Grouting

[Snowcatclaw]

Hi think you for your informative and wonderful video. I have a question..my condo bathtub had a ceramic tile flooring and now everytime someone is taking a shower water is leaking into someone else apartment below. I thought the water drain pipe is leaking and after did some leaking test it was not it. The leaked is on the around the drain pipe exterior through cement. I wonder if you can give me some of your expert advise on how to correct this leak problem before install the new tiles.

[AsktheBuilder]

@Snowcatclaw Go to my AsktheBuilder shopping cart. I have a product there where you can buy a 15-Minute Consult with me. Perhaps I can coach you over the phone.

[DavidoBambino]

I like your advice about wetting the rubber float and the tile before grouting. I also pre-seal the tile when I tile with some simple tile spray sealant to make it's surface less porous and it really helped when I went to clean it up after the grout dried.

[kittinplus4]

last year I tiled & grouted my bathroom floor getting an amazingly good result just from watching your videos here. This year I tiled and grouted my kitchen walls and boy do they look great. Keep up the good work, a million thanks for your detailed and well shot videos and one small tip: perhaps in the future you could show a wall tiling video with just the tips on what differs from when tiling on horizontal surfaces.

[AsktheBuilder]

@kittinplus4 You're welcome. This video series is coming down this weekend. Well, the last two videos at least. I'm not giving away all the information about how to do stuff for free any longer. This *free* model is not working at all. There's no money in it. You lucked out. There is going to be a fantastic series showing how to install tile on a wall, backsplash, etc. But you'll pay to see it.

[kittinplus4]

@AsktheBuilder no problem, it was very helpful and I've learned a lot. Good luck with the DVD / paid versions!

[genuineaid]

Awesome and simple, Love it!

[auxbel]

can you strike @ an angle with the rubber float on the edges near the wall too?

[mun268]

Hi Mr. Carter: I know you are filtering comments. I,m doing it for some of my videos too. But if you are filtering off all of negatives or ironical comments, all comments left look too much sugar coated and don't look natural. Also, I think, people are thankful too much. It is possible that people can think that all comments was set up artificially. I have nothing against you, just friendly advice. Leave couple of negatives and then give an appropriate respond. You can start with this one.

[AsktheBuilder]

@mun268 Dear Mun268, Did you read my Comment Policy on my main channel page? If not, I highly recommend you do so. It will absolutely make sense to you then.

[SuperUncleHo]

Thank you so much !

[72kdubb]

Tim, you are the MAN!!! Wonderful videos!!!

[ideatikastudio]

Hello there! i just have to say THANK YOU! I'm from Guadalajara Mexico and all your videos, tecniques, tips, what you share, as been very helpfull to me. I'm a Pro Musician and coming soon i become a mexican Tim Carter's version, thanks to your videos and articles, Thank you very much! again. Tim your knowledge is a gift

that's what i call collective inteligence, for things like this the internet and chanels like you tube worthwhile. I send you a big hug from mexico! Thanks!

[HarlequinPink]

Great video!

[komentattor]

wow, thanks man :) great video.

[Mesaman0825]

excellent video.... I think I'm ready to tackle the bathroom floor!

[twistedjproductionz]

im new to doing tile in i tiled my bathroom in shower an grouted it but in a hallway i tiled it in grouted it and the grout keeps comeing out

[AsktheBuilder]

@twistedjproductionz Watch all the videos is this series again. Do what I do.

[VContino1]

This us the first time that I viewed your video(s). My husband and I just tiled out bathroom floor for the first time. Your Grout video not only makes total sense- but you showed me the reason that the "pro's" messed our kitchen floor up. There is a 1/8" depression in the grout lines in my kitchen floor. 3 months after the kitchen floor was put in- the grout began to chip and crack.

Now that You have shown me the proper way- my husband and I can tackle recruiting the kitchen too.

Thank you!

[AsktheBuilder]

@VContino1 You're most welcome. You can help me now. I need you to tell the world about these videos, and MORE IMPORTANTLY, my AsktheBuilder website. I need lots of traffic so that I can continue to create more videos. Please do everything you can to spread the word.

[Baseball7174]

Thanks for these great videos. My husband laid our bathroom tile and then left to go out of town the next day. I was left to clean up and grout and I think I"m ready after watching your videos. I'll let ya know how it goes.

[AsktheBuilder]

@Baseball7174 You can do it! We'd love to see a video on your channel once done. I'll make it a video response if you alert me.

[Hozebeast]

Thanks dude!!

[EuropeFactor]

This is epic! Thanks for this

[andyortaseven]

I grouted my countertops and the grout looks white when it is suppose to be mocha.

What am i doing wrong.Someone told me I am using to much water.When i wipe it down it gets darker but when it dries it goes back to a white film like.

[kissmysnakesazz]

thats all it takes is log on to internet and ask and learn how to do it yourself, instead of paying some idiots arm and a leg for a job you can do your self...thanx for taking your time and explaning everything in details! i just saved my self ton of going back and fixing mistakes .

[Scotmanly]

Thanks for your instructions and tips. With your guidance, I laid and grouted my tiles...and they look great!! Thanks again!

[AsktheBuilder]

@Scotmanly Tape a video! Show us the final product. Send to me as a video response. Be sure in the video you mention you used my tips for your video to make sense. Thanks!

[Scotmanly]

@AsktheBuilder The tiles I laid and grouted are around a new corner fireplace that I built in the dining room. The total corner unit is not yet finished. However, when I complete the unit and paint the dining room, I will try sending a video response. Thanks again for your valuable guidence and tips!

