Floor Tile Grout Looks Wet

Soggy grout leaves the finished joints weak and prone to cracking or crumbling as well as to efflorescence a chalky white appearance.

Floor tile grout looks wet.

Try not using the shower for several days. Grout is frequently mixed up too wet and doesn t cure properly when it is. There are no puddles. If the grout gets dark its absorbing water as is mine.

Water on the floor or even a wet appearance around a toilet is always a sign of a problem. You must be logged in to see the message. Why do i have wet grout in my basement. Try a different sealer one that has gold in the name.

Higher end grout sealers will bead water when you try to wet them after sealing. If your grout is runny or too wet add additional dry grout to the mixture until it reaches the proper consistency for use. There are several causes that can lead to a wet appearance on the floor grout. Grout tends to be more porous than tile and so provides an easier pathway for moisture to travel beyond its bounds.

Grout discoloration is often the first sign that there is a moisture problem on a tile floor. Hello my basement ceramic tile floor grout sometimes looks and feels wet after a rain. So possibly you have an intermittent leak coming from the shower or another water source. When you look at pictures of what your ground should looks like when wet it beads the water up on the grout.

Which will of course stain if i get some dirt on it. No water absorbting into it. Contractor said floors were fine. We were affected by hurricane sandy taking in about 5 feet of water.

The grout lines are often the lowest part of the floor and accumulate and show the water first. The floor is tiled with large 60x60cm porcelain tiles laid on. Doesn t happen all the time. Use a hair drying and see if you can dry out the damp grout.

I have a tileable shower pan and i m not concerned with water getting thru it. Tiled wetroom floor looks perfect but grout doesn t dry out. The fact that the grout is changing color to me it that they are not properly sealed. We had a wet room installed about 8 months ago.

It is caused by moisture entering the grout either from above or below. Walls are all dry. You must be logged in to see.