Replacing Tiles In Bathroom

the_greed

I want to replace some tiles in my bathroom because they have been drilled for various reasons. They are on two plastered walls and a wooden wall. The tiles I want to replace are situated amongst good tiles, and are about thirty in total. I have waterslide tile transfers on them at the moment which I have recently done but I am not too hopeful that they will stay on, especially around the bath. How can I replace these tiles without damaging the others? I am on a very tight budget so any suggestions would be welcome.
Thanks in advance.

ollyk

hmm, a hammer and punch to the middle of the tiel, then pick from centre to edges. Now, doing this without disturbing whatever is underneath could be the hard part!
Fill the holes with grout?

ormus

ive just helped a mate do his ex council house bathroom. completely remove all the old crap blue tiles.
he had a wooden wall and 2 studwalls. i dont know who stuck the tiles on but they must have used the kiddies paper glue stuff.
they were falling off in handfuls!

how we didnt smash the sanitary ware i dont know?

cajef

the_greed wrote:

The tiles I want to replace are situated amongst good tiles, and are about thirty in total.

Recently done some individual tiles in my kitchen, make sure you remove the grout around the tile you want to remove with a grout removal tool, otherwise you could damage the adjacent tiles as you chip the damaged one out, once you have done this it is gentle persuasion with a hammer and cold chisel, you may be left with some grout on the wall from behind the tile, once again hammer and chisel so that when you put the new tile on it is level with the others and not proud of them.

ollyk

ormus wrote:

ive just helped a mate do his ex council house bathroom. completely remove all the old crap blue tiles.
he had a wooden wall and 2 studwalls. i dont know who stuck the tiles on but they must have used the kiddies paper glue stuff.
they were falling off in handfuls!

how we didnt smash the sanitary ware i dont know?

they may have fallen off for any number of reasons, condition / type of wall, adhesive used, previous water penetration. I would suspect if they have fallen off a wooden wall it was not prepped properly before hand and if they fell off a plaster board wall without leaving damage that is a bit worrying :eek: