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Alpharetta Showers: What We Usually Find
Alpharetta went from a small farm town to a business center in the 1990s and 2000s, when the Windward Parkway corridor and the GA 400 office parks brought thousands of new homes with them. The typical Alpharetta house from that era is a two-story with a large primary bath: a garden tub with a tile deck, a separate tile shower and plenty of tile floor. Newer townhomes and condos around Avalon (opened 2014) and Alpharetta City Center add a younger layer of tile, often with large-format porcelain and wide, light grout lines.
Those separate showers usually have more going on than a tub surround: a glass enclosure, a bench, a built-in niche, sometimes a second shower head. Every one of those adds corners and joints. At 20 to 30 years the grout and caulk are usually done even though the tile is fine, and the glass seals and bench corners are where water gets through first.
What wears out first in Alpharetta showers
Separate tile showers at 20 to 30 years
Primary bath showers built alongside garden tubs, with grout cracking at the floor.
Benches and niches
Shower benches and niches that hold water, where grout and caulk fail first.
Glass enclosure caulk
Caulk along glass panels and doors that has separated, letting water onto the floor.
Large-format tile in newer homes
Newer townhomes near Avalon and City Center with large tile and light grout that stains quickly.
What we usually recommend
- Full shower regrout. New grout throughout, matched to the original or in a new color.
- Recaulk the bench, niche and glass. Every change of plane gets fresh caulk so water stays where it belongs.
- Seal light grout. For newer showers with light grout, so soap and water do not stain it.
Getting to you. Alpharetta is about 18 miles from our Woodstock base, roughly 30 minutes across Highway 92 and Highway 9.
Where we work in Alpharetta: Windward, Avalon area, Alpharetta City Center, Crabapple, Cogburn Road, Cambridge, Thornberry, Milton, Johns Creek border.
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