Hey! Anyone has experience and advice about regrouting?
Anyone tried Dr.Grout before? Their Ads have been popping up my social media ( all that algorithm doing its work) . Before engaging them with their year end promo hope to get some reviews and advice about regrouting.

Regrouting query:
I have a new property, a sub sale 10-15yr old house.
The hall tiles are good however the grout is grey/blackish and makes the tiles seem dull, it seems to be a waste for retiling , not sure if tiles can be polished either so if possible I’d like to regrout the tiles.

Thank you In advance!

get an indonesian maybe cheaper

or watch some youtube :X

This post has been edited by anakkk: Dec 23 2023, 09:01 PM

If the grout is still there and not eroded away, you could try cleaning it with baking soda or carefully wuth diluted bleach. There are grout products which can be applied over the old cleaned grout like fuga fresca which could be useful if your tile is non-porous.

did regrouting costing about rm3.5 psf
happy with the result

Whqt grout they use? Mapei?

China one.

i used mapei in my bathroom. its coming off after few months

Mix the sika water proof susu and the grout cement for more strength.

Rephrased from words my dad who is 40+ years of experience contractor d, who also did everything in our house's renovation.

If you keep saving cost and finding inexperienced tilers or Indonesians, you will forever keep wanting to do regrouting every once in a while. I trust my dad's words cause our house renovated 14+ years ago d and the grouts still look pitch black or still milky white like new, everywhere from the kitchen to the bathroom. Never a single tile being hollowed underneath or fallen off after so long.

I'm not experienced in this by any way, I never picked up the trade from him. I just see the results from my own house and the houses he worked in. Not a single complaint of his workmanship after so many years. And believe me when I say the worksmanship on the tiles is worth much more than the tiles themselves. If the grout turns bad or changes colour, your floor or wall will keep looking bad no matter how good or expensive of tiles you chose.

But sad thing is hard to find ppl who are so meticulous in tiling anymore as all don't think of long-term results, my dad is probably one of the last still in the trade that refuses to do things the easy way. At least that's what he told me when lamenting about the next generation of contractors. I wouldn't know, my dad always did everything in the house.

This post has been edited by holynoob: Mar 1 2024, 02:10 PM

I agree with you about workmanship quality. Generally, labour cost of tiling is always more expensive than the tile itself.
But the new generation tilers also lament about the older gen. Most older gen will refuse to do tiles larger than 2x4. Most wont know how to use 2 part epoxy grout. Some dont even use notched trowel. Heck, some even tell you they can do better level manually than using levelling clips.

Could you share who did your regrouting?

the company is kent grout solution
can search them up on fb

HI, mind sharing your experience of grouting after a year now? Did you do it for your toilet and does it long lasting?