Is grout necessary? Also, glazed brick/ tiles.

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1. Can standard tiles not stay on without grout?I was talking with my mum about tiles we had behind our range that hadno grout.  They lined a big old chimney breast and a wide circularshape at the sides of the chimney breast which was lovely to leanagainst as a child as they were always warm. These tiles were glazedand my mother said a couple were taken out to facilitate some pipeworkand they were actually bricks with a glazed surface. They were quitesmall, about 3" by 6", coloured either white or black, some with agentle curve to make a wide curved edge on the wall.2. Does anybody know if these "glazed bricks/tiles" are stillavailable?TIASuzanneApologies for Google or if this is a duplicate, having trouble with mynews provider Astraweb.

Andrew Gabriel · Accepted Answer

Grout doesn't keep the tiles on. Its purpose is to make the tilesurface waterproof, and/or decorative. If you don't need eitherof these properties, you could leave it out.

Guy King · Answer

The message from                  (Andrew Gabriel) contains these words:Though, in practice, without grout water gets behind the tiles and theydon't stay up for long.They'll look foul without grout, too.

Andrew Gabriel · Answer

If they will get wet, they need to be waterproof.There are cases where tiles are used and don't routinely get wet.Some tiles are designed for no grout. Never used them myself,but they certainly exist.

Is grout necessary? Also, glazed brick/ tiles.

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