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    Why Hire A Professional Grout Cleaning Company?

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    Grout cleaning is an important aspect of maintaining the appearance and longevity of tile floors and surfaces. Grout is a porous material that can easily become stained and discolored over time, especially in high-traffic areas or areas that are exposed to moisture. Professional grout cleaning services use specialized tools and cleaning solutions to deep clean and restore grout to its original color and condition.

    One of the main benefits of professional grout cleaning is that it can remove stains and discoloration that regular cleaning and scrubbing cannot. Professional cleaners use high-pressure steam cleaners or specialized chemicals to break down and remove dirt, grime, and stains that have built up over time. This can not only improve the appearance of the grout, but also help to prevent future staining and discoloration.

    Another benefit of professional grout cleaning is that it can help to extend the life of the tile and grout. When grout is not properly cleaned and maintained, it can become damaged and worn, leading to costly repairs or even the need to replace the tile and grout. Professional cleaning can help to remove dirt and debris that can cause damage over time, helping to preserve the tile and grout for a longer period of time. Overall, professional grout cleaning is an important part of maintaining the appearance and longevity of tile and grout surfaces.

    At Grout Brothers, we specialize in tile and grout cleaning and sealing. We can make almost any floor look brand new again. We don’t simply paint over the dirt that’s embedded in the grout, we use specific tools, products and machines to achieve best possible results that will last. Give us a call for your tile and grout cleaning needs.

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    Preserving Your Grout: Three Tips for Helping it Last

    Red wine spilled on a tile floor

    Preserving Your Grout: Three Tips for Helping it Last

    When it comes to making your house looking nice, many of us don’t think to look down at our feet. Instead, we’re often more preoccupied with things like the interior design and the appliances that decorate our home. Because of this, the appearance of your grout often goes unnoticed until it gets too filthy to avoid any longer. The fact is, though, that dingy and grimy grout can quickly cause your home to look unkempt. While we here at Grout Brothers are your trusted experts at cleaning and installing tile and grout, there are also a few things that you can do at home to help maintain the appearance of your tile grout for years to come.

    Don’t Let Messes Linger

    Unlike carpet, tile is a little bit more durable against food and pet stains. If you accidentally drop something onto your tile floor, you can easily wipe it up with a towel. However, just because it’s easier to keep your tiles clean, you still need to act fast if you do spill something on it. The longer these messes linger – particularly deeply colored ones like red wine, for instance – the greater your risk of staining the grout.

    Protect It from Unnecessary Moisture

    Your tiles need to be cleaned fairly regularly, and while it’s admittedly pretty challenging to clean your tiles without a little bit of water, you definitely don’t want to overdo it. You want to be sure you avoid bathing your tiles in excessive liquid, as it can actually harm them. Not only does too much water make it harder to clean it, but it also exposes your tiles and grout to mold. Water can seep beneath the tile, leading to decay and eventually ruining your tiles.

    Avoid Using Harsh Chemicals on It

    While it’s tempting to want to really scrub your grout with strong cleansers, this idea can quickly backfire. Excessively strong solvents can damage the grout, causing pitting or other issues. You should also avoid cleaning products with dyes in them, as they can stain the grout. Finally, avoid using abrasive cleaning tools (such as steel wool), as it can etch the surface of your tile. Instead, stick with soft cloths and mops to clean them.

    Professional Grout Cleaning Services

    If you’ve been doing your part in keeping your grout clean, but it’s still looking a little bit careworn and dirty, then it may be overdue for a professional cleaning. As a family-owned business, we take pride in restoring the appearance of your grout and tiles to help keep it looking its very best. To schedule an appointment with us for a thorough cleaning and restoration of your tiles and grout, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us today!

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    GROUT Cleaning and Sealing A One-Two Solution

    Grout Cleaning and Sealing A One-Two Solution

    Many companies will help you to improve aging tile in your home or property. But they do it in different ways.

    Here’s what we mean – a company can come in and scrub down the tile floor as part of a general cleaning contract, and leave, and the tile still looks awful.

    Let’s take this scenario – even if the tile is fairly new and doesn’t have cracked or broken areas, the grout in between the tile just has gotten dingy and off-color over time. Small stains make the tile look bad.

    Now, the key here is that a fully thorough tile cleaning and sealing service will help tile look like new for quite a long time.

    Cleaning the Grout

    At Grout Brothers, when we come in to thoroughly fix a client’s grout problems, we manually scrub the grout with specialized brush equipment and let special chemicals soak in for a certain amount of time, in a process that we’ve researched and developed to be effective on aged tile.

    This takes out a lot of the loose dirt, but that’s only the first part of the process. We use steam cleaning and pressurized water to get contaminants off of the grout and promote better, consistently clean-looking surfaces. Think of it as taking a mini pressure washer to your tile, albeit with the right pressure limitations and calibrating to clean without damaging tile areas.

    Sealing the Grout

    We have various options available to customers for sealing their grout – but one of them is extremely effective in many cases of worn or tired-looking grout. It’s called color sealing.

    Here’s the idea in a nutshell – by using a color sealer, you override the color fluctuations in the grout to make it look consistent. If you have stained areas that are going to be white and off-white regardless of how much scrubbing and cleaning gets done, the color sealing puts an overlay of a specific shade on all of the grout, and that consistency makes it look brand-new for years afterward.

    You can see what we mean on our website, or ask us questions about specific tile cleaning processes. The bottom line is that you’re going to get those long-term effective solutions for making areas look spotless that regular tile cleaning companies simply can’t achieve, because they haven’t invested in the tools and equipment. That’s why owners of so many high-end properties in the Sarasota FL area call us when they need longer-term tile and grout cleaning, not just the usual everyday stuff. When you get effective cleaning and sealing, you get a lot more out of all of the money that you spent installing and designing tile floors in the first place.

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