By Country
America Tile Forum
UK Tiling Forum
Canada Tile Forum
Ireland Tiling Forum
Australia Tiling Forum
Tilers' Talk - Any Country Forums
Forums
Navigation
By Country
GB Tiling Forum
USA Tile Forum
Australia Tile Forum
Tilers' Talk
DIY Tiling
Tiling Courses
Tiling Tools
Tiling News
Pro Tilers Only
Tile Adhesive / Tile Mud
Cutting / Cutters
Tiling on Underfloor Heating
Tanking And Wetrooms
Find Discontinued Tiles
Specialist Tile Advice
Tile Restoration
New posts
Advice Leaflet
Blog
News
Add Your News
What's new
New posts
New media
New media comments
New resources
New profile posts
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Resources
Latest reviews
Search resources
Tilers
Current visitors
New profile posts
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
Words:
Navigation
By Country
GB Tiling Forum
USA Tile Forum
Australia Tile Forum
Tilers' Talk
DIY Tiling
Tiling Courses
Tiling Tools
Tiling News
Pro Tilers Only
Tile Adhesive / Tile Mud
Cutting / Cutters
Tiling on Underfloor Heating
Tanking And Wetrooms
Find Discontinued Tiles
Specialist Tile Advice
Tile Restoration
New posts
Advice Leaflet
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Show us YOUR Work thread
- 500,000 VIEWS and Counting!
Last Post/Page
-
Please Add Your Latest Tile Projects
(Here is the old read-only thread, it has 125,000 tile pictures)
Forums
Advice by Country
Australia Tiling Forum
Myths and Misunderstandings: Testing the water resistance of grout
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Search the forum,
Message
[QUOTE="The D, post: 782588"] This will be my last post just to clarify my point. to start with i am not and never have said that tanking is a waste of time. i do however think that tanking is a very important back up to tiling, should the tiling fail the tanking is there to protect the back ground. On the subject of grout we all know that grout is not water “proof” but that does not automatically mean it will not offer any resistance to the water. my test in this thread showed that a bog standard grout will resist FULL submersion in water for over 6 hours. I have no doubt that in a domestic shower as long as the grout has no defects it will resist indefinitely. There has been a misunderstanding somewhere along the line and pics posted of failed tiling and damage to backgrounds but none of that is due to water ingress through a well grouted joint. This sort of damage is more often caused by bad workmanship. I am certain that if you call any grout manufacturer and ask how many failed domestic installations had been caused purely by water ingress through a well grouted joint they would tell you none. As for water passing through the grout and sitting behind the tiles and the tiling just being decorative this is just stupid if that was true why would we bother having tiles. I asked a BAL rep about it as this is the first time in 30 years of tiling i have come across someone with this misconception and i was told in no uncertain terms that this was not the norm and if there was water behind the tiles this would be a H&S issue. it had nothing to do with the tanking being a H&S issue that is just another example of someone being given information and totally misunderstanding it. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Please visit our sponsor websites, they keep the forum free to use!
Advertisement
Share This Page
Facebook
Twitter
Reddit
Pinterest
Tumblr
WhatsApp
Email
Share
Link
Forums
Advice by Country
Australia Tiling Forum
Myths and Misunderstandings: Testing the water resistance of grout
Top