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    Advice please - how to fix uneven grouting

    Thank you so much for your response. I think the loose grout is actually the second coat of grout which hasn’t stuck to the bottom grout. I’ll ask for all the tiles where the grout is cracked to be taken up. As for the first picture, I think it’s the cleaning of the grout that’s a bit...
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    Advice please - how to fix uneven grouting

    Unfortunately I don’t have a picture of the overall job as they have covered the floor with a foam sheet and put lots of tools and working benches for cutting wood etc... I’ll get a picture as soon as they clear out.
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    Advice please - how to fix uneven grouting

    Thank you so much for all the detailed information. The second layer of grout was applied 3 days after the first layer. Unfortunately I don’t know if the second coat of grout was very wet. The grout was Mapei Ultracolour plus. “From the picture you sent the grouting joint appears to vary...
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    Advice please - how to fix uneven grouting

    Is the uneven grouting in the first picture reasonable? The top bit of the vertical grout line looks thin and neat, but the rest is much wider and less neat. Also, where the grout is the same level as the tile (therefore some of the grout is over the tile, and can’t really see the edges of...
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    Advice please - how to fix uneven grouting

    The tiles are 300mm x 600mm - porcelain
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    Advice please - how to fix uneven grouting

    The door opening is there but the actual door hasn’t been installed yet. So, possibly then when door is installed the tiles won’t sound hollow anymore?
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    Advice please - how to fix uneven grouting

    These two don’t have cracked grout. The floor has just been laid last week and hasn’t been walked on that much as.... only the builder is walking in it to access other areas.
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    Advice please - how to fix uneven grouting

    Thanks for your response. I’ve only noticed 2 tiles right in front on the patio doors leading to the garden, which sound hollow, others sounded fine. I’ll check some more later today. Do I need to ask for the tiles that sound hollow to be removed and replaced? Thanks
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    Advice please - how to fix uneven grouting

    Hello, To give a bit of background info, our new kitchen tiles is laid on new 70mm screed, Ditra mat and adhesive. The tiler has just finished laying the tiles and grouting but the grouting lines seems uneven and top layer coming off. I think the tiler has grouted twice in some places as he...
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