Local Know-How
Canton Showers: What We Usually Find
Canton is the Cherokee County seat, and its homes span more than a century. Near downtown and along the Etowah River there are older houses, including the mill village built for Canton Cotton Mills in the early 1900s. Most of the city's tile, though, went in during the 2000s and 2010s, when BridgeMill, Great Sky, River Green and the neighborhoods off Riverstone Parkway and Highway 20 were built. Those homes came with tile showers, tile entries and tile laundry rooms, and the grout in them is now 10 to 25 years old.
Most Canton showers we restore are in homes built in the 2000s and 2010s. At 10 to 20 years, builder-grade shower grout and caulk are often reaching the end of their life even though the tile is fine. The first signs are usually at the shower floor: dark lines, a corner that stays wet and caulk that has pulled back from the pan or the glass.
What wears out first in Canton showers
Builder-grade grout at 15 years
Shower grout in BridgeMill, Great Sky and River Green era homes, darkening and cracking along the floor.
Shower pan joints
The joint where the walls meet the shower floor, where caulk has failed and water sits.
Well water staining
Rust-orange or white mineral staining in homes on private wells outside the city water system.
Leaks onto the bathroom floor
Water escaping past old caulk at the glass or curb and staining the bathroom floor grout.
What we usually recommend
- Regrout the shower floor and lower rows. Where water sits longest and cracks start first.
- Replace all the caulk. At every corner, at the pan and along the glass, so the joints that move can flex without cracking.
- Clean mineral stains and seal. For well water homes, so new grout resists the next round of staining.
Getting to you. Canton is about 11 miles up I-575 from our Woodstock base, roughly 20 minutes.
Where we work in Canton: BridgeMill, Great Sky, River Green, Riverstone, Harmony on the Lakes, Downtown Canton, Hickory Flat, Sixes, Free Home.
More in Canton: Grout CleaningFloor Restoration
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