Need to remove a tile

[Dave Dobson]

Hi, just tiled my wooden bathroom floor. Tried to do everything right screwing down the floor etc but got in a bit of a panic using Bal Fastset tile adhesive and have left one of the tiles sticking up quite badly in the middle of the room. Is there any way to remove the tile without breaking the ones next to it or weakening the floor or would it be best just to live with my mistake. Thanks

 

[Dan]

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Welcome to tilersforums.com Dave Dobson. Thanks for introducing yourself.

 

[White Room]

Hi and welcome

Remove the grout before you try any attempt to lift the tile

 

[Dave Dobson]

thanks but I havnt grouted yet Im just worried if I try to prise the tile up it might break the other tiles or ruin the wood underneath, I used quite a lot of adhesive, whats the best way to do it. Thanks for such a quick reply.

 

[White Room]

Are they ceramic or porcelain

 

[Dave Dobson]

Ceramic

 

[Andy Tiler]

hi dave if u dont leave it to long this should be quite easy to do i would use a hand grinder with a diamond blade grind across the tile from corner to corner all 4. go right through the tile just into the adhesive if ur lucky u can scrape the grout out around the tile edge with a stanley knife if not grind the grout out carefully taking care not to touch the adjasent tiles get a hammer and a small chisel and tap the centre of the tile and the tile should lift from the middle remove the tile and get a blade scraper to scrape the adhesive up ready to re tile hope this helps

 

[doug boardley]

tap it with a hammer into small pieces (seriously!) and wear eye protection too

 

[Dave Dobson]

You are a real gent, thanks very much, I laid them yesterday, will try in the morning, thanks again

 

[Dave Dobson]

Thanks Doug I wanted to try that earlier but didnt have the bottle,

 

[DHTiling]

If they are not grouted then just do as the lads have said.. tap with a hammer from the centre of the tile into smallish bits... clean the area free from adhesive and re-fix..

 

[faithhealer]

welcome dave, don't forget the eye protection

 

[The Legend; Phil Hobson RIP]

:welcome:mate as above, a lot easier when not grouted. A bit at a time, and as said eye protection

 

[Dave Dobson]

just had to have a go, thanks a million it worked a treat. The hardest bit was swinging the hammer for the first time but once it started to go it came off quite easily. I really cant thank you enough.:hurray:

 

[DHTiling]

They enjoy giving the correct advice... no probs as long as the members helped, that is what counts....

Hope you didn't close your eyes for the first hit of the hammer..:lol:

 

[obobsmith]

Nice when someone listens to GOOD advice.