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We’re answering questions about grout! If you’ve ever walked into a shower and seen cracked grout, missing joints, or powdery lines, it’s not random—and it’s definitely not just “normal wear and tear.” Grout failure is almost always a symptom of something underneath or a shortcut taken during install. Let’s break down the most common causes

So, in our recent series of Reacting to Tile Tik Toks, we came across this video about Luxury Stone Tile that starts with: “you’ll see this in every home soon”. I’m like… will you? It’s always interesting to see these bold claims about trends on social media. But anyways, we wanted to expand a bit

Waterproofing can make or break a shower… If you’ve been in the tile world long enough, you’ve seen some weird stuff. Loose tiles, funky grout, showers that smell like a swamp… but every once in a while, you open up a wall and find something that really makes you stop for a second. I’m talking

We are doing a series where we react to popular tile tik-toks, check it out here! At first glance, this tile installer looks like he knows exactly what he’s doing. The thinset is going down smoothly. The motion is quick, confident—even satisfying to watch. But we found 3 things… let’s break it down. 1. Spreading

This clip is from a recent video we did where we react to tile tik toks. We react to a short video where someone is literally walking on wet tile (not water wet, but fresh thinset underneath the tile wet!)… and yeah—this is one of those things that might look fine in the moment, but

We did a fun video in which we reacted to tile tik toks, and came across this clip of a lady “installing” (?) a mosaic tile on a floor… And then… she starts spreading grout… with a duster? We were like… what? We’re starting to see more and more of this: AI-generated or AI-altered tile videos.

Before we talk about thinset… We did a video where we react to some popular tile TikTok videos. It was fun and we saw some interesting stuff. As we expected, it was a mixed bag. With a ton of good info if you’re someone who’s looking for education, but also bad practices and subpar advice.

Caulk in shower corners? not just corners, but all change of planes! We did a video recently where we reacted to popular tile tik toks.  If you follow the Tile Tik Tok world at all, you’ll be familiar with That Tile Chick, (Go Follow her!) she makes great value content for tile lovers like us