- Jun 18, 2015
- 712
- Pool Size
- 11000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
Hi all - rather than post yet another question on my huge renovation post that no one will see - I thought I’d create a little post here. I need to know if this is going to be ok.
The renovation saga continues. After our disastrous first tile job last year and now the second tile job almost completely finished ..... it was discovered today that we need two additional bags of grout. When I called to reorder, I was told that I wasn’t ordering the correct product - that instead of Laticrete Permacolor that I had originally ordered, returned a few days later and swapped out for another color and had redelivered last spring - was actually Laticrete REGULAR 1500 Sanded Grout - NOT Permacolor. I wasn’t the one to pick it up and never checked the new bags - as we did an even swap for another color of the same grout purchased and listed on the original order - never even occurred to me. First mistake. Our original installer verified that the color was correct once received and I thought all was well. ?*??
After ALL of this - the grout is not what we want. The tile distributor says we can either clean out the existing grout (for what, 10,000 little itty bitty tiles??) or just stick with the 1500 grout which “should be fine even though it’s not as good for pools as Permacolor.” OMG. Is this ever going to end???? It’s not the new installers fault. I’m stupidly contracting all of this. So yep - MY fault.
Therefore, my question is this - ARE we ok with regular old sanded grout and NOT the Permacolor epoxy grout FORMULATED for pools?
If the regular sanded grout is fine, then why would there be a newer, better, non-cracking alternative??
I guess there is no choice here, but it would help me sleep better tonight if any of you have regular sanded grout with glass mosaic tile and it’s performing well.
My concerns are many. There are a few large grout lines in one corner where a wall meets a step and then the waterline. I’m concerned about this. The installer made the decision as he felt it looked better than little silvers of tile. I’m guessing easier too.
Will attach a few photos here. Please note that this is a renovation of an existing pool with issues - and we are tiling an area that was never meant to be tiled. The tile itself is an irregularly rustic cut mosaic.
Out of square shell + glass mosaic tile = not optimal conditions. I’m trying hard to be accepting and understanding that this was a tough job. Nevertheless, I would have made different decisions if I had been laying out the tile.
We were told the waterline tile which obviously doesn’t have enough grout applied was 100% “finished.” I almost cut my hand running it across the surface that I couldn’t see as I was crouched down over it. When we spoke to the installer who has been calling and calling wanted to come by and pick up a check for the “finished” job and how he could think that - he exclaimed “well I ran out of grout!” ?*??
The renovation saga continues. After our disastrous first tile job last year and now the second tile job almost completely finished ..... it was discovered today that we need two additional bags of grout. When I called to reorder, I was told that I wasn’t ordering the correct product - that instead of Laticrete Permacolor that I had originally ordered, returned a few days later and swapped out for another color and had redelivered last spring - was actually Laticrete REGULAR 1500 Sanded Grout - NOT Permacolor. I wasn’t the one to pick it up and never checked the new bags - as we did an even swap for another color of the same grout purchased and listed on the original order - never even occurred to me. First mistake. Our original installer verified that the color was correct once received and I thought all was well. ?*??
After ALL of this - the grout is not what we want. The tile distributor says we can either clean out the existing grout (for what, 10,000 little itty bitty tiles??) or just stick with the 1500 grout which “should be fine even though it’s not as good for pools as Permacolor.” OMG. Is this ever going to end???? It’s not the new installers fault. I’m stupidly contracting all of this. So yep - MY fault.
Therefore, my question is this - ARE we ok with regular old sanded grout and NOT the Permacolor epoxy grout FORMULATED for pools?
If the regular sanded grout is fine, then why would there be a newer, better, non-cracking alternative??
I guess there is no choice here, but it would help me sleep better tonight if any of you have regular sanded grout with glass mosaic tile and it’s performing well.
My concerns are many. There are a few large grout lines in one corner where a wall meets a step and then the waterline. I’m concerned about this. The installer made the decision as he felt it looked better than little silvers of tile. I’m guessing easier too.
Will attach a few photos here. Please note that this is a renovation of an existing pool with issues - and we are tiling an area that was never meant to be tiled. The tile itself is an irregularly rustic cut mosaic.
We were told the waterline tile which obviously doesn’t have enough grout applied was 100% “finished.” I almost cut my hand running it across the surface that I couldn’t see as I was crouched down over it. When we spoke to the installer who has been calling and calling wanted to come by and pick up a check for the “finished” job and how he could think that - he exclaimed “well I ran out of grout!” ?*??
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