I was wondering if anyone can suggest something like a panel I can fix
over the top of the tiles in my shower. I am sick to death of dirty
grout! I've been reading about Mermaid Panels. Does anyone know of
anything else?

Thanks
Christine

Christine wrote:
I was wondering if anyone can suggest something like a panel I can fix
over the top of the tiles in my shower. I am sick to death of dirty
grout! I've been reading about Mermaid Panels. Does anyone know of
anything else?

I've used Mermaid panels, and they are very good but they do have one
drawback - you can't scrub them very hard without scratching them. This
is fine unless like us you have very hard water which deposits huge
amounts of limescale which needs to be scrubbed off.

The panels are made of very high quality ~11mm thick ply, faced with a
tough patterned melamine sheet. I've had several bits of panel sitting
outside for 2.5 years, with constant weather exosure, and they look
fine. No de-lamination.

--
Grunff

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Christine wrote:
I was wondering if anyone can suggest something like a panel I can fix
over the top of the tiles in my shower. I am sick to death of dirty
grout! I've been reading about Mermaid Panels. Does anyone know of
anything else?

Panels must have joints in them - if only at corners etc - which will get
equally dirty.

Regrout in a colour other than white - you can mix a tiny amount of
emulsion to get the colour of your choice.

--
*If God had wanted me to touch my toes, he would have put them on my knees

Dave Plowman London SW
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Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

Panels must have joints in them - if only at corners etc - which will get
equally dirty.

Mermaid supply aluminium extrusions for both straight joins, inside
corners and outside corners. The panels fit into these very snugly, and
all that's required is a small amount of silicone which is not visible
once the panles are installed.

--
Grunff

I am sick to death of dirty grout!

When you grout, seal it with something like Lithofin KF StainStop. Then it
doesn't get dirty and is easily cleaned.

Christian.

Thanks for all your answers! I'm a bit worried about the hard water
problem. I did try completely regrouting, but only got through a few
tiles. In places the grout line is so thin that it was really hard
work to get the grout out, which I'm not opposed to but my patience
doesn't hold out! At the moment I use one of these tile whitener
liquids, but this is horrible, messy stuff, and I can't clean it off
without wiping the grout.

I think that the plumbers who installed my shower didn't take enough
care. They just laid the tiles on 100 year old walls and it's given
the tiles contours that Ordnance Survey would be proud of!

Christine

On 19 Jul 2004 13:05:10 -0700, (Christine) wrote:

Thanks for all your answers! I'm a bit worried about the hard water
problem. I did try completely regrouting, but only got through a few
tiles. In places the grout line is so thin that it was really hard
work to get the grout out, which I'm not opposed to but my patience
doesn't hold out! At the moment I use one of these tile whitener
liquids, but this is horrible, messy stuff, and I can't clean it off
without wiping the grout.

I think that the plumbers who installed my shower didn't take enough
care. They just laid the tiles on 100 year old walls and it's given
the tiles contours that Ordnance Survey would be proud of!

Christine

Hi,

A steam cleaner is good for cleaning or even removing grout.

cheers,
Pete.