If you want your shower grout to last as long as you live in your house then you’ll want to take great care of it. Grout is designed to repel water in order to provide years of use when maintained. Notice we said maintained. When we say maintained we don’t mean spraying it with shower cleaner once […]
Tile Cleaning Birmingham AL – It’s Time to Clean Your Tile!
Announcing a new business venture by the owners of Andy OnCall Birmingham, The Tile Cleaner, LLC. The same owners that you trust for your home repairs has the cleaning technology to completely restore your tile and grout to its new state quickly and easily. Has your tile been dirty so long that you forgot what […]
How To Clean Grout
The grout around your tiles, and possibly around your tub and sink, is a mortar-like compound of water, sand, and cement. It dries quickly and becomes rock-hard. It usually comes in white, but it can be stained almost any color. The other stuff that looks like grout and can even go over grout to seal […]
Keeping Tile Clean
Ceramic and porcelain tile will not be damaged by most common household cleaners. It would take something very caustic chemical to mar the finish on a hard fired, glazed tile; certainly not a chemical that you would have indoors. The grout between the tiles, on the other hand, is directly affected by what chemicals you […]
Sealing Grout
Experts recommend thoroughly sealing your grout after any new tile work is done, but even those who have sealed it back when their floor, shower surround, or backsplash is newly completed should break out the sealer regularly to keep that nice protective coating on your grout. You don’t absolutely have to, but it really cuts […]