Making good holes drilled into ceramic bathroom tiles

gundo

I had an abortive attempt to put up a shower screen on my bath and it leaked like a sieve. I've given up on it and put up a shower curtain. I want to take the screen down (scraping the silicone sealant from the bathroom tiles will be fun ) but I'm not sure how to fill in and make waterproof the holes that I drilled into the bathroom tiles to hang the shower screen.

What does the forum reckon? Silicone sealant, grout or something else?

Any help/info/advice would be much appreciated.

ozskin

fill with silicone

Mr_Warren_2

...Or same waterproof grout used on tiles.

sandy2_2

Depending on the colour of the tiles I'd fill the hole with grout/silicone whatever then pop one of those little cap thingies over the top, you know the things that you get with flat pack furniture to cover the screws. If the tiles are coloured, I might then blend a tiny bit of paint to paint over.

greyteam1959

For something a bit 'fancy'.....
Go to a glaziers and have a look at some mirror screws....
They are a slot head screw with a thread in that you can screw a fancy cover into.............
These are just plain dome ones but you can get a different sorts and designs

http://www.diytools.co.uk/diy/Main/Category.asp?iCategoryID=971
Put a bit of silicone in the hole to seal it then use these

ainsley80

Silicone isn't really required, a grout will do the job. Pop down to Topps tiles, who have a range of coloured grouts, one of which should match the colour of your tiles. Silicone is going to be white, ivory, clear or brown, and could stand out like a sore thumb.

You need to mix a tiny amount of grout (a palm full should do the job) with a tiny amount of water so its forms a firm paste, force it into the holes with a knife and wipe with a fairly dry sponge until smooth. Don't use the shower for a full 24 hours to ensure the grout is fully dry.

As for getting the old silicone off, scrape what you can off, then get some 'silicone eater' from a DIY store. It does eactly what it says on the tin. This is the stuff: http://www.tradetiler.com/acatalog/siliconing_tiles.html

For future reference, I always tell people to hold on to a spare few tiles just in case anything like this creeps up in the future = easily replaced.