A chipped tile can be a trip hazard and you can cut your foot on the sharp edges. Chipped and broken tiles must be repaired. Dirty and crumbled grout can make your home appear unkempt. Here’s how to ...

Q: How do I repair grout on a tiled wall or floor? A: First, it’s important to understand why the grout needs to be repaired. If a patch of grout in the middle of a dry floor crumbles and breaks loose ...

Few things are more annoying around the home than having to stare day after day at cracked or missing grout in your bathroom tiles. Those problems are right there, practically glaring at you, taunting ...

Q. The grout line between my kitchen granite countertop and the tile backsplash has cracked for the umpteenth time. Each winter, the crack appears, and, each year, I grout it again hoping it will be ...

Q. The grout in one joint of my floor tile has come out. Do you know why this happened? Upon close inspection, I can see that the previous homeowner repaired it. What's the best way to work with floor ...

Dear Pat: I have been looking at the disgusting grout falling apart in my bathroom for too long. I would love to be able to re-grout the bathroom myself, but I am a little afraid of removing all ...

Summer is on its way and that means the time has come to take care of that long, long “to do” list of household repairs that piled up over the winter. In order to get you started off on the right foot ...

Dear Angie: In the process of a home remodel, I've noticed the grout in my new bathroom varies in color. The tile installer and I agreed on a gray tone, which I see on the floor and maybe a wall or ...

Dear Angie: In the process of a home remodel, I've noticed the grout in my new bathroom varies in color. The tile installer and I agreed on a gray tone, which I see on the floor and maybe a wall or ...

One reader emailed me this past week and gave me an idea for a “How Do I” article that he had a problem with – what to do with crumbling grout between tile? I am grateful to receive the suggestion. In ...

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This is a photo of a granite countertop that’s got a tile backsplash sitting on it. The grout between the tile and granite has failed. (Tim Carter/TNS) Perspective by Tim Carter Q: The grout line ...