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Shower restoration treats the whole enclosure rather than one surface: tile, grout lines, shower floor, glass, and the caulked joints where planes meet. It removes soap scum, mineral deposits and biological growth, renews the caulked joints, and seals what should be sealed. Everstone restores showers throughout Southwest Washington and the Portland metropolitan area.
A shower is a wet room that never fully dries. In this climate, ambient humidity means the walls stay damp between uses for most of the year, and grout is porous enough to hold that moisture for days. Three things happen as a result.
What looks like dirt is usually biological growth in the pore structure of the grout, feeding on soap residue and body oils in a permanently damp material. Surface cleaners reach the top of it and leave the rest, which is why it returns within weeks.
Read the articleHard water leaves mineral deposits that bond to the glass surface. Soap scum builds on top. Past a certain point, household glass cleaner does nothing because the deposit is no longer sitting on the glass, it has etched into it.
Read the articleCorners and the tub or pan line move. Where those joints were grouted rather than caulked, they crack, and water gets behind the tile.
Tile and grout deep cleaning
With high-temperature vapor, up to 330°F at the equipment
Glass restoration
Removing hard water film and soap scum
Re-caulking
Of change-of-plane joints: corners, wall-to-floor, and the tub or pan line
Waterproofing attention
At the joints where water gets behind tile
Sealing
Of grout and stone once the surfaces are clean and cured
Needing only part of this is common. We will scope what your shower actually requires and price accordingly.
Identify the tile and stone material, find where grout or caulk has failed, and check whether water has been getting behind the tile. Chemistry that is safe on porcelain will etch marble or travertine, so this step is not a formality.
Proprietary commercial-grade cleaners with high-temperature vapor, up to 330°F at the equipment. Heat and moisture lift soil out of grout without the scrubbing that erodes it.
Mineral deposit and soap scum removal from shower glass and doors.
Movement joints get caulk, not grout. This is the step most commonly skipped, and it is the one that keeps water out from behind the tile.
Clean, cured grout and stone are sealed. The first seven days matter most, so clean up spills immediately while the treatment cures.
Grout sealingWe look at the tile, grout, glass and joints, tell you what it actually needs, and quote it. Free, and no obligation.
Shower restoration involves several different kinds of work, and our five-year warranty does not cover all of them. Here is exactly where the line sits.
The sealer we apply to grout and stone carries a five-year limited warranty to the original purchaser against sealer failure: peeling, flaking, or excessively rapid wear.
Labor. Caulking. Etching. Staining. Quartz. The sealing of glass.
Re-caulking is part of this service and caulk is excluded from the warranty. Caulk in a wet area is a consumable. It needs periodic replacement regardless of who applies it or how carefully, and no honest warranty covers it for five years. We are telling you this on the service page rather than in the exclusions list, because you should know it before you buy, not after.
Equipment
Professional vapor system, up to 330°F at the equipment
Products
Proprietary commercial-grade cleaners and sealers
Surfaces
Porcelain, ceramic, natural stone tile; glass; grout
Typical duration
5 to 7 hours, depending on the scope of work
Price range
From $549, rising with the size of the shower, its condition, the material and the time the work takes
Cure before use
24 hours
Crew experience
10+ years of Pacific Northwest experience
Warranty
5-year limited sealer warranty on sealed grout and stone
Because surface cleaning removes what is on top and leaves what is inside the grout. The growth continues in the pore structure and resurfaces. Deep cleaning followed by sealing addresses both parts of that.
In most cases, yes. Hard water deposits and soap scum come off with the right chemistry. Where the mineral has etched into the glass itself over years, there is a limit to what restoration reaches, and we will tell you which one you have before you book.
Press the grout. If it is solid, cleaning will do it, and in almost all cases that is what we find. If it crumbles under light pressure, cleaning will not fix it and the grout needs replacing, which is not work we take on. We check this during the estimate and tell you which one you are looking at.
24 hours before the shower is used again.
Substantially, in most cases. Retiling replaces tile that is usually still sound. Restoration starts at $549 and rises with the size of the shower, its condition and the material.
Yes, including travertine and marble. Stone needs different chemistry than porcelain, which is why material identification comes first.
We will tell you what it needs, what it does not, and what the warranty covers. Free, no obligation.