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Marietta Showers: What We Usually Find
Marietta has some of the oldest housing in metro Atlanta. Around the Marietta Square, the historic districts along Church Street, Cherokee Street and Whitlock Avenue hold homes from the 1800s and early 1900s, many with bathrooms that have been remodeled more than once. East Cobb and the neighborhoods off Roswell Road and Lower Roswell Road filled in during the 1970s and 1980s with ranches, split-levels and two-story traditionals, so a lot of Marietta tile is either very old or sitting on its second or third repair.
Marietta showers range from original tile in older homes near the Square to East Cobb showers on their second remodel. Older showers often have small tile and many grout lines, and some were built before modern waterproofing. That makes keeping water out of the grout more important, not less.
What wears out first in Marietta showers
Older tile showers
Showers in older Marietta homes with small tile and decades-old grout that has worn thin.
Tub and shower combos
1970s and 1980s tub surrounds in East Cobb with cracked grout at the tub line.
Repeated mildew
Bathrooms with weak ventilation where mildew comes back within weeks of cleaning.
Mismatched repairs
Patches from earlier repairs in a different grout color than the rest of the wall.
What we usually recommend
- Careful regrout of older showers. Hand removal of worn grout so older tile is not chipped.
- Recaulk the tub line. Caulk where tub meets tile, the joint that fails first in a tub and shower combo.
- Recolor after repairs. So old and new grout end up one color.
Getting to you. Marietta is about 17 miles from our Woodstock base, roughly 30 minutes down I-575 and I-75.
Where we work in Marietta: Marietta Square, Whitlock Avenue, Church Street, East Cobb, Indian Hills, Powers Ferry, Sandy Plains, West Cobb, Dobbins area.
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