Removing old caulk and recaulking joints between tiles and your tub is an annual bathroom maintenance job.
Standing on floor while caulking around bottom of shower.
A properly installed tile shower should always have a 6 inch lip liner going up around base of the shower walls.
Apply either silicone or latex caulk with a caulk gun or squeeze the product straight from.
If you have tile shower walls there is a very good possibility that a leak could develop between the tile and the tub.
On one hand there is little chance for movement around the base of a properly installed tile shower floor.
Caulking the connection between your shower walls and tub prevents leaks and reduces mildew buildup.
Do cut the tube of caulk the right length.
Use painter s tape create a guide for the new caulk line.
Caulking tubes are designed to apply pressure to the caulking within them so that you can squeeze out a bead of caulk with ease and precision.
Treat any mold in the grout along the wall tub gap with a mold killing product.
Caulk s tendency to support mold growth as well as its greater need for maintenance are others.
Scrub the grout and then rinse off the mold killer with water and let it dry.
Dampen the tip of your index finger slightly with water.
And you would be right it is behind the caulk the next thing that happens is that if there is enough water building up behind this area the water runs around the edge of the tub and down the walls behind the tiles outside the tub with the common resultant damage to walls and floors outside of the tub.
Matching the grout color both when the caulk is new and as it changes over time are major reasons.
The key word in this recommendation is technically clearly the tcna recognizes that many tile installers use grout alone to seal shower.
An area of controversy has always been whether to caulk or grout around the base of a tile shower floor.
Remove any old strips of caulk in the shower.
Drag your finger along the surface of the damp caulking to create a smooth joint.