Q. Isn’t it standard to seal new grout after it’s placed? If so, isn’t it reasonable to expect a quality construction place to do this automatically? They’ve said they don’t do that. The homeowner has ...

Those lines of grout between the tiles in your shower, on bathroom walls or in between floor tiles can get grungy and gray at times. So how can you clean up the mess? Probably the best method for ...

I get a lot of e-mails from people confused about grout. When they get to the tiling stage of their bathroom or kitchen renovation they get stuck. Or they've been living in a new home for a while and ...

Whether grouting a tile job for the first time or re-grouting a repair project, the grout must completely fill the joints between tiles. By holding the spongy-surfaced tool at about a 30 degree angle ...

A. You can seal the grout the day after you applied it or 100 years later. If it isn’t dirty, seal all three sides of the shower with a tile sealer or masonry sealer. That will make the grout ...

Caulk is used to seal the joint where your bathtub meets the ceramic tile. Grout keeps water from working its way between the tiles. There's a lot of expansion and contraction along the bathtub joint, ...