So many homeowners have been there you choose beautiful tiles for your kitchen or bathroom, have them expertly fitted and the outcome is beautiful. Then a few months go by and the nice, white demarcation lines start to change colors. They can even turn black. It doesn’t matter the location or position of the tiles. They can be on the floor, wall or on a surface and have these problems. Fortunately, Tile and Grout Cleaning in Newark is here to help you.
Tile and grout cleaning in Newark is a fact of life with tiled surfaces
Tiles are usually quite easy to keep clean through basic washing down processes, but the grout can be a major problem. Tile adhesive is typically used to fix the tiles to their substrate, and sometimes this is also allowed to rise through the gaps between the tiles. It is impractical to have tiles matching up with zero gap between them. In other cases a different mix of cement and sand might be used as grout – especially if a wide gap between tiles has to be filled and sealed. Colorings and flexible polymers may also be added. Unfortunately, most grouts will be slightly porous and the majority of tiling requirements are in rooms and areas where moisture will be present. This is the number one reason for needing tile and grout cleaning in Newark.
Moisture within the grout causes discoloration and promotes organic growth on its surface. Fungi and mold spores can enter our homes in many ways. Should one spore find some damp grout to settle on, it will start to split and multiply until a colony is established. This is what causes black or green discoloration. One nasty bacteria that commonly grows on damp grout- serratia marcescens is particularly prevalent in hospital infectious outbreaks and can be the cause of things like urinary tract and other infections around the home.
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In order to treat your grout, you have to clean both the surface and extract contaminants from within. Steam or high pressure water in conjunction with special scrubbing machines and degreasers are often required. Since this is somewhat beyond an average domestic cleaning, it might be better to have a specialist like Stoneshine, LLC come in and do it for you. After cleaning you could also get them to apply a protective sealant afterwards to avoid repeat problems.
