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Tardigrade
Hello,
I'm tiling my bathroom. Rectangular tiles, brick pattern. Most are new stud walls with plasterboard. Floor to ceiling, but not floor itself, and quite a few corners / niches etc.
I specified epoxy grout at onset (because: mumsnet ) so cost isn't an issue (for me). I liked the rave reviews of never having to seal or clean / no mould etc.
On reminding him of the need to use epoxy grout he said:
1) I want to use Mapei ultracolour plus (which he referred to as normal grout)
2) Epoxy grout isn't "flexible" enough and as plasterboard/stud walls flex over time, I should expect tiles to crack if he goes ahead and uses it.
a) is this even normal grout? Looks a bit different going by the marketing blurb
b) is there any truth to epoxy's "inflexibility"?
c) is this because he isn't following best practice and should eg have something else supporting the plasterboard?
d) I've come across some grouts that appear to be a bit of a hybrid eg mapei flexcolour CQ - is there anything to this middle ground?
I'm a bit worried about forcing a reluctant tradesman to do something he is less familiar with in case the quality suffers, and certainly don't want to be storing up problems but I want the quality outcome I paid for...thoughts?
Thank you!
I'm tiling my bathroom. Rectangular tiles, brick pattern. Most are new stud walls with plasterboard. Floor to ceiling, but not floor itself, and quite a few corners / niches etc.
I specified epoxy grout at onset (because: mumsnet ) so cost isn't an issue (for me). I liked the rave reviews of never having to seal or clean / no mould etc.
On reminding him of the need to use epoxy grout he said:
1) I want to use Mapei ultracolour plus (which he referred to as normal grout)
2) Epoxy grout isn't "flexible" enough and as plasterboard/stud walls flex over time, I should expect tiles to crack if he goes ahead and uses it.
a) is this even normal grout? Looks a bit different going by the marketing blurb
b) is there any truth to epoxy's "inflexibility"?
c) is this because he isn't following best practice and should eg have something else supporting the plasterboard?
d) I've come across some grouts that appear to be a bit of a hybrid eg mapei flexcolour CQ - is there anything to this middle ground?
I'm a bit worried about forcing a reluctant tradesman to do something he is less familiar with in case the quality suffers, and certainly don't want to be storing up problems but I want the quality outcome I paid for...thoughts?
Thank you!