Thanks Bec, not sure if I should do it myself. Might be better if I ask the tiler to do it? Maybe I can get his details from the builder to be done after handover. We'll think about it

You could be disappointed again if you re-grout with a darker colour. I made the same mistake and used a charcoal black.... still gets dirty but comes ok with a good scrub.

Instead of it being a light colour and being discoloured with dirt it gets discoloured with lighter grime....toothpaste, talcum powder, etc..

Just choose the grout that looks good rather than compromising for the sake of a bit of cleaning, which you'll have to do anyway......

Thanks MB Design. I don't necessarily want to go for a dark grout, but just slightly darker than the current one which looks almost white, but still lighter than the tiles. I'm not too worried about the laundry (pic) and the bathrooms as the colour scheme's grey and white anyway. But the Master ensuite is more grey with black elements, so the white'ish grout looks a bit odd atm. I think we'll wait til we've moved in and lived with it for a while, and if it's still bugging us then we'll consider changing

In my last house, we matched the grout to the tile - grout was a bit lighter, but similar tone. It wasn't a great success. I still ended up cleaning the grout with my trusty toothbrush. I'm with MB.

Thanks jmm... are you both of the opinion that we should leave it as is and it should be fine?

I guess I'd say, if you don't like the contrast, then change it, but don't think it will make much of a difference when it comes to cleaning it. Grout gets grungy, and it shows.

Thanks jmm... yes I agree, cleaning's not the issue and will have to clean either way... it's more a look thing and I think hubby's glad to hear it can be done, change the colour that is, so we might change the ensuite and powder room so they look grey & black rather than grey & white

I think it looks quite ok. Once furniture is in and the house is being used, little things drop of the radar that were once big things. If it still bug's you in a year's time then change it. At least you've have one less thing to worry about in the meantime.

Agree... thanks again everyone... can always rely on the houzzers sound feedback :)

Thanks Steve.

We selected the colour from actual grout samples (not a colour chart) and yes we also had the tile with us at the time... the lighting there was pretty poor though :/

A little confused, you say that raking out joints is no big deal but then that using grout sealear is very tedious... do you mean removing old grout not so hard but applying new grout is harder?

Now I'm starting to wonder if they did indeed use the wrong colour, as we had also selected another even lighter grey for the wall tiles and wondering if they used that on the floors too... and even if they did, I'm not sure what can be done about it now :/

Hi Pazz,

Look into grout sealers - even the 'clear' ones can have a tint which makes the grout look darker (usually around the colour it looks when it is wet). This will also make cleaning easier! And because it makes the tiles and/or grout less porous it is additional waterproofing. There's ones you can get that just go on the grout or ones that go over the tiles and grout together.

Thanks Denise, yes I've asked the builder today who will give us the tiler's details so we can arrange this with him directly after handover. We'll probably just do the grout as the tiles are glazed.

Can you do white grout over Grey grout. The tiler only brought Grey grout and said he can change it to white if we don’t like it. It is a herringbone design feature wall. Is this easily doable or is it best to stop the job and get the tilers to come back to finish it in a weeks time?

It needs to be scraped out immediately before it hardens too much if you want to change to white.

Thank you Kate, I thought so. I ended up rushing out to purchase a white grout. All done in white. I’m very happy🙂