grout or silicon in the corners? - TilersForums.com

[paulyoung666]

how good a match is the silicone you can buy that is matched to the grout colour ??

 

[doug boardley]

how good a match is the silicone you can buy that is matched to the grout colour ??

mapei do some excellent colour matches

 

[Peter]

Might start siliconing edges a bit more in future then. Must be a local thing too, not often you'd see a bathroom in NI with siliconed edges bar possibly the shower corner.

Got a Fugi kit last week so may as well get my moneys worth out of it. :lol:

 

[paulyoung666]

mapei do some excellent colour matches

i get the bit about not grouting corners now , so , in the corners i leave a small gap the silicone can get into and then have an external bead of silicone ?? , am i on the right track ??

 

[DHTiling]

i get the bit about not grouting corners now , so , in the corners i leave a small gap the silicone can get into and then have an external bead of silicone ?? , am i on the right track ??

Yepp.....

 

[paulyoung666]

thanks Dave :8:

 

[huckin]

i grout solid courners to be honest think it looks alot nicer and have never had a problem also silcone looks awful after a few months

 

[faithhealer]

i grout solid courners to be honest think it looks alot nicer and have never had a problem also silcone looks awful after a few months

How many bathrooms have you re - visited? I've seen loads of bathrooms now with cracks in the corners.
On my very first paying job it was white tiles and grout, bevelled tiles so the corner wasn't straight but I siliconed the corner as taught. The Customers mother came in and said she didn't like it but I explained my reason for doing so. The actual customer loved it and have worked for her several times now.
Has to be silicon, huckin!

 

[diamondtiling]

There seem to be a few guys out there that want to grout a corner because they think it looks good and that silicone looks awful after six months? Silicone properly applied to a expansion joint will last for years and years. If it looks bad after a few months then the chances are it looked bad from the outset. Using a quality product and not the cheapest you can buy will give the desired finish. Applying silicone over grout in a corner is bad practice and bad standards, new guys and the tiling DIY'er could be forgiven but for a professional tiler to do this is not good enough.
I suspect that silicone is left off because some tilers cannot use it properly, the only way around that problem is to practice until you can apply it. Its only easy after experience.

 

[faithhealer]

There seem to be a few guys out there that want to grout a corner because they think it looks good and that silicone looks awful after six months? Silicone properly applied to a expansion joint will last for years and years. If it looks bad after a few months then the chances are it looked bad from the outset. Using a quality product and not the cheapest you can buy will give the desired finish. Applying silicone over grout in a corner is bad practice and bad standards, new guys and the tiling DIY'er could be forgiven but for a professional tiler to do this is not good enough.
I suspect that silicone is left off because some tilers cannot use it properly, the only way around that problem is to practice until you can apply it. Its only easy after experience.

Agree dom, good silicon should last and if they have a problem applying try using cornertape.