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Grouts, sealants help ease the task at hand

Floor Covering News

“It’s important for exterior installations to be protected from the [prospect] of efflorescence,” said Ian O’Connor, product manager, grout, care and tools, Custom Building Products. He recommended a rapid-setting, high-performance cement grout as well as a rapid-set, high-performance mortar. Custom Building Products.

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Metropolitan Mastery

Diary of a Tile Addict

After all, this is one of the long-established staples of the tile retailer’s arsenal, alongside quarry tiles, black and white contrasts, and simulated marbles. The second is that this is a range that has clearly been designed to work with, and take advantage, of the current generation of coloured grouts.

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Queries and Quandaries: Stone Tile on Exterior Balcony

StoneDimensions

The amount of water that is experienced by the surface, the pitch of the surface slope, the permeability of the stone, and the permeability of the grout are all factors as to what amount of water penetrates the bed. The setting bed beneath the tile will achieve varying levels of saturation. newsletter queries and quandaries technical'

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