Bathroom metro tiles

gadget88

I have white metro tiles grey grout but I wish I went for white grout. Black is constantly building mould in them daily and it’s hard to spot. Anyway I tiled onto of existing tiles so what could I do? Was told I can’t change grout? There’s wet wall rooms? Maybe they can remove those tiles not sure how it would affect ones under it? Trying to clean is annoying as the mould gets stuck between finger nails. 

FreeBear

You can get grout removal blades for multitools and Dremels quite easily. They do require a little care in use to avoid damaging the tiles. You could even use a small carbide scraper by hand, but it would be slow going... Fortunately, you don't need to remove all the grout - Just go down 4-5mm, and then apply some in your chosen colour.

gadget88

FreeBear said:

You can get grout removal blades for multitools and Dremels quite easily. They do require a little care in use to avoid damaging the tiles. You could even use a small carbide scraper by hand, but it would be slow going... Fortunately, you don't need to remove all the grout - Just go down 4-5mm, and then apply some in your chosen colour.

Thanks I tried to get someone to do this job last year and had no luck? Too small a job how much would I expect to pay to have it removed and replaced with white grout?

FreeBear

gadget88 said:

FreeBear said:

You can get grout removal blades for multitools and Dremels quite easily. They do require a little care in use to avoid damaging the tiles. You could even use a small carbide scraper by hand, but it would be slow going... Fortunately, you don't need to remove all the grout - Just go down 4-5mm, and then apply some in your chosen colour.

Thanks I tried to get someone to do this job last year and had no luck? Too small a job how much would I expect to pay to have it removed and replaced with white grout?

Depends on the size of the area, access, and which type of tradesman you use. Some will charge a daily rate, others might settle for an hourly one. A specialist tiler is likely to be more expensive, but hopefully quicker. A general purpose multiskilled handyman may be cheaper, but possibly take longer to do the job.

Material costs would be negligible, and depending on where you are in the country, £200-300 day rate seems to be the norm for most trades (London, more expensive).

casper_gutman

I wouldn't recommend white grout as some sort of panacea for people who don't like cleaning mould. I would have thought a darker colour would be more ... forgiving?

rach_k

Instead of focusing on the grout, can you do something about the mould?  I understand a few spots on the ceiling that appear over months, but you shouldn't be getting new mould daily, especially over the summer.  Is the bathroom ventilated?  

jonnydeppiwish!

I had similar and would never get a light grout again. The staining in them is unproven, whatever you may try. Dark grout hides a lot - just spray some of the HG bleach foam every few months over it