Chatting to a local builder in the pub last night and he said he had recently had a tiler working for him who grouted a bathroom in the time it would have taken to do one wall.

The way he described it was that the tiler 'whisked' the gout to almost a foam consistency and then put it in an old washing up bottle and used this to fill the joints. The builder said he had never seen this done before but reckoned it was very quick and a lot less messy so quicker to clean of any excess.

Anybody tried this method?

thats a new one on me..........did he do the dishes as well

Were they 'dished' shaped tiles and were his hands softer or did he use marigolds.
If its foamy it'll be full of air bubbles and will end up with pinholes.

are you sure the builder wasn't 'dishing ' out a load of lies.

I've heard everything now

Never heard of that one... Did the builder get his dates wrong....(;0)

sounds terrifying,how many scoops had the builder had?

any idea what the builder was drinking at the pub sounds good

are you sure it was not a wind up ?

is this the same as using those grouting/pointing guns. You know the ones that look like steroid boosted silicone guns? Got one from TT a few years ago and it was pants. Mixed a bit of fairy liquid in and it still only worked for a short while before clogging up. Can't see it working with a small bottle myself. Too much laughing soup I reckon.

If he used fairy he could have done this much more grouting >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>than other brands

Was he telling you this on April 1st per chance?

Originally Posted by Bolter

Was he telling you this on April 1st per chance?

That what i thought lol

can't see that being quicker and you'd have to thin the grout down too much

Originally Posted by Bolter

Was he telling you this on April 1st per chance?

I think that must be the case never heard of that

Me and Alan P have found the quickest way to grout floors but i cant tell you or i would have to kill you first but Alan might tell you hes not quite as mad as me

The fastest floor grouting method I have ever used, was back in the day, when we were doing the Aldi, Lidl and Netto stores (power vibration system ) 1,100 M2 on average. We used to do 600/700 M2 per day easy ( grouting that is)

Originally Posted by Phil Hobson

The fastest floor grouting method I have ever used, was back in the day, when we were doing the Aldi, Lidl and Netto stores (power vibration system ) 1,100 M2 on average. We used to do 600/700 M2 per day easy ( grouting that is)

We have a power system but we don't vibrate lol

Originally Posted by doit4u

Chatting to a local builder in the pub last night and he said he had recently had a tiler working for him who grouted a bathroom in the time it would have taken to do one wall.

The way he described it was that the tiler 'whisked' the gout to almost a foam consistency and then put it in an old washing up bottle and used this to fill the joints. The builder said he had never seen this done before but reckoned it was very quick and a lot less messy so quicker to clean of any excess.

Anybody tried this method?

Just been into ctd ashford.Was looking through the rubi book .came a cross a picture of a guy holding a silicone gun to the joints on a tiled wall.the gun was for motar filling.Page 163 I think.Can't upload the picture because the online book is different. Is this where the tiler got the idea from ? The picture could give the impression that it can be used for grouting. Just a thought.

didnt I just say something about that?