Selfbuildnewbie Posted July 15 Share Posted July 15 The mastic man is here this week which means the bathroom floors have finally been uncovered…..to reveal grout on the floor which looks a totally different color to that on the walls! Eugh, we thought we were getting so close to the end! The tiler swears he used the same grout color for both the wall and floor - I’m super skeptical to be honest (see picture). We also chose a slightly lighter grout for the other bathroom, and mistakes happen. Anyway, he says the difference is due to the wall tile being ceramic and the floor being porcelain. The tile shop says the difference is due to the light. I think it could (possibly, maybe, if you really squint) be a combination of light and the gaps between the tiles. Can anyone hazard a guess as to what reason could be true, and how it might be reasonably improved. Current best suggestion is to just buy a few more shades of grout and trial them until we get a reasonable match and ask the tiler to come back and see if he can scrape the top layer and re-do. It really does look terrible! Many thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nod Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 Two different colours Floor should always be done last 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 Might have been the same grout colour but a different batch? Tbh though I'd say two different colours. Is that a line of skinny, circa 1" wide tiles, ska "rips" in the corner or a vertical pencil mark? I did my floor first. Then brought the wall tiles down to a consistent 1mm off the floor tiles. Where I effed up was by not using a tile levelling system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelvin Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 Likely two different colours. However, the same grout colour can look very different depending in the tile colour and the way light falls on it. We had exactly that issue in the bathroom so tried different colours to get a match. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russdl Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 15 minutes ago, Onoff said: Is that a line of skinny, circa 1" wide tiles, ska "rips" in the corner or a vertical pencil mark? Good spot, that does look like a line of very skinny rips. 7 hours ago, Selfbuildnewbie said: The tiler swears he used the same grout color for both the wall and floor - I’m super skeptical If you take a relatively close up photo with flash ‘on’ of the wall tiles/grout and the same for the floor tiles/grout that should put that argument to bed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selfbuildnewbie Posted July 16 Author Share Posted July 16 I’ll try this, thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selfbuildnewbie Posted July 16 Author Share Posted July 16 41 minutes ago, Russdl said: If you take a relatively close up photo with flash ‘on’ of the wall tiles/grout and the same for the floor tiles/grout that should put that argument to bed. I’ll try this, thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selfbuildnewbie Posted July 16 Author Share Posted July 16 1 hour ago, Onoff said: Is that a line of skinny, circa 1" wide tiles, ska "rips" in the corner or a vertical pencil mark? Skinny tiles, you’re right. To be honest I didn’t spot them from standing so didn’t question it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nod Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 1 hour ago, Selfbuildnewbie said: I’ll try this, thank you If they look different They are Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 1 hour ago, Selfbuildnewbie said: Skinny tiles, you’re right. To be honest I didn’t spot them from standing so didn’t question it. Poor planning there. I did exactly the same at the ceiling. As I'd fitted new ceiling joists I should have just counter battened. Wouldn't have had to hunt down 2.7m plasterboard either! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selfbuildnewbie Posted July 16 Author Share Posted July 16 2 hours ago, Onoff said: Poor planning there. I did exactly the same at the ceiling. As I'd fitted new ceiling joists I should have just counter battened. Wouldn't have had to hunt down 2.7m plasterboard either! I’m sure this will go down like a lead balloon - but it’s above eye height so hopefully you’ll eventually forget it’s there looks lovely though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 18 minutes ago, Selfbuildnewbie said: I’m sure this will go down like a lead balloon - but it’s above eye height so hopefully you’ll eventually forget it’s there looks lovely though! To hide some of my poor tiling, where tbh you could hang your coat, I fittted..... .....a dimmer switch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 Is it me or is the grout in those vertical rips done level? Maybe to try and hide them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pocster Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 😊👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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