Designing Kitchens and Bathrooms - grout around outside edge of shower stall

Doityourself.com community forum was created to provide answers to all questions related to home improvement and home repair. Doityourself community can help you find information about how-to topics on small fixes to large remodeling projects. With comprehensive how-to content and expertly moderated community forums DoItYourself.com makes it easy to tackle even the most complex home improvement projects.



PDA
Legacy
03-31-08, 05:20 PM
We have a 2 year old house (slab floor) and have noticed in the walk-in shower stall, the grout has a long separation between the 1x1 floor tiles and the 4x4 wall tiles. I can't call it cracked, it just looks like the edge of the grout separated from the edge of the wall tiles. I am concerned with water getting under the floor even though I know there is a liner under there. Should we do this repair by re-grouting which would be a new repair experience for us, or would caulk do? If caulk, what kind of caulk would stick?

Thanks!
Legacy

connie
03-31-08, 06:00 PM
Hello, Legacy and welcome to the DIY Forums!

Yes, you are correct...you should caulk the joint where the tile on the wall meets the floor. Acrylic caulk is good to use...you can get the color you need to match your grout.

Connie
Kobuchi
03-31-08, 06:08 PM
I guess that crack (as it's called) is due to wood framing contracting as it dries, quite different from the usual (bad) causes.

Another vote for caulk-not-grout.

Bud Cline
04-01-08, 08:30 AM
Caulk it. But first remove any existing caulk or grout and create a new clean joint/gap to be caulked.:D