My tile installer recently told me that he wanted to use caulk in the corners of a tiled shower instead of grout is that necessary.
Tile shower wall meets floor.
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Use paper or cloth to protect the new tiles.
Grout is generally the best choice for filling joints between tiles in showers or elsewhere.
The vast majority of showers that i ve tiled have had no problems when i use grout in the corners.
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The grout doctor came out today and he said that there should be no caulk in that area just grout.
Tom meehan a second generation tile installer and co author of working with tile who lives and works in harwich mass responds.
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This may result in cracked tile.
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A properly installed tile shower should always have a 6 inch lip liner going up around base of the shower walls.
We installed a new shower and one of the men caulked the perimeter of the shower floor where the tile wall and tile floor meet.
If you prefer doing the shower floor first you can avoid accidental accidents by covering the new floor tile.
Accent walls can be a stunning addition to a bathroom.
But where two tiled shower walls meet or where a shower wall meets the floor called change of.
Or difficult to remove mortar drops when tiling the wall.
Also we have white ceramic tiles on the shower floor and some of them have grey shaded areas for some reason.
Water should not be able to leak into the walls or down below the shower even if there is not grout or caulk installed at all around the base of a tile shower floor.
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