How To Tile, Advice & All the questions I asked when i joined - TilersForums.com

[ceramicknight]

Re: Tile Advice - All the questions I asked when i joined - Answered

great post this oli,brilliant advice for the rookies like myself wanted to ask a lot of questions since joining but didnt want to come across as an idiot, a lot of it has been covered in this thread, just one thing if i am tiling a shower are you saying i use a thin bed with a gauging trowel and not a notched trowel? loving this forum so so helpful:hurray:

 

[Hgdavec]

Re: Tile Advice - All the questions I asked when i joined - Answered

Very useful post. Can see why it's recommended. Thanks

 

[jaydebruyne]

Re: Tile Advice - All the questions I asked when i joined - Answered

What an great post! Many thanks for this Oli

 

[dan69]

Re: Tile Advice - All the questions I asked when i joined - Answered

Great post Oli this forum is great for someone willing and wanting to learn.

 

[David Rowell]

Re: Tile Advice - All the questions I asked when i joined - Answered

Could i ask what a flat bed trowel is please?

 

[Old Mod]

Bump!

 

[Old Mod]

Great thread @Olii!
One or two things could probably be updated now since this was posted, and maybe even get a few of the unanswered questions answered.
If anyone would like to add anything that would be good to!
Then we can collate the information and produce an article from it, then the newbies will have something to refer to at their fingertips!

 

[Olz]

I had loads of messages stacking up in my pm inbox on the old style forums when I couldn't get on as much. Anyone should feel free to update this as they see fit and jump in to answer questions.

I think I got more likes on this thread than all ,y other posts over the years put together lol.

 

[bcd-87]

re: Tile Advice - All the questions I asked when i joined - Answered

One day i'll stick the 'bible' on ebay, i should just about cover the £3 i paid for the note pad, I'll have to get past 5 pages of usefull info in it mind. :lol::lol:

hi oli

god bless

 

[dynamictiling]

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

Sorry oli. Your post is great. This is the only thing I disagree with. Replacing tiles I dig all 4 corners out( grout lines, top left, top right, bottom left, bottom right)with a flat head screw driver. Then middle of each joint with flat head. Then batter with a hammer (concrete floor) if gyprock (for example) I make my snips the hammer and lightly batter. Generally speaking at least one point of the tile will give way and I work from there.