If you need a job done right... Read the entire British Standard
"The other job I hired someone to do was the floor tiling. As we were turning it into a wetroom, I wasn't confident at the time on creating the angle for the water to drain correctly. I have to say, the pattern and initial instal was beautiful and good work, however... despite knowing that this was clearly going to be a wetroom, he used normal grout on the floor, which started to wash away after a month or so, water started coming through the light fitting in the dining room when we showered.
We couldn't get hold of the guy who fitted it to fix his issue. We re-grouted ourselves with different grout suitable for swimming pools which put us without a shower for 2 weeks while it fully set.
Six months later, the floor is leaking again. Hours of research later, I read the entirety of the British Standard for tiling and discover that for large tiles and wetrooms, you need a bigger gap for the grout between tiles to allow for movement with temperature change and foot traffic.
The gap installed by the tiler was about 2mm. It should be between 4-6mm!
I now have to take up the whole floor and start again, but at least I know what I am doing this time around."
Rachael Rayne
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