Key Points Painting tile grout is generally a cosmetic fix that can lead to serious problems.Painting grout is acceptable ...

Q. This week: Our house is 2 1/2 years old. We have ceramic tile in the bathroom, laundry room and kitchen. There are quite a few hairline cracks in the grout and in some places grout is missing due ...

Tile has always been a popular choice for floors, walls, and other surfaces due to its durability and long life. In fact, it’s typically the grout that starts to fail or show its age before the tile ...

Several years after you complete a bathroom or kitchen renovation, it inevitably starts to show some wear. One culprit is grout: Over time, it stains, cracks, and becomes loose, even if it was ...

Dear James: The grout on the bathroom tiles is crumbling and looks dark even after using bleach. I don’t want to remove the tile and redo it. Can I just replace the grout myself? — Damon W. Dear Damon ...

Q. I hired a contractor to acid wash, regrout and seal my bathroom tile. He did not remove the old grout – merely sponged over a new grout coating. He says this is standard operating procedure, as we ...

We need to do some minor renovation on our 1980’s era, 5’x9′, falling apart, solo bathroom. We’re thinking of a simple IKEA sink/cabinet and have already replaced the toilet out of necessity. The big ...

Once you master the process, it's fairly easy to lay and grout your own tile floors, but the final step is to remove the ...

Grout that dried too quickly when it was originally done also can result in small cracks. These days, grouts are better, often include a mold inhibitor and either come with a latex polymer additive or ...

Q: Our 20-year-old townhouse has yellow tile in the bathroom that is still in great shape. However, the grout is 1980s dark brown and is discolored. I tried to at least get it all one color with a ...

Q: The grout on my shower walls is stained and disgusting. I want to regrout the shower and hopefully make it look like new. How should I go about this and how difficult is it? A: Grouting a shower is ...