Grout & Tile Cleaning

Most guys skip the leveling compound. They think the underlayment will hide the dip. It won’t. I spent three days grinding concrete on a job last month just so the floor wouldn’t click like a castanet. That same laziness applies to shower regrouting. People think they can just smear a fresh layer of paste over […]

Most guys skip the leveling compound. They think the underlayment will hide the dip. It won’t. I spent three days grinding concrete on a job last month just so the floor wouldn’t click like a castanet, and that is where I found the real problem. As the grinder hit the slab, the heat released a […]

Most guys skip the leveling compound. They think the underlayment will hide the dip. It won’t. I spent three days grinding concrete on a job last month just so the floor wouldn’t click like a castanet. That experience taught me one thing. You can have the most expensive porcelain tile or the highest grade hardwood, […]

The hidden failure of dark grout in high traffic hallways I spent three days grinding concrete on a job last month just so the floor would not click like a castanet, and that is the level of obsession required for a floor to survive. Most guys skip the leveling compound and think the underlayment will […]

I spent three days grinding concrete on a job last month just so the floor wouldn’t click like a castanet. People think the surface is the only thing that matters. They buy expensive Italian porcelain and then drag a metal ladder across it. Now they have grey streaks that look like permanent marker. Most guys […]

Most guys skip the leveling compound. They think the underlayment will hide the dip. It won’t. I spent three days grinding concrete on a job last month just so the floor wouldn’t click like a castanet. That is the reality of the trade. If you do not respect the physics of the flat surface, the […]

Why Your Grout is Bleaching Out and the Hard Water Culprit I spent three days grinding concrete on a job last month just so the floor wouldn’t click like a castanet, but the real headache started when the client called me back two weeks later. They were convinced I used the wrong color grout in […]

Most guys skip the leveling compound. They think the underlayment will hide the dip. It won’t. I spent three days grinding concrete on a job last month just so the floor wouldn’t click like a castanet. That job was for a kitchen renovation where the previous installer used standard cement grout on a subfloor that […]

I spent three days grinding concrete on a job last month just so the floor wouldn’t click like a castanet. It was a high-end bathroom remodel where the previous installer had ignored a 3/16 inch dip right near the shower entrance. The result was a catastrophic failure. The grout lines had shattered and the homeowner […]

I spent three days grinding concrete on a job last month just so the floor wouldn’t click like a castanet. Most guys skip the leveling compound because they think the underlayment will hide the dip. It won’t. I have spent twenty five years on my knees with a moisture meter and a level, and I […]