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Yet Another Suspected Wet Room Floor! Looking For Advice Please!
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[QUOTE="SJPurdy, post: 802048"] Reading through this thread again prompts me to ask a couple of questions which may be appropriate: The wet area grout was soft! well there is something wrong there because these grouts are designed for use in wet areas including, for most, swimming pools. They do not become soft if kept wet even if the water is trapped under the tiles (as it will be in swimming pools). For grout to be soft when re-wet after curing indicates to me something wrong with its composition. How should the joint between tile and grate surround be finished? should it be grouted or should it be flexible sealant? That's one that has always puzzled me - I've done both in the past! If the tiles are fixed correctly then they are on a solid bed of adhesive with no voids/channels for water to accumulate in, but this adhesive may be itself wet as it is porous/permeable and water can travel through it down towards the drain under gravity. How then can bedding the grate surround on a full bed of adhesive be detrimental (compared with on corner dabs only) as the water can still travel through the solid bed, under the grate surround, and into the drain? [/QUOTE]
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