Renovation & Development Department

Due to the age that was already many years and probably not a good installation, ceramic installation could be damaged. Starting from just dirty grout, cracked tiles up regardless.

Some problems can be overcome own ceramics but there also had to hire experts to fix it. Below are some common problems and how to fix it.

1. Nat Gross

Dirty grout is often the case for ceramics in the kitchen area, due to oil splashes while cooking. If not immediately cleaned up this mess will harden and more difficult to clean.
To overcome these problems, clean the grout is dirty by using a spatula or knife scraped small to clean. Once clean, refill with a quality grout material which of course currently available in various colors that can be harmonized with the color of ceramic. Make sure the grout is fully charged so much easier when cleaning.

2. Regardless Ceramics

Mixed-use material that is not good when setting up, and ceramics that are too dry conditions during setup causes the ceramic easily separated from the original installation. This problem is also caused when the installation is not good, causing a cavity inside the ceramic.

Solutions that can be done to overcome this are to remove ceramic tiles apart slowly so that is still intact does not come apart. Clean the remaining grout is dirty and installs a replacement tile by providing a foundation layer on the wall first. For the ceramic wall-mounted ceramic you must dismantle the wall is still attached to the surface of the floor, with the intention that installation is more powerful. To obtain maximum results, add glue to the surface of the concrete wall or floor tiles before installation.

3. Spots appear on the surface of Ceramic Stains

Spotting the stains on the ceramics is usually caused by chemicals, or less good quality ceramic so it is easy to absorb chemicals that leave stains.

To clean stained ceramics, tiles cleaning liquid can wear are sold in the market. Another alternative is to clean with the use of acidic liquids such as Citroen zuur. How to use it is by applying a liquid to a ceramic surface with the stain, let some time until the chemical reaction. Then, clean the stain attached to it. There are stains ceramics can also be caused due to moss, and to prevent anti give the moss layer or waterproof.

Caring for ceramics to keep them clean is very important to do, to keep the look of the house. Also avoid the use of nails on a ceramic wall-mounted, if still want a use of a nail, coat with the first ceramic crosses the position prior to the use of nails or spikes on the grout.