HeyBub wrote:
Just out of idle curiosity, why grout for floor tile?

To fill up the joints so dirt doesn't. What's that you say? Lay the tiles
"tight" so there is no joint? Good luck in doing that - even if the tile
has straight, 90 degree edges.

When I lived in Mexico my apartment had a floor laid like that (as did many
other residences). Actually, it wasn't tile in the normal sense, it was
what is called "mosaica". That is like terrazo made into uniformly sized
pieces and is laid like tile but "tight". Looks like hell. There were
always a fair number of offset pieces either horizontally or vertically.
The fix was to fill any gaps with white cement (the mosaica was made with
white cement). After filling it still looked like hell.

The grout joint also helps firm up the tile by helping to prevent rocking
should the tile not be totally supported on the bottom. Some of us also
find the pattern from the joints to be esthetically pleasing.

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