Continued Grout Deterioration in Master Bath

Back in February, I did a blog entry about the floor tile in the master bathroom coming loose and even cracking. At the end of that month, Peter LaRoque (of LaRoque Construction of Mocksville, NC), the general contractor, was in the house to tackle several repairs and fixes, and he re-did a portion of that floor. I did tell him at that time I felt that more of the floor was going to need attention; you could hear the grit of deteriorated grout shifting underfoot when you walk across that bathroom floor.

It was also an issue that was emerging in the bathrooms added to the two back bedrooms upstairs.

Pete only repaired the portion of the master bath floor with visible cracks, and I cannot report being thrilled with the finished job. The newly-grouted portions are not smooth across—there are dips in it—and the color is not consistent within the new grout he applied.

Well, the rest of the floor has now manifested the problems that plagued the portion that he repaired. This picture shows the portion of the floor in front of the closet that Pete regrouted; the red lines show where cracks have now appeared and that will also need to be reset and regrouted. Click on the picture and you'll get a large version of it.