Bathroom Shower Tile Maintenance

Posted by AltheaLubin on January 26th, 2019

One of the most common calls we receive here in my home repair business are for bathroom shower tile repairs. Failed bathroom shower tile is an expensive deal. Fortunately, there is one simple, inexpensive step you can take to avoid expensive bathroom shower tile repairs in your home.

Before this step we should know the reason why bathroom tiles fail.

Whether you have shower tiles coming off the wall, tiles that is molding or falling out, water intrusion behind the tile or the shower Silicone Tile Repairs which itself is leaking, there is generally one common cause. That cause is water penetrating infiltrating the tile backing. Often, this results in slow processed in the tile grout lines, deterioration of the adhesive between the tile and the tile backer.

We can save this situation by following some steps

Bathroom Shower Tile Must Be Periodically Sealed

Tile is porous, meaning that it actually allows some water to penetrate it. It must be sealed regularly to maintain its moisture resistance. If there are holes, cracks, or even invisible fissures in your tile lines, water will find its way in to cause slow growth, tile adhesive failure and damage of shower due to water. Often, tiled showers installation over a finished space are responsible for wood rot, damage due to dryness in wall and slow growth in a home. Therefore, properly maintaining the water resistance of your tile shower will not only prevent expensive damages to the bathroom itself, but also other areas of your house.

Examples for Bathroom Shower Tile Failure

Look in your own shower for any grout lines that are failing or tiles that are damaging. You can also see if water has made its way behind the grout lines if you can see any mold growth in them. There isn't anything one can do to fix a shower disaster in this condition. It must be diminished and a new tile shower built in its place.

If water intrusion has destroyed the grout, tile adhesive and/or the tile backer, a repair project like this will cost you about some thousand dollars. So please, take astep to the following advice to maintain your shower and tile repair, as such maintenance takes precious time and money.

If a problem develops in your shower, react it immediately to prevent more expensive damage. We recently helped a client who acted very quick upon noting some mold growth and water staining in their shower tile. We were able to clean the tile, replace a few areas of failed grout without removing the tile and then seal the entire shower. Consequently, a few hundred dollars in repairing avoided a multi-thousand-dollar catastrophe for this client.

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