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I put it in the arms so we could debate and chat freely
Myths and Misunderstandings: Testing the water resistance of grout
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its ok the grout has to dry for seven days 😛
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You could take the 2 week spread out course Dan, results should be in by then 🙂
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box is tiled and grouted corners are siliconed and it’s all ready to go i will fill it with water next saturday and the fun can begin
can we have a pole set up so people can say how long they think it will take starting at 30 minutes then within 24 hours then maybe two days then over a week
can we have a pole set up so people can say how long they think it will take starting at 30 minutes then within 24 hours then maybe two days then over a week
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Rizzle from the Portizzle
i cant think of one client in 35 years who has waited 7 days to use there shower after i have finished can any one in the real world .24 hours is the norm .
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only on domestic work. on site work it has weeks and weeks to dry but if you want me to do it after 24 hours i will
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Rizzle from the Portizzle
hi dean no offence ment. on site work i would agree all day long but with b&q being the biggest tile retailer in the uk with tops next tile giant and so on i think you will get the picture .95% of tile failure in the uk has nohink to do with real tilers.
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Rizzle from the Portizzle
hi dean how big is the box L X D X H each litre of water weighs 1kg what size are the tiles used grout joints .what grout have you used .looking forward to your finding the best tilers will all ways question and look for there own answers .well done for showing others how to back up what they are told and say
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Omgood god the guys just tiled a card board box Ray...real tilers can tile a box but are intrigued by the results, get a grip mate this is just a grout and sealing experiment..
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the water will not have a chance to dissipate there is only one way for the water to go and that will be the path of least resistance the rest of the box is impervious.
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Absolutely no idea but I'd bet my left testicle that it was either some he ( my landlord) had laying around or the cheapest he could find.
I've made an album which also shows underneath but I'm too thick to be able to link to it..
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A big vote of personal thanks from me to Dean for this thread.
I am a die hard tanker! But with a mere 8 years in the trade my thinking has been formed by an awful lot of "industry" instruction. I like to see conventional thinking challenged and real time testing is the best way of doing this.
Remember reading tests done by someone on here to challenge the convention of always using insulation board with underfloor heating. That was an excellent thread too - first time I could fully se the practice supporting the theory.
Dean is also right to keep this discussion in the Arms. I don't mind how the test pans out, I welcome seeing the evidence of how water "proof" grout really is. There are an awful lot of unwaterproof walls supporting tiles in showers, and repairing rotten walls in untanked showers has made me a lot of money in the last few years.
I think posts like this make it worth being a member of this Forum.
I am a die hard tanker! But with a mere 8 years in the trade my thinking has been formed by an awful lot of "industry" instruction. I like to see conventional thinking challenged and real time testing is the best way of doing this.
Remember reading tests done by someone on here to challenge the convention of always using insulation board with underfloor heating. That was an excellent thread too - first time I could fully se the practice supporting the theory.
Dean is also right to keep this discussion in the Arms. I don't mind how the test pans out, I welcome seeing the evidence of how water "proof" grout really is. There are an awful lot of unwaterproof walls supporting tiles in showers, and repairing rotten walls in untanked showers has made me a lot of money in the last few years.
I think posts like this make it worth being a member of this Forum.
Yeah I just can see how one grout line is going to allow enough water through to penetrate the cardboard.
It'll end up evaporating out before its managed to soak through the grout. And what does soak through the grout will disperse amongst the adhesive and not really effect the cardboard.
I've been diddled.
Do one with mosaics.
Can you find me that thread by any chance? We have a new tests forum category I'd like to move it to.
Come on do a good test with more grout.
Could do with one replicating an actual wet room shower. Albeit on a small scale. So mosaic floor with a more course floor grout. 20 or so joints. Then wall grout on the sides with mosaics.
It's what I was expecting to be fair. Thought you'd have done something akin to that from the off.
Fair play for doing it though pal. Most people wouldn't give such a toss.
Want see some water penetrating floor grout?
Help! Tiled wetroom floor looks perfect but grout doesn't dry out! | Page 4
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Help! Tiled wetroom floor looks perfect but grout doesn't dry out! | Page 4
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ok water is in and timer is on
dan you will have to like it or lump it m8 when the water passes through the grout it will show on the box this is about how long the grout will resist the water it does not matter if there is one joint or one hundred joints
dan you will have to like it or lump it m8 when the water passes through the grout it will show on the box this is about how long the grout will resist the water it does not matter if there is one joint or one hundred joints
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hi dan to be fair have a good look round the fourm and you can do a count how many bath shower rooms are tiled with small tiles how many with 600x300 and bigger . in london i would say small tiles and mosaic
one in 200 shower rooms if that .and to balance this deans grout joint will be under far more presure with wieght of water constant .not like on off shower .
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30mins - 1hr busted no water yet
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