Tile Repairs & Re-grouting in Stone

Post-war bathrooms and kitchens in Stone were tiled in an era when the tile choices were fewer and the grouting products less sophisticated than today. After twenty, thirty, or forty years, the grout in these rooms shows it — darkened in the shower corners, crumbling where the substrate behind it has moved slightly, or simply past the point where scrubbing achieves anything meaningful.

A few cracked tiles from a dropped object, or silicone that has gone from white to an unshiftable grey, compound the impression of a room that has seen better days. In most cases, the answer is not a full retile — which involves significant disruption, cost, and waste — but targeted repair work done by someone who understands what the underlying problem actually is.

Gee takes on repair and re-grouting jobs in Stone and across DA9. He has been doing this kind of work alongside his new installation jobs since 2016, and he approaches it with the same attention he brings to a full bathroom renovation.

A poorly done repair — grout colour that does not match, a replacement tile that sits 2mm proud of its neighbours, silicone applied without properly removing the old — is more noticeable than the original problem. Getting it right requires care.

He is also candid about whether repair is the right approach in a given situation. If the tiles are sound and the substrate is stable, re-grouting and resealing is the answer.

If the grout is failing because the adhesive behind the tiles is starting to go, that is a different conversation — and one Gee will have honestly rather than taking the job and leaving you with the same problem six months later.