Bathroom tiles

pmlindyloo

We are having a bathroom refitted.

At the moment we have tiles which take up three quarters of each wall.

We would like one wall left tile free (no bathroom fixtures against the wall) and then painted.

My question is:

Since there are already tiles there, when they are removed will the wall be easy to paint or will the residue from the tiles make it difficult/expensive?

As you can see we are complete novices and I hasten to add that this will be not be done by ourselves!:)

boogiemaster

Best bet is to see what its like once the tiles are removed.

You won't know if there is going to be any damage.

My wall needed to be re plastered but you might get away with yours.

You might just have some tile cement left over that needs removing then a light sanding.

But you won't know until they remove the tiles.

McKneff

It will very probably need skimming though.

ormus

you will never know until you actually do it.
sometimes the tiles will virtually fall off and the wall looks like new.
but most times, the wall will look like the Somme.

27col

As per ormus post. There is no way of knowing until you try.

HelenDaveKids

Last time we took tiles off, half the flaming wall came as well.

Doing a bathroom very shortly and have already tapped my builders up to replaster for us!

NSG666

Contributors and readers of this post can now appreciate how difficult it is to quote for this type of work:

- price for the worst case scenario and lose the job
- price for the best case scenario and lose money or upset the customer when the plaster comes off in chunks
- try and explain to the customer what might happen and that there will be an extra charge and they still think you are trying to lift their leg

Good luck

pompeyfaith

Yup will very much depend on how old the wall is and the condition of the plaster and how thick the adhesive is, if you use a bit of thought when taking the tiles off and not go in heavy-handed you maybe lucky in getting them off with minimal damage to the wall and then just need an orbital or belt sander to remove the tile adhesive left behind.

pmlindyloo

NSG666 wrote: »

Contributors and readers of this post can now appreciate how difficult it is to quote for this type of work:

- price for the worst case scenario and lose the job
- price for the best case scenario and lose money or upset the customer when the plaster comes off in chunks
- try and explain to the customer what might happen and that there will be an extra charge and they still think you are trying to lift their leg

Good luck

Thought we might try and get the old tiles off ourselves :money:- any helpful hints please?

tpt

Hammer and bolster is the only way. keep it fla almost flat to the wall. if you have access to an sds drill then use that with a wide chisel bit and watch your eyes.

If the plaster is knackered once you have removed them it may be false economy to paint the wall. you can overboard and tile directly onto plasterboard without skimming

27col

It is quite rare to need a bolster to get tiles off. Usually something slim like a broad bladed filling knife will get in behind the tile more easily. A lot of tiles seem to be held on by not much more then willpower, once the first one is off, the rest follow easily. As I said in my other post, there is no way of knowing until you start the job.