Sarah reached out to me a few days ago. Six months ago, she had a new master shower installed with a marble tile floor. The pieces of marble are small 1-inch hexagons. Sarah’s finding impossible to keep the grout clean.
Fortunately, she uploaded a high-resolution photo of the tile floor via my Ask Tim page AsktheBuilder.com. That photo allowed me to zero in on what I believe is the source of the problem.
Sarah’s conundrum reminded me of a contentious email exchange I had with another reader about 10 years ago. That memory caused me to think long and hard about how I’d respond to Sarah. You see, all those years ago the other reader claimed I had ruined her tile floor….