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Default Cracking grout

Yeah that picture was taken after the glass was removed and the tile/grout
fixed -- but before the glass was reinstalled.

Actually, the glass installers were here this morning and based off of
comments I had here, I had the glass reinstalled instead of the the rest
removed. I will fix the grout with the glass installed. The glass is very
thick and super heavy so it probably is caused by the weight or something.

In any case, I do have another somewhat related question.

Is it normal for grout to have air holes? It is not /everywhere/ but there
are several places which have air holes in the grout. For example:
http://www.rapture.org/shower/013.jpg
http://www.rapture.org/shower/014.jpg
http://www.rapture.org/shower/015.jpg

Is this normal or should I be covering the holes up with more grout? The
grout is well sealed, but I don't know how far back those holes go...

Thanks for all the comments!


"dadiOH" wrote in message
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I don't see any glass in this photo. Rather hard to tell since your
photos - especially the closeups - are way out of focus. However...

1. If by "glass" you mean the pieces of aluminum screwed to the tile in
which the door fits fits then you shouldn't be using grout there. Use
caulk.

2. If you are talking about areas where tile abuts wood trim then you
could
use either caulk or grout; however, it is likely that there will always be
sme cracking if grout is used due to the difference of
expansion/contraction
of the two materials. Moreover, if the rim was painted before grouting
(likely) the grout won't stick well to it and you'd most likely have a
hairline crack at the grout/wood junction. Won't hurt anything...

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dadiOH