Can this be done?

sam1970

We are looking to do some renovation work in our house and one of the projects is to replace the bathroom wall tiles. We would like to keep the units as they look nice and matching the ensuite in the masterbedroom. My question is : is it possible to remove old wall tiles and put new ones without damaging the bathroom units?...thanks for the advice

martinthebandit

Best bet may be to just tile over the old ones.

sam1970

Thanks for the idea..did not know you could do that

Mankysteve

Yeah you just have to be careful done but I have it before just carefully remove the tiles.. Not a fan of over tiling, don't like the extra weight on walls and always find that the tiles fall off at some point.

phill99

Over tiling is far from idea.

You need to take care when removing old tiles. Put old blankets etc over the sanitary ware to protect from falling tiles.

Also remember you may need to replaster when the tiles are removed.

warmhands.coldheart

Am I missing something? Can the units not be removed from the walls and replaced when the re-tiling is done??

sam1970

warmhands.coldheart wrote: »

Am I missing something? Can the units not be removed from the walls and replaced when the re-tiling is done??

I am novice to all this so that is why I am asking for help...can we remove the units without damaging them?

Paully232000

sam1970 wrote: »

I am novice to all this so that is why I am asking for help...can we remove the units without damaging them?

maybe i am missing the same point but, are your wall units not screwed to the wall? The units I have have hooks screwed into the wall and fixings on the unit and you just lift the unit into/off the hooks in the wall. Not onto tiles admittedly, but are they not fixed in a similar way,?

Doozergirl

I would remove the units and replace them after. There shouldn't be a problem unless they fitted them incorrectly. Even then, it would probably still be retrievable.