Grout Cleaning & Sealing
When the grout is sound but filthy — restoration without removal.
Here's our honest triage, free at every assessment: sound + stained = clean and seal. Crumbling, missing or mold-farmed = regrout. Wet wall behind = rebuild, and we'll prove it with meter readings. Carpet cleaners will happily sell you option one for an option-three shower; as tile people, we sell you the right one. This page covers what cleaning achieves, what it can't, and how color-seal bridges the gap.
- Deep extraction clean. Alkaline scrub + extraction lifts years of embedded soil.
- Stain treatment. Rust, hard-water and soap-scum addressed individually.
- Penetrating sealer. Invisible shield, reapplied on schedule, included.
- Color-seal option. Uniform grout color + stain-proof coating in one.
- Honest triage. If cleaning won't hold, we say so before taking your money.
Clean, seal, done in Newington
Six ways Newington joints get renewed, from clean-and-seal to full epoxy.
Joints over 1/8" — floors, walls.
Hairline joints, polished tile.
Chemical-proof, zero sealing.
Clean look that holds.
Newington notes
Hard water rules much of Newington's grout staining: Original Newington tub walls are narrow — two short walls and a plumbing wall — which is why surround re-tiles here finish fast. The failure point is always the same: grout gone soft at the tub line and corners. Cleaning plus sealer buys years — and when it won't, our free assessment says regrout, with reasons you can verify.
Common questions
Free triage decides: sound-but-stained = clean ($250–$600); crumbling/missing = regrout. We show you the pick test and meter readings either way.
A pigmented sealer that uniforms grout color and adds a stain-proof coating — the 'new grout' look without removal, $150–$400 over cleaning. Lasts years with basic care.
Sealed grout resists re-staining dramatically; unsealed grout re-soils in months. That's why sealer is included, not optional, in every cleaning.
A few hours for a shower, half a day for a whole bath. Walk on floors same evening; shower next morning.