re: Tile Advice - All the questions I asked when i joined - Answered
Replacing a Damaged / Broken Tile
Obviously there are a few ways to go about this, this is how I go about it.
For safety wear goggles and gloves.
Start off by scraping the grout from the sides of the tile in question, use a grout rake, or a fein or similar, the drill 4 holes in the tile, in a square formation.
Use a hammer to crack the tile, gently, no need to go mad with the hammer, remember your replacing a damaged tile not trying to make the good tiles match the damaged one.
Hopefully you will now have 4 pieces, assuming the tile had not lifted already, chisel out the pieces, start in the middle working outwards minimising the risk of damage to surrounding tiles.
Once youve got the bits out, get rid of the adhesive that was behind the tile, being carefull not to take chunks out of the substrate.
Depending on the size of the tile, you may not be able to get the trowel in to apply fresh adhesive to the wall, if this is the case, back butter the new tile, replace, allow to set and regrout.
Oli