[humantestdummy]

tim the tool man carter

[cuibaprau]

thank you a lot. I glad with all the thing you shared with us

[RussWalt007]

Thank you, Tim. This rookie is about to try a grout job.

[dabuik1]

yes- thanks very much 

[tmestancik]

This video is very helpful... thanks Tim.

i have never grouted in my life and was an expert at this only due to this video.

[gardogg65]

It would help if you labeled the videos in their title with "Part 2 of 4" so that we can see they are part of a series and where we are in the series...

[AsktheBuilder]

@gardogg65 I believe they are labeled that way.... inside the video.

[wake4wake]

Finally I found quality how to videos!!! Thank you!!! These video's are extremely helpful!!!

[AsktheBuilder]

@wake4wake You're most welcome. You can help me by telling as many as you can about them. I have to have lots of views to make it worthwhile to do them.

[Photoshoptuts91]

I just grouted my shower and floor!

[medic9five]

For the first time I have put a natural stone backsplash in my kitchen. ( I have never laid tile before) . i have a pre mixed grout. I have a trowel I have patients. Do you have a video about grouting that?

[whiteguylarry]

Wow, thanks. This was a huge help! I just finished grouting my first floor. I really didn't have a clue how to do it, but it came out beautiful thanks to your videos. On a side note, instead of ceramic tiles, I used vinyl tiles that be set with grout. They honestly look like ceramics, but aren't as cold as ceramic tiles. The room I put them in sits on a concrete slab so thats important. They were very easy to cut, probably much more so than a ceramic. Got them at Menard's. Thanks again!!

[AsktheBuilder]

There is a risk to a small degree. I would mix no more than a gallon at a time. Use COLD water to slow down the hardening of the grout in the bucket. That will extend the work time for you. Your BEST strategy, since you're a grasshopper, is to go spend $50 on some scrap tile and glue this to a piece of underlayment that you lay down on your garage floor. Grout it for practice to see how much you can handle at a time.

[tooldude4u]

Thank you for your many helpful videos. However I want to see a video showing how to regrout an existing tile floor that has become cracked and stained. specifically an shower tile floor. where can i see this?

[kobedarott]

nice lesson

[alarytube]

You Da Man!!!

[BrickintheWall562]

Tim, your video really has helped us out. There is nothing like actually seeing an expert do the work. Your videos are worth a thousand books!

[kkbose]

after the grout has dried does that provides a smooth finish like the ceramic itself if not how that smooth can be achieved since it is required for hygiene while cleaning the floor i guss by covering the joints by some kind of shiney adhesive coating or varnish or ay other material for purpose can it be done

[AsktheBuilder]

It's pretty tough to get sanded grout smooth as the tile glaze. Just use oxygen bleach each week when you clean to sanitize the grout and tile. Get it at the StainSolver website.

[raida357]

Another great instructional video. Thank you!

[Luke010506]

awesome tutorial

[2009sunnydays]

Thank you so much. You don't know what great timing this is for me since I'm grouting tomorrow and have never grouted before. You provided so many good types.

[AsktheBuilder]

Let us know how it came out!!

[CanadianPerspective]

Mr. AsktheBuilder, you're a super sweet wholesome man. LOL! no worries, I'm not hitting on you! On top of that, you are an amazing teacher! Thank-you so much for sharing your skills with all of us here! Many of us admire you for that! Once again thank-you!

[AsktheBuilder]

Thanks! (Blushing) :->>

[POTTLEDEE]

Please tell me you normally wear kneepads. My knees hurt just watching.

[AsktheBuilder]

I do. My favorite pads were 1,000 miles away when we taped this video.

[gutharius]

Tim, do you have to put the grout down before the thinset has dried? Or can you wait a day or two after laying the tile?

[AsktheBuilder]

The thinset must be dried, and preferably, cured. The tiles are very tender and susceptible to movement without dried grout locking them in place. When grouting you must be very careful about twisting your knees. The tiles can handle compressive pressure from above, but twisting motion can rip them lose from the thinset.

[gutharius]

Very helpful! Thank you sooo much!

[kgeorgeson]

great video and great tips. I'm going to be tiling my bathrooms very soon so the timing of this is perfect. thanks! and 5 stars!

[torontomapleleafer]

Man, Tim, your home improvement videos are epic! You make all those daunting tasks seem so easy when you show us how to do it. I remember now why I am such a big fan of your videos.

Take care,

Greg

[AsktheBuilder]

Thanks! Some things are indeed hard to do. But grouting is not one of them. You just need to know some of the secret tips I've discovered over the years. That's what I try to share.

[huy6006]

Hi Is there any fast and right way to remove the existing basement tiles?

[mortson978]

tim i've never done grout before. i would have tried to feed the grout between the tiles with an icing bag, or something of the sort.

[Reed12223]

I love how you explain everything so perfectly because every time i click to see one of these videos i have this preconceived notion that i know how to do it....turns out you make a point in saying that my ideas of how to do it are wrong! haha thank you so much!

[DIEBUNNYHATER]

Awesome!!! Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!! As always, some GREAT advice!

[AsktheBuilder]

Thanks! Pass the good word to all that this video is here. I need traffic to the videos to make it worthwhile to invest the time producing them.

[StevenJamesJ]

5* vid

[blueghist]

Nice tips :::)

[bearwoodcarpentry]

take care of those knees Tim ! good vid