Bathroom not going to plan - Tile Advice

[Chrisg]

Hi , can anyone give me any ideas please , PROBLEM being bought some tile adhesive plus spacers and CRACKED on with tiling , all going well until I came to remove some of the spacers ! Quite a few have broke into the adhesive - also some adhesive is in the joints ?
Can anyone give me any ideas how to remove please Help appreciated .
Was going to buy a grout remover or oscillating tool ?????

 

[Kyle Knowles]

Hi , can anyone give me any ideas please , PROBLEM being bought some tile adhesive plus spacers and CRACKED on with tiling , all going well until I came to remove some of the spacers ! Quite a few have broke into the adhesive - also some adhesive is in the joints ?
Can anyone give me any ideas how to remove please Help appreciated .
Was going to buy a grout remover or oscillating tool ?????

Many sharp stanley knife blades

 

[Chrisg]

VERY tedious though ?

 

[Flintstone]

It's the only safe way to do it, you risk chipping tiles if you go at it with a power tool

 

[Chrisg]

Ok cheers , will this pull out adhesive aswell , thanks

 

[Flintstone]

Pull the spacers out with pliers if there's anything to grab, trim any thing left with Stanley

 

[Dumbo]

Depending how old the adhesive is dampening the joints with warm water can sometimes soften the adhesive a little to make things a little easier .

 

[Chrisg]

Thanks very much for your replies

 

[Chalker]

Hi
Try to work clean on the rest of the tiling.

 

[hmtiling]

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[Chrisg]

Cheers peeps I think I may have learned my lesson hopefully , thanks for all your tips - GLAD I JOINED FORUM

 

[rufus the tiler]

Because of this issue , I always keep my work clean along the way, saves a lot of cleaning before grouting, as for pulling spacers out of dry adhesive I usually have my pipe grips kicking around the bathroom somewhere which work great.

 

[andyq]

get a selection of stiff brushes for cleaning your tools. keep a small stiff brush in your water bucket and clean the joints as you go. use small pliers as mentioned

 

[A williams]

Good advice everyone

 

[baht'at]

I know it's a little late now but for the adhesive in the joints I have used the scoring knives for backer board.
If done with care won't chip the edges