My shower/tub area was completely tiled, including a bench area in the back. The house-flipper did not seal the grout in any way. I’ve heard you typically caulk where the tub and tile grout meet, but what about this bench area
Should I seal with 511 the entire bench and then caulk at the seam? What about the vertical portion?
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I caulk all corners in the tile. This is a place where grout often cracks and caulking has some elasticity so it helps alleviate that.
So yes- vertical, horizontal, bench, tile to tub or shower pan, basically every corner. I have not used silicone for years for this. Silicone looks good for awhile but then seems to get mold or mildew forming under it and usually looks pretty bad in a few years. I use the caulking sold by the grout manufacturer that matches the grout color in either sanded or un-sanded depending on which grout was used.
