Flooring blog | chipped tiles, grout and bath joints
Flooring guides on a chipped tile: kit price or a visit, colour match, epoxy or wax, hollow sound, heated floors, a rented bath, sheen, grout and vinyl.
How often to reseal a bath: yearly look, then the signs
You are wiping the shower screen and a dark line sits in the corner where the bath meets the wall. The bead looks older than the tiles, and the pages
Chipped tile repair cost UK: kit price or the visit
You drop a mug, or a pan clips the edge, and one corner of glaze is gone. The tile is still stuck down. The chipped tile repair cost UK pages you open
Colour match porcelain chip: start lighter than the tile
The chip is the size of a fingernail, in a beige porcelain floor tile by the bathroom door, and the kit has a white paste plus a few tiny pots. Colour
Epoxy or wax tile repair: which filler fits the chip
You are crouched beside a chipped floor tile with two boxes from the same search. One holds hard wax bars. The other holds two tubes of paste. Epoxy o
Glossy tile repair on matt tile: why the patch shines
You filled a fingernail-sized chip on a matt floor tile, and the bathroom downlight now catches a bright disc about the width of a 5p. The colour is c
Cracked grout or cracked tile: which line failed
You notice a pale line on the bathroom floor, and the kit in the basket says it fills cracks. The question cracked grout or cracked tile decides which
Hollow sounding floor tile: a void, not a loose tile
You tapped a floor tile with a knuckle and it answered like a drum. A hollow sounding floor tile means there is a void under that tile. It does not, o
Chipped Bath: Tenant or Landlord — Who Repairs It?
You have spotted a pale chip in the bath, or perhaps a bottle slipped and caused it. The immediate question is usually chipped bath: tenant or landlor
Underfloor Heating Cracked Tiles: Repair or Replace?
A fine mark across a warm kitchen tile can look like a simple filling job, but underfloor heating cracked tiles are often telling you about movement b
Vinyl Floor Scratch or Tile Chip: Use the Right Fix
A dropped pan can leave a vinyl floor scratch or tile chip that looks like the same small problem: a pale line, a dark nick or a missing fleck. The re