of the house.
A number of the cabinet toe kicks seem to be a little loose and there is a small place on a tub enclosure that flexes a little. I can understand that if there is movement, it can cause the grout to crack, however, I'm seeing cracking all along the master bath tub/shower enclosure, even where I can't find any flex. Also, it doesn't help that the last time it was 'repaired', it looks like they just slopped on more grout on top of the cracked grout and all it did was just flake off.
So, I'm looking for a solution. As far as I can tell, either everything has to be locked down so that it doesn't move or flex BEFORE the grout is repaired, or some kind of different material needs to be used instead of the grout that is being used to allow for movement. I have no idea what the latter would be. The grout that was used is sanded grout.
Thanks.....
I decided to go with ceramic tile in the kitchen and bathrooms and while most of it looks great, there seems to be a real problem where the tile floor meets the walls, cabinets and tubs. The grout where the floor tile meets the tubs and the cabinet toe kicks keeps cracking, even though it's been 'repaired' several times in the four months since we took possession of the house.
A number of the cabinet toe kicks seem to be a little loose and there is a small place on a tub enclosure that flexes a little. I can understand that if there is movement, it can cause the grout to crack, however, I'm seeing cracking all along the master bath tub/shower enclosure, even where I can't find any flex. Also, it doesn't help that the last time it was 'repaired', it looks like they just slopped on more grout on top of the cracked grout and all it did was just flake off.
So, I'm looking for a solution. As far as I can tell, either everything has to be locked down so that it doesn't move or flex BEFORE the grout is repaired, or some kind of different material needs to be used instead of the grout that is being used to allow for movement. I have no idea what the latter would be. The grout that was used is sanded grout.
Thanks.....