Removing old tile trim - Tile Advice

[tay1974]

Hi Everyone,

Just completed a job for a customer tiling there en-suite bathroom and now they have asked me if I could quote them for adding a row of border tiles to there main bathroom.

At present the bathroom is half tiled with a tile trim around the top. Obviously I would need to remove the old tile trim before adding the border tiles, but do you know of an easy way to do this without removing the top row of existing tiles?

Could you use a Fein Master type of tool to cut the trim off?

Thanks
Paul

 

[Rav daniels]

thats a tricky one pal, the edges of the existing tiles will have to be perfect, no chips or anything, so would have to be careful what ever you use, would explain to customer and price accordingly, i would have a go at getting them off, but would thin you would prob have to take the whole row off, let us know how you get on

 

[david campbell]

you probably are going to remove the top row of tiles,it is quite hard to cut it of,and as said above if the tiles are recessed into the trim then theres a chance there could be a few chipped tiles in there

 

[Dan]

You might be lucky if you use a wall paper scraper to prize it up at one end and then carefully go down the length of it. If you have a really really sharp stanley knife you might be able to prize it up a little, and then cut it with the knife if the first options doesn't work.

Failing that it's take off the top row and stick the border there and then tile above perhaps.

 

[tkm18]

Is it plastic or metal?

If its plastic, and im assuming youve left a decent joint between tile and trim, score thru the grout and the concealed section of the trim with a fresh stanly blade.

Might take a few runs and a few blades, but isnt generally a problem.

 

[tay1974]

I have a feeling the trim is also nailed/tacked in as the one that I took out of the en-suite was.

Does anyone know if you can use a Fein Master?

 

[Colour Republic]

I have a feeling the trim is also nailed/tacked in as the one that I took out of the en-suite was.

Does anyone know if you can use a Fein Master?

I've done this before and i've used a fein master for this very task, works a treat, cut straight through the grout and trim at the same time. Just as you are thinking

 

[White Room]

Used a stanley knife but removed any grout first