Keeping tile floor free from cracks

Ceramic tile is supposed to be the ultimate sanitary system—a floor you could turn a hose on. But every grout seam between tiles is a potential weak link where the water goes when a crack develops. And in bathrooms, the weakest seams are along grouted edges of full and partial tiles that bump up against vanities, toilets and particularly tubs.

By Mike McClintock

April 10, 2008